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On this episode of SHECP Talks , Emily Scaff , a student at Washington and Lee University , is joined by Jim Kvach , a farmer and engaged community member in Lexington, VA. Emily is pursuing a degree in Journalism with minors in Poverty and Human Capabilities Studies and Law, Justice, and Society. She is a member of W&L’s Campus Kitchen Leadership Team, a group that works to address food insecurity in the area. Jim Kvach is a local farmer, Master Gardener, and board member o

In a February 2026 SHECP Springboard event, leaders working at the intersection of food access and agriculture discussed how communities balance immediate hunger relief with the broader systems that shape food security and, specifically, how different organizations are leveraging their local networks and opportunities to integrate the farming community and its products into their efforts to address food access barriers. Access the event recording here >> The conversation fea

Maureen McNamara Best , Executive Director of the Local Environmental Agriculture Project (LEAP), joined Zach Zook , Chief Strategy Officer for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, for a SHECP Springboard event on February 17th. The discussion, moderated by Professor Ryan McCoy , explored the ways in which different organizations across the country are leveraging their local networks and opportunities to integrate farming into their efforts to address food access barriers. Al

By Emelia Richey (2024 SHECP Intern) On October 10, 2025, SHECP hosted Dr. Jonathan Eastwood, Professor of Sociology at Washington and Lee University , and Dr. Howard Pickett, Professor of Ethics and Poverty Studies at Washington and Lee University , for a Pedagogy & Practice event focused on Eastwood’s new book, S ocial Structure: Relationships, Representations, and Rules . During the Fall 2020 semester, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Eastwood began recording video