SFSI affiliate Dr. John Vandermeer filmed and edited a series of short lectures on Agroecology during the COVID-19 pandemic for his graduate level class at the University of Michigan during Fall 2020. This series of 11 lectures is meant to give the viewers/students an overview of the many aspects of Agroecology as a scientific field and as a global movement. Dr. Vandermeer is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan.
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This is the first of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 1 “What Is Agroecology?” Read More »
This is the second of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 2 “Food Acquisition” Read More »
This is the third of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 3 “Food Regimes” Read More »
This is the fourth of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 4 “Photosynthesis and other things” Read More »
This is the fifth of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 5 “Plant Nutrition” Read More »
This is the sixth of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 6 “Pests and Management” Read More »
This is the seventh of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 7 “Pathogens and Management” Read More »
This is the eighth of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 8 “Soil Basics” Read More »
This is the ninth of a series of lectures by Prof. John Vandermeer, Univeristy of Michigan, on Agroecology.
John Vandermeer | Lecture 9 “Soil Colloids, SOM, Biology” Read More »
