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

Galt Lab

Star Beltman

Star Beltman

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M.S. Student

Star Beltman is a master's student in the Galt Lab. Her research focuses on the barriers and sources of support for small-scale farmers in California's central Sierra foothills implementing ecologically based management practices.

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.