He currently teaches a graduate course on Food Systems and Sustainable Diets. Via ISED Solutions he also leads a national technical assistance program targeting refugee beginning farmer programs. His current research focuses on (a) instructional methodologies for refugee beginning farmers, (b) quality attributes of direct-marketed produce, (c) food systems theory and practice, and (d) sustainable dietary guidance. He spearheads Tufts ‘Sustainable Diets Working Group’ that is developing a framework-based process to guide and promote consumer-based food-system change via sustainable diets.