Katie Trozzo

Dr. Katie Trozzo is a Food Systems Network and Outreach Specialist in the Virginia Tech Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education and serves as Assistant Director of Outreach and Engagement at the Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation. She also acts as the Virginia Tech-based State Coordinator for the Virginia SARE (Southern Agriculture and Research Education) Program and the Coordinator for the Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition. In these roles, she leads and/or supports several partnership projects that contribute to farm viability, land and water stewardship, and resilient food systems. She draws upon her skillsets in cultural and participatory development, facilitation, network weaving, evaluation, event coordination, and curriculum and training development to help drive these changes. Over the last 15 years, Katie’s research, extension, and teaching has also made contributions to advancing agroforestry, a suite of land management practices that merge conservation and production.

Ph.D., Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, 2019, Virginia Tech

M.S., Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, 2012, Virginia Tech

B.S., Environmental Technology, 2010, NC State

Assistant Director for Outreach and Engagement, Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation

State Coordinator, Virginia Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program

Coordinator, Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition

Trozzo, K., Munsell, J., Niewolny, K., & Chamberlain, J. L. (2019). Forest Food and Medicine in Contemporary Appalachia. Southeastern Geographer, 59(1), 52-76.

Trozzo, K. E., Munsell, J. F., & Chamberlain, J. L. (2014). Landowner interest in multifunctional agroforestry Riparian buffers. Agroforestry systems, 88(4), 619-629.

Trozzo, K. E., Munsell, J. F., Chamberlain, J. L., & Aust, W. M. (2014). Potential adoption of agroforestry riparian buffers based on landowner and streamside characteristics. Journal of soil and water conservation, 69(2), 140-150.