Tiffanie F Stone

Tiffanie Stone is a PhD student in the Environmental Science program at Iowa State University in the department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management. Dr. Jan Thompson is her faculty advisor. Her research interests include sustainable urban food systems, food justice, agroecology, and food system policy. As part of the Iowa UrbanFEWS project, she will develop Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) models for the food system in the Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. These models integrate energy, water, and carbon dynamics associated with the food cycle. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in Applied Plant Science and a Master of Science degree in Agroecology from the Norwegian University of Life Science. She also worked as a Norwegian Peace Corps volunteer at an Agricultural Training Institute in Zanzibar, and as a County Extension Director for Purdue University in agriculture, natural resources, and 4-H youth development.