Angela Valden Skidmore collaborative faculty-student research contributes to sustainable farming and is featured at a climate summit hosted by the former vice president. Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:00:00 -0800 Academics, Shay Kolodney ’21, left, and Zoe Pagliaro ’20 collect soil samples at Caney Fork Farms in Carthage, Tennessee, in June. As they conducted fieldwork for a summer collaborative research project in environmental studies, they earned the distinction of being the first two college students invited to conduct research on the farm, which is owned by former Vice President Al Gore.