Natalie D Hunt

Natalie D Hunt is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering school of the University of Minnesota. Her work focuses on sustainable agriculture, environmental science, and food systems education.

• Teaching Assistant Professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota

Research interests include:

• Developing collective agency curricula for sustainable food systems
• Assessing environmental impacts of conventional vs. diversified cropping systems
• Air quality and health effects related to agricultural practices
• Policy strategies for sustainable food-energy-water systems
• Soil health and weed seedbank sustainability indicators
• Climate change mitigation through agricultural diversification

Recent publications span interdisciplinary topics from Iowa cropping system emissions to global food system air quality impacts. Media outlets have highlighted her work on crop rotation diversification benefits.