Farmworkers harvesting summer squash in Costa Rica
Food Systems and Sustainability Lab

Galt Lab

Libby Christensen

Libby Christensen

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Family and Consumer Science and 4-H Extension Agent, Routt County, Colorado State University

I am the Family & Consumer Science and 4-H Extension Agent for Colorado State University in Routt County in the northwest corner of the state. I have over 10 years of experience working in food systems. My experiences include establishing a local food label with Sacramento County Farm Bureau, working on a small scale pig farm in North Carolina, running a produce distribution company in the Salinas Valley, and teaching nutrition courses at Colorado State University. I received my BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and her MS and PhD from the University of California at Davis. In my current position I manage all things food related including food safety training, food preservation, food insecurity, and local food system efforts. When not working with Extension, I enjoy skiing, hiking and cooking with her husband and young son and daughter.

Who we are

We are a group of researchers looking at how to make agriculture and food systems more just and sustainable. We study the ways that political, economic, and social structures influence the resiliency and fairness of our food systems throughout the value chain from production to consumption. Our work has a particular emphasis on California and Latin America.