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Faculty Student Organizations Alumni

This page highlights many of the people and organizations who are part of the food systems community at YSE, including faculty, student organizations, and alumni. Use the links above to navigate to the three sections of this page: faculty, student organizations, and alumni.

Faculty

YSE faculty incorporate food systems and agriculture into their research in various ways. Their collective breadth of experience and expertise offers students diverse points of engagement for their own research and professional goals. Note that while this website summarizes faculty affiliations with food systems and agriculture, this is just one aspect of their research. Please see their full profile for more comprehensive information.

A tip for prospective students: review a faculty member's profile and prior research to ensure that it aligns with your interests before reaching out for further inquiry. Faculty often receive hundreds of inquiries a year and can best accommodate queries specific to their work. For general and all other inquiries, reach out to academicaffairs.yse@yale.edu.
  18. John Wargo

    John P. Wargo

    Tweedy-Ordway Professor of Environmental Health and Politics Yale University School of the Environment. Chair, Yale College Environmental Studies Major and Program

    Kroon Hall
    Room 124
    195 Prospect Street
    New Haven, CT

Student Organizations

A growing network of student-led groups across the University allows graduate students to engage with a wide range of topics in food and agriculture on campus.

  • Learning Communities – Yale School of the Environment
    Students can access funding and resources to host food systems and agriculture-related events through their affiliation with Learning Communities (LCs) at YSE. This could include hosting visiting speakers, organizing a workshop, or providing hands-on training. For example, in Spring 2025, the Ecosystem Management and Conservation LC and the People, Equity, and the Environment LC partnered to host a two-day panel event featuring speakers on land justice and Indigenous sovereignty. Similarly, the Ecosystem Management and Conservation LC hosted a plant grafting workshop where students learned how to graft apple trees. To learn more, visit YSE's Learning Communities.  
  • Sustainable Food & Agriculture Student Interest Group (Food SIG) — Yale School of the Environment:
    The Food SIG aims to educate the YSE and larger Yale student body on the environmental issues and challenges of food and agricultural systems, and to highlight the agricultural ecosystem as an important component of ecosystem studies and management. In addition to hosting hands-on workshops and field trips, the Food SIG hosts the Yale Food Systems Symposium and works actively with local farmers and producers, as well as international agricultural and food system issues. To learn more and get involved, follow the Food SIG.
  • Common Ground — Yale Divinity School:
    Common Ground is a faith-based, student-led group that aims to build a community around caring for and celebrating our communal home. Through community building, education, and advocacy platforms, Common Ground will provide a space for people to come together to respond to and reckon with environmental issues, giving particular attention to the climate emergency. To learn more, visit Common Ground.
  • Food, Agribusiness, and Beverage Club | Yale School of Management:
    The Food, Agribusiness, and Beverage Club at SOM fosters an interdisciplinary community passionate about exploring issues and trends in the food, beverage, and agribusiness sector. The group organizes educational events, tastings, dinners, and more. To get involved, visit Food, Agribusiness, and Beverage Club.
  • Plant Based for Public Health Group (PB4PH) | Yale School of Public Health:
    PB4PH at YSPH is dedicated to recognizing, amplifying, and celebrating the connection between nutrition, individual wellbeing, population health, animal welfare, and environmental health. We advocate for a healthier, more equitable, sustainable, and compassionate food system, and recognize that public health depends on the wellbeing of humans, animals, and the planet. To learn more, visit Plant-Based for Public Health.
  • Yale Food Law Society (FoodSoc) | Yale Law School:
    FoodSoc is a nonpartisan community that promotes the study of and engagement with food and agriculture law and policy. FoodSoc advocates an approach that is economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. To learn more, visit Yale Food Law Society.

Alumni

YSE alumni are working to address some of the most pressing challenges facing our global food system today. YSE students and alumni can find and connect with fellow members of the community working in food and agriculture by visiting Alumnifire and searching in the directory using relevant industry tags (e.g. Farming, Fishery, Food & Beverage).
 
To explore inspiring stories of alumni pursuing careers in food systems, see the in-depth guide to Career Pathways in Sustainable Food & Agriculture produced by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment.
 
For additional professional development resources, visit the YSE Office of Career and Professional Development's Agriculture and Food resource page.

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