Rachel White

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and LivestockRachel White
63 Boggy Brook Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605
Phone: 207.667.8212
Email: rachel@maine.edu

Rachel is a Sustainable Agriculture and Livestock Educator based out of Hancock county. Her objectives include education, research, and programming about agriculture in Washington and Hancock counties and with small ruminants and poultry across the state. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Maine researching risk of parasite transmission from wildlife to small ruminants and risk reduction methods, including pastured poultry. Her social science work looks at farmer and veterinarian knowledge, attitude, and practice for small ruminant health management and the challenges they encounter with this topic. Rachel is also involved with the University’s One Health and the Environment NRT program. She is plans to include a One Health framework into her programming to address human-animal-environmental health challenges in Maine’s agricultural community. On her farm, Rachel has Finn sheep, laying chickens, seasonal broilers, pigeons, horses, and various fruits.

Education:

  • Ph.D. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, (in progress)
  • B.S Biology with a focus in Sustainable Agriculture, Unity College, Maine, 2014