Ada Smith, Ph.D., earned her doctorate at the University of Montana where she focused on agrarian values, climate adaptation, and elevating women’s roles and voices in agriculture in Montana. She earned her B.A. in Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Wellesley College and her M.A. in Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. Growing up on a small farmstead in rural Wisconsin and summers on her grandparents’ ranch in Montana was formative in developing Ada’s interest in food systems that connect and sustain people and places.
