Research Scientist
University of Wisconsin, Madison
State: WI
About
Lauren is a political ecologist working on participatory and community driven research that advances the transformation of agricultural systems to be ecologically regenerative, economically resilient, and socially just. She has over ten years of experience working on sustainable agriculture and natural resource governance with organizations including the Center for International Tropical Agriculture of the CGIAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. She gained a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance in concert with service in the U.S. Peace Corps Senegal and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Davis. Her work at CIAS examines the many ways in which grain farmers in the Corn Belt can be supported to transition to diversified, regenerative agricultural practices from peer-to-peer farmer networks to market development to Farm Bill policies.
Lauren is from Northern Illinois and lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
Projects
| LNC25-512 | State of the Grain: Defining, evaluating, and showcasing the regional grainshed in the Upper Midwest U.S. |
| GNC21-316 | Identifying determinants and opportunities for expansion of organic small grain acreage in the Upper MIdwest |