Posts by Nick
Dont Log the Forests for the Fuel
Dogwood Alliance
Read MoreCultivating a Sustainable San Joaquin Valley
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
Read MoreBuzz Kill
Friends of the Earth
Read MoreA Generation in Jeopardy
Pesticide Action Network
Read MoreAloha ‘Āina Fellows Program
‘Āina Momona created an Aloha ‘Āina Fellows Program, a land-based initiative on Molokai that works to engage emerging professionals and grow leadership capacity-building on the Island. Fellows worked with the community to collect data on the potential sale of Molokai Ranch, held informational meetings, gave professional presentations, attended weekly classes, and ran community work days at important, damaged sites in the natural environment.
Read MoreBeyond Toxics Leads Challenge to Oregon OSHA’s Proposed Rules
In 2017 and 2018, Beyond Toxics led the fight to challenge Oregon OSHA’s proposed new rules on farmworker pesticide protections. Beyond Toxics formed a coalition of Oregon’s farm and forestry worker unions and advocacy organizations, plus labor and social justice groups to force OSHA to reverse course. As a result, Oregon adopted some of the strongest pesticide protection rules for farmworkers in the nation.
Read MoreSandhills Cooperation Association’s Mycelium Lab
SCA held a workshop on the income potential of growing mushrooms and the opportunity to form a mushroom growers co-op. This led to a dozen farmers expressing interest in being co-op growers.
Read MoreBreeding and testing corn for organic farmers that combines high N efficiency, superior nutritional value, and cross incompatibility.
Investigator: Walter Goldstein Mandaamin Institute Elkhorn, Wisconsin View/Download Full Report in PDF Format Introduction Corn presently produces more grain than any other single cereal in the World. It is also the major cereal crop for both conventional and organic farmers in the Midwest (Anon. 2016). Because of consolidation of the seed industry and the predominance…
Read MoreCover Crop Strategies to Build Soil Organic Matter, thereby Enhancing Soil Biology, Water Retention and Weed Control in Organic Cropping Systems of the Western Corn Belt
Principal Investigators: Dr. Rhae A. Drijber University of Nebraska-Lincoln 316 Keim Hall Lincoln, NE 68583-0915 402-472-0770 Fax: 402-472-7904 [email protected] Dr. John L. Lindquist University of Nebraska-Lincoln 279 Plant Science Hall Lincoln, NE 68583-0817 402-472-2771 Fax: 402-472-3654 [email protected] Project Abstract We request funding to expand research initiated in 2009 on organic weed management with support from…
Read MoreToward effective microbial weed management: Effects of manure application and cover crop use on native soil microbial communities and weed seed demise in the soil seedbank
Craig Sheaffer Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics University of Minnesota Summary Seed of common Midwestern agricultural weeds was buried in 47 fields on 15 certified organic farms in Minnesota. Long-term cropping history was collected from organic certification records. Weed seed was excavated following a year of burial and tested for viability. Surrounding soil was…
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