Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project

Innovation and Collaboration for Agricultural Biosecurity

Author: Joanna Cummings

Joanna received a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University, with a specialization in vegetable crop and greenhouse production. At PSU, she worked for the Professor of Plant Nutrition as a research technician on no-tillage vegetable crop experiments at the horticulture research facility, and as a greenhouse assistant in the All-American Selections Research Gardens. Her career in the agriculture industry includes dairy and vegetable farm laborer, greenhouse manager, estate gardener, landscaper and market garden entrepreneur. She transitioned into the communications field after receiving a Master of Science in Environmental Studies, with a major in Communications, from Antioch University New England. At Antioch she was a field botany laboratory teaching assistant and manager of the herbarium. Joanna’s work experience also includes research station manager at the University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center, education and outreach coordinator for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, marketing manager, director of communications, public information officer, webmaster, training program manager and project manager for nonprofit, government, academic and commercial organizations. She is currently working with ADBCAP Director Julie Smith as a communications professional in the University of Vermont Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department.
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