Historian and AVP International @ the University of Guelph. Global connections; Histories of environment, science, and coffee. Author of COFFEE IS NOT FOREVER.
I’m delighted and honoured to report that COFFEE IS NOT FOREVER has received the Agricultural History Society’s Wallace Prize for the best book on agricultural history outside of the United States. https://t.co/pPBJG5tap9 @AgHistorySoc @OhioUnivPress
Grad students: are you writing a diss that touches upon rural or agricultural history in any time or place? Please apply to share your work at the @AgHistorySoc's 2023 Graduate Workshop, in June. $$$ for travel & best paper. Deadline is Nov. 1. Details @ https://t.co/uQXXgXNkMb
One of the best parts of teaching is working with bright graduate students like @botanyandbeans, who wrote her MA thesis on the recovery of Puerto Rico's coffee industry after Hurricane Maria. She summarizes this research in a recent post on @IICA news. Way to go, Justina!
I wrote a blog article that was just published by @IICAnews!
https://t.co/TIj2XmkyJE
(Based on my MA research conducted under supervision of @stuartmccook and @Silviasarapura1 and updated to reflect current situation)
I wrote a blog article that was just published by @IICAnews!
https://t.co/TIj2XmkyJE
(Based on my MA research conducted under supervision of @stuartmccook and @Silviasarapura1 and updated to reflect current situation)
@DJMontao1 @PretelDavid@ViridianaHF@SOLCHAred@StandUgr That was a fantastic session! Aprendí muchísimo de las charlas. Ojalá que la próxima vez (porque tiene que haber una próxima vez) podremos conversar en persona.
@ViridianaHF @DJMontao1 That was a fantastic presentation, Viridiana! Aprendi mucho, y veo muchos paralelos entre el cultivo del aguacate, del café, y del cacao. Tenemos que conversar!
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research welcomes Prof. John McNeill (Georgetown) for an online talk "The Earth's New Epoch: Anthropocene Debates and Anthropocene Working Group." April 29, 1-2pm EDT. Open to all! https://t.co/UkjXcJhxGx @Eventbrite#envhist#envhum
Join in ONE WEEK us to hear from environmental historian, Dr. John McNeill, about his work making the case for #TheAnthropocene as a new geologic epoch!
Register for FREE: https://t.co/R0tIclZwUB
#InnovationAtUofG | Dr. Stuart McCook’s book Coffee Is Not Forever traces the full history of coffee leaf rust disease, including where it began and how it embedded itself in the world’s coffee-growing regions. Learn more: https://t.co/TFtEzIzZcU
The Adventures in Coffee podcast interviewed me for their episode on coffee in Sri Lanka past and present. Check out "Coffee's Ticking Time Bomb" by Filter Productions via #spreaker https://t.co/q5IvYjWPfC
Just out! "Beyond Borlaug's Shadow" examines how Octavio Paz's India memos and histories of Indian and Mexican farmers offers a retelling of the Green Revolution and technology transfer @AgHistorySoc @CGIAR@HAHR21 @DJMontao1 @icarindia@SocHistTech