Symposium Opening
Welcome, Jonathan Overpeck, Dean of SEAS
Opening Remarks, M. Jahi Chapell
Panel 1: The Agroecological Movement
Food, Biodiversity, & Climate Justice, Catherine Badgley
Is Agroecology Probiotic? Rob Wallace
Social and Political Principles of Emancipatory Agroecology, Peter Rosset
Making Space: Ivette Perfecto’s Mentorship and ECOSUR’s Maestría en Agroecología, Bruce Ferguson
Monoculture, Labor, and Harvest Technology Since Ancient Times, Doug Boucher
Harmonizing Agriculture & Conservation in Peasant Communities in the Semiarid Region of Puebla, Mexico: A Proposal from the Vision of Dr. Ivette Perfecto, Juan Antonio Cruz
Panel 2: Women in Science and Activism
From the Entomology Lab to the Feminist Protest, Helda Morales
Embodied Ecology: Supporting Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Ecological Practice, Ember Bradbury
Historical Notes on Women and Agriculture, John Vandermeer
Old Treads in New Paths to Get Our Power Back, Katia Avilés-Vázquez
Concluding Thoughts: Dr. Perfecto’s Revolution, Ginger Nickerson
Panel 3: Agroecología del Cafetal a la Ciudad
The Functioning of Diversified Coffee-Agroecosystems, David Gonthier
Agrobiodiversity, food sovereignty and resistance among migrant agricultural workers in a Mexican coffee plantation, Estelí Jiménez-Soto
More Breakfast with Biodiversity: Microbial Drivers of Overyielding in Polycultures, Jim Bever
Coral halos – endogenous spatial patterns, Theresa Ong
Drivers of Ecosystem Service Synergy and Rare Biodiversity in Urban Garden Systems, Shalene Jha & Heidi Liere
Panel 4: Ants and the Agroecological Picnic
Ants: Biodiversity and Ecological Services in Colombian Agroecosystems in Times of Environmental Crisis, Inge Ambrecht
Ants in the Coffee Farm, the Urban Garden, and in the Fight for Justice, Stacy Philpott
Ant-Plant Interactions in Citrus and Peach Orchards, Kate Mathis
The Derivation of Functional Responses from Individual Feeding Processes: Implicit Assumptions, Prospects and Limitations, David Alonso
Restoring Communities with Edible Forests, Naim Edwards
The Impact of Ivette Perfecto: Changing Realities in Different Social and Environmental Contexts, Iracenir Dos Santos