Kase did an MS in agroecology at UW-Madison, his thesis was focused on the politics of agricultural research, specifically understanding perspectives of agroecology-oriented practitioners (21 interviews) on their roles and responsibilities of doing agroecology in the context of a land grant/grab university. He is continuing this work in his PhD studies and his work with COAR through participation in the evaluation team and working to ever situate our collaborative effort in the broader socio-political context. One of his guiding questions in his work in grad school and the university world of agroecology has been "what does it mean to do sustainable agriculture on stolen land?" Kase is inspired by so many international movements for agroecology that deeply interweave this work with the political vision of food sovereignty and wants the COAR project to work towards this goal.