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I am an assistant professor in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems at the University of Rhode Island. Broadly, my research centers on environmental governance, which I approach through a disciplinary blend of public policy, rural sociology, science and technology studies, and political ecology. Specifically, I study agriculture and food systems to observe how people collectively navigate, at different scales, the complex dynamics of ecological sustainability, social justice, economic production, and human health. Much of my work aims to assess the ways in which policy mechanisms and other governing institutions intersect with environmental feedback dynamics to affect different kinds of farms and farmers differently, with particular attention to small- to mid-scale farms, organic/biodiversified farms, beginning farmers, and farmers of color. I seek to document practitioner perspectives and experiences in navigating the competing demands on food production, to learn from the strategies and tools that farmers in these groups use to navigate this complex landscape, and to identify research, policy, and outreach opportunities to better support diverse and equitable opportunities for sustainable food production.https://web.uri.edu/favs/patrick-baur/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Patrick-Baur-3https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/614324/overview

Listed skills include Research, Environmental Science, Data Analysis, Policy Analysis, and 10 others.