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Peace Corps Environment Programs: CFAES Faculty share their Volunteer Experiences
in the area of soil and environmental mineralogy with a focus on carbon permanence. His research ... ('06-'08) working with local NGO's on soil and water research and educational outreach. Darren Drewry ... conserve the local environment, through such programs as agroforestry, soil and water conservation, ...
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The Ohio Program Cultivates International Horticulturalists at Cultivate ‘21
Gary Pierzynski, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, and Dr. Luis Cañas, Associate ... Pierzynski explained CFAES’s role in bridging research, teaching and extension. He detailed the drive to ... Inc. as the Regional Product Manager. Originally from Austria, Kress did her internship at Plant ...
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Cooperate Globally, Act Locally- Collaborative Stories of CFAES faculty and Borlaug Fellows
of integrated soil fertility management for smallholder farmers”. “My research is based on how to ... increase soil fertility with the use of leguminous crops (e.g. cowpea, soybean, mucuna) in rotation with ... gained in these areas will not only aid Burkina Faso’s farmers to use specific fertilizer in certain soil ...
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How do we collectively conceptualize “soil health” and how do we use that to guide meaningful research and extension?
farmers and other researchers a few key questions: 1) How high of a priority soil health is to farmers? 2) ... How do you define "soil health"? How does that compare to others definitions? Former ... How are we all thinking about soil health? 3) How useful do farmers find current soil health tests? ...
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Bethany Herman, B.S.
https://soilfertility.osu.edu/people/bethany-herman-bs
(SENR). Her primary responsibility was managing a research project that monitored water quality in the ... Sugar Creek watershed and surrounding areas. Bethany joined the Soil Fertility Lab in November, 2015 and ... cooperators in our research trials. Additional responsibilities include assisting with field research when ...
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Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture [IICA] to work with CFAES’ Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
approach for monitoring, managing and sequestrating soil organic carbon (SOC) 2. To serve as a bridge ... between science, policy and development work on soil health restoration in the Americas, building capacity ... management, d) Productivity and competitiveness of the agri-food sector, e) Territorial development and rural ...
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Kernza Combine Harvest 2020 Fremont
https://soilfertility.osu.edu/home/slides/kernza-combine-harvest-2020-fremont
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Soil Health Testing
https://soilfertility.osu.edu/our-research/soil-health-testing
standardized soil tests. However, total organic matter is not an ideal indicator of nutrient availability ... plants and soil food webs use to cycle nutrients and energy through the soil. Because of the importance ... PROJECT SUMMARY Total organic matter is an important soil property that is routinely measured in ...
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Soil Balancing Call-in Conversations
https://soilfertility.osu.edu/news/soil-balancing-call-conversations
Soil management not only impacts crop yields, but also has a huge impact on the environment. For ... organic farmers, soil balancing has become a widely used method for soil management. Soil balancing is ... soil balancing. Researchers will be on hand to provide input and answer questions but the main focus ...
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Organic Research
https://soilfertility.osu.edu/our-research/organic-research
on-station research trials, economic analysis, soil health testing, and farmer surveys. The goals are to ... understand impacts of balancing on soils, crops, and weeds. To learn more about our lab's work on this ... : http://organicfarmingresearchnetwork.org.ohio-state.edu Soil health testing (USDA-Organic Funded, Organic Farming Research Foundation) Soil testing is ...