 Agroecology isn't new. These are ideas and practices that have been around for as long as folks have been cultivating food. What is new is an institute focused on agroecology at a Leon Grant University connecting with partners at home and abroad to transform our food systems. Something very interesting to work with the Vermon University team is that it is a very flexible team that accepts suggestions, accepts opinions and adapts the methodology according to the circumstances of the place. To have a relationship, you know, have a connection to the university that's built on real community, like real care for each other just feels really different. And so we're matching theory and research practices with these deep ways of knowing that are connected to the land. That's something that hasn't been done in a lot of places and so we're excited to explore it and bring what we're learning in the field into the classroom, into strong vibrant research partnerships and into an institute that we hope will connect Vermont to the rest of the world.