Nick, Author at Ceres Trust

Grain and Forage from Intermediate Wheatgrass: A New Perennial Grain Crop

Minnesota team: Craig Sheaffer, Jake Jungers, Mitch Hunter, Bradely Heins Michigan team: Sieglinde Snapp, Vicki Morrone and Kim Cassida (Michigan State University) and Hampshire Farm Project Highlights One of the first studies to investigate dual-use of intermediate wheatgrass (IWG) for production of Kernza® grain and forage Sites in Minnesota and Michigan represent a wide gradient…

Pee Dee Tribe Represents Tribal Culture and Tradition

We had the opportunity to attend different events. One of them was The Creating Climate for Change Conference in October of 2019. We were able to represent tribal culture and tradition, by performing several dances that showed our traditions and culture. Also, we had the opportunity to disseminate the message about the importance of leaving forests and wetlands standing and connected with our tribe culture of respecting nature.

Toxic Acres

Friends of the Earth

Pesticides and Soil Health

Friends of the Earth

Heroes of SB3095 – This is what democracy looks like

In 2015, Syngenta, Dow, Dupont and BASF successfully sued Kauai County for the right to spray poisons next to schools, and not tell us about it. Today, as a result of the passage of SB3095, they can no longer do this. Over the next 4 years the Restricted Use Pesticide and neurotoxin chlorpyrifos, will be phased out and its use totally prohibited. Though other States have tried, none have been successful and Hawaii is the first.

Community Engagement and Capacity Building

JAPRI (Jail and Prison Rehabilitation Information) participated in community engagement and capacity building effort in Northampton County, NC with Dogwood Alliance in August 2019.

Inoculant Impacts on Organic Vegetable Production in the Upper Great Plains

In the Northern Great Plains, adoption of roller-crimping for weed suppression in no-till organic cropping systems remains a challenge due to limited growing season and delayed soil warming, which limit production of sufficient cover crop biomass to suppress weeds. A solution may be to grow weed-suppressive biomass out of phase spatially and temporally with the main crop, an approach called ‘deep mulching.’

Dead End Road

biofuelwatch

Biotechnology for Forest Health?

The Campaign to STOP GE Trees, Biofuelwatch, Global Justice Ecology Project

The Details That Matter: Second Generation Questions On Organic No-Till Practices

Submitted by Dr. Erin Silva, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison View/Download Full Report in PDF Format Introduction The amount of land under certified organic management continues to expand in response to growing consumer demand. According to the 2016 United States Department of Agriculture’s Certified Organic Survey, 1.1 million ha of crop land were…