Sustainable Agriculture with Neva Hassanein

Neva Hassanein is a Professor of Environmental Studies at the
University of


Montana, where she has taught since 2000. Neva earned her
Doctorate in


Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin and her
Masters degree


from the University of Oregon.


Neva is author of the book, Changing the Way America Farms:
Knowledge and


Community in the Sustainable Agriculture Movement. Her recent
scholarship


develops the concept of “food democracy,” which is the idea that
people can and


should meaningfully participate in shaping the food system,
rather than remain


passive consumers on the sidelines. Her work has explored various
issues, such as


farmland loss, regional food economies, pesticides, the US
organic program, and


biotechnology.


An engaged scholar, Neva is active beyond the academy, attempting
to put research


into practice at the local level. She and her students help
strengthen Montana’s food


system through community-based research projects and active
partnerships.


Neva served on the Missoula City-County Consolidated Planning
Board for six years.


She has also co-founded and served on the boards of several
organizations.


Neva is currently a business partner in Corner Farm Village LLC,
which is doing a


farmland conservation development project on the edge of
Missoula.


Neva enjoys gardening, sharing food with friends, hunting wild
mushrooms, raising


urban chickens, and exploring the natural world.


https://missoulacurrent.com/um-sustainable-agriculture/ 


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