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Organic Soybean Variety Trials

CERES TRUST FINAL REPORT 2017 Dean G. Baas, PhD Educator, Sustainable Agriculture NCRSARE PDP Michigan State Coordinator, Michigan State University Extension, 612 E. Main Street · Centreville, MI 49032 Cell Phone: 269-967-9672 · Fax: 269-467-5641 · Email: [email protected] Final Project Status: The Michigan Organic Soybean Variety Trials were implemented over a six year period from…

Legume Cover Crop Impacts on Soil Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Fertility on Organic Vegetable Farms

Principal Investigator: Jennifer Blesh Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, and Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, University of Michigan 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 [email protected]. Collaborators: Dr. Sieglinde Snapp Professor, Soils and Cropping Systems Ecologist, Michigan State University 3700 E. Gull Lake Dr., Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI 49060 Dr. Daniel Brainard…

Micro-managing soil health: leveraging plant-microbe interactions to improve the effectiveness of cover cropping strategies

Final Report for Ceres Grant 2015-01667 Anthony Yannarell Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [email protected] tel: 217-333-2398 fax: 217-244-3219 Project Objectives The goal of this research project was to improve cover-cropping strategies in organic agriculture by understanding how cover crops interact with soil microorganisms…

Lakeland Citizens for Clean Air, Inc. Public Meeting

We held a public meeting at a local venue to illustrate the problem that industrial biomass is posing to the world via a powerpoint presentation which attracted 40 people.

Effect of Cover and Green Manure Crops on Soil Health, Plant Health and Tuber Yield in Organic Sweet Potato Production

Graduate Student Final Report – Ceres Trust Research Grant Graduate Student: Waana Kaluwasha, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri- Columbia [email protected] Faculty Advisor: Dr. Xi Xiong, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia [email protected] Project Period: 2016 – 2017 Abstract Interest in organic sweet potato production in the United States has been growing as consumers…

Selecting and Suppressing Triticale Cultivars for Organic No-till Rotations in Nebraska

Richard Little, Research Technologist UNL East Campus, Lincoln, Nebraska [email protected] 402-472-7836 Summary Our objective was to improve the viability of organic bean production in wheat-based rotations by achieving triticale crimping success and a reasonably early planting date for soybeans and string beans in a rotational-till triticale mulch system. This objective was met by: 1) developing…

Value-added Einkorn for Organic Production in the Great Plains Region

Report submitted by Abdullah Jaradat, USDA North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Morris, MN Dipak Santra, UNL Panhandle Research Extension Center, Scottsbluff, NE Steve Zwinger, NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center, Carrington, ND Joel Ransom, NDSU Extension, Fargo, ND Frank Kutka, Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society, Lamoure, ND Introduction: The purpose of this project was to…

Student Organic Seed Symposium

The 2017 Student Organic Seed Symposium brought 24 students from across the US together at the University of California, Davis for four days of learning about organic seed breeding, production, end-uses, politics and more.

‘Onipa‘a Kākou Event

‘Āina Momona organized the ‘Onipa‘a Kākou event on January 17, 2018, bringing the broader Hawaiian community together for this event, which raised awareness for several Native Hawaiian issues happening across the state. The day culminated in thousands of people joining in a day of unity to recognize the day of solemn injustice against the Native Hawaiian people 125 years ago.

‘Āina Momona Organizes ‘Onipa‘a Kākou event

‘Āina Momona organized the ‘Onipa‘a Kākou event on January 17, 2018, bringing the broader Hawaiian community together for this event, which raised awareness for several Native Hawaiian issues happening across the state.