Carrie Seay-Fleming
Agrifood systems; agrivoltaics; energy transitions; food security; environmental justice; Latin America
Background & Expertise
Carrie Seay-Fleming is an assistant professor in the Department of Environment, Sustainability, & Geography at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her research, teaching and outreach examine food system transformations and sustainability transitions in rural communities across the Americas, with a focus on how environmental initiatives and proposed solutions distribute benefits and burdens among different groups. Her scholarship has explored food security, biotechnology, land-use conflict and agrivoltaics, with a regional emphasis on Latin America and the Southwestern United States. Before entering academia, Seay-Fleming worked with nongovernmental organizations and community-based organizations, including serving in the Peace Corps, where she worked alongside smallholder farmers in rural Peru.
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