Nick, Author at Ceres Trust

The Power of Grassroots Organizing

When the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced their draft regulation to protect schoolchildren from exposure to agricultural pesticides, the Safe Ag Safe Schools coalition in Salinas pressured DPR to ensure that a public hearing was added to the roster of events.

Beverly St. John

Beverly St. John acts on her concerns about illness and the environment through participation in the citizen’s group Toxic Taters. She is willing to confront the justification for agricultural chemicals. She is moved by a love of her culture and by a living compassion for the future of everyone’s children.

Consumer-Engaged Participatory Plant Breeding Model Comparison and Beet Flavor Breeding

Graduate Student: Solveig Hanson, Department of Horticulture, Plant Breeding Plant Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1575 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706 · 608-514-5466 [email protected] Faculty Advisor: Dr. Irwin L. Goldman Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin Madison · 608-262-1624 · [email protected] Abstract A resilient organic agriculture requires crop varieties bred for the agronomic and…

Development and delivery of a comprehensive orchard floor management tactics to promote natural pest management and enhanced soil quality

Principal Investigator: Dr. Matthew J. Grieshop, Associate Professor of Organic Pest Management, MI State University, Dept. of Entomology 578 Wilson Road 205 CIPS, East Lansing, MI 48824 [email protected] · 517-432-8034 · Fax: 517-353-5598 Report Prepared By: Jason M. Matlock, Project Doctoral Student and Matthew Grieshop Executive Summary Management of orchard floors presents unique opportunities for organic…

Improving the Profitability of Small Farms in Missouri by Reducing Inputs through the Integration of Farmscaping and Small Ruminants for Insect Pest and Weed Control

Partner Organization: Lincoln University Point of Contact: Dr. Jaime Piñero, Associate Professor / State IPM Specialist 900 Chestnut St. Jefferson City, MO 65101 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 573-681-5522 Summary This 3-year research / outreach project aimed at developing sustainable, biologically intensive pest management solutions that integrate farmscaping components (trap cropping and insectary plants) with selective small…

Identification of arthropod predators of cucumber beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in cucurbit agroecosystems

Investigators: Graduate Student: Molly Dieterich Mabin, Department of Entomology, Ohio State University. Email: [email protected] Faculty Advisors: Mary M. Gardiner, Department of Entomology, Ohio State University. Email: [email protected] Celeste Welty, Department of Entomology, Ohio State University. Email: [email protected] Project Period: 2015 – 2017 Abstract The predatory arthropod assemblage often differs between organic and conventional agriculture, in…

Development of Cultural Practices to use a Roller/Crimper in Organic Cropping Systems for Eastern Nebraska

Charles Shapiro ([email protected]) and William Kranz. University of Nebraska, Haskell Ag Laboratory, Concord, NE Lynn Junck and Elizabeth Sarno, former University of Nebraska co-PIs have both left the University of Nebraska. Mike Mainz, Research Technologist, retired Significance of Project to Organic Agriculture To be certified, organic farmers must follow the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations…

Conserving Breadfruit Diversity

Dan Rudoy, Collection Manager for the Breadfruit Institute, is a specialist in organic, holistic and regenerative farming practices. He is managing the institute’s incomparable conservation collection of 150 breadfruit varieties using regenerative agricultural practices.

Evaluating the Use of Alfalfa as a Surface Mulch in Corn Cropping Systems

Deborah Allan, Dept. Soil, Water and Climate Craig Sheaffer, Dept. of Agronomy & Plant Genetics Laura Fernandez, Dept. Soil, Water and Climate Karina Fabrizzi, Dept. Soil, Water and Climate University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus Summary Organic systems without livestock are common throughout much of the Corn Belt, requiring organic corn and grain growers to…

Collecting on-farm environmental data: towards resilient organic vegetable varieties

Ceres Trust Graduate Student Grant – Final Report Investigators: Graduate Student: Virginia Moore, Department of Agronomy, UW – Madison Email: vmmoore@ wisc.cdu Undergraduate Student: Indigo Leslie, Department of Plant Pathology, UW – Madison Email: [email protected] Faculty Adviser: Erin Silva, Department of Plant Pathology, UW – Madison Email: [email protected] Project Period: 2015-2016 Introduction This project, “Collecting…