Posters

Cutting-Edge Innovations on Display

Posters with linked titles are available for download from SARE's Learning Center.

Tuesday, March 25 Session One: 5:00 - 6:45 pm

Barry Adler, Ohio (North Central region)
RainFresh Harvests: Growing Year-Round with Renewable Energy

Helen Atthowe, Montana (Western region)
Reduced Tillage/Living Mulch System Manages Insect Pests

Owusu Bandele, Louisiana (Southern region)
Use of Winter Cover Crops and Summer Soil Solarization in Sustainable Vegetable Production Systems

Billie Best, Massachusetts (Northeast region)
Farmer-Led Learning Groups to Mentor Beginning Farmers

Don Bustos, New Mexico (Western region)
Solar Energy for Winter Food Production

Christopher Callahan, New York (Northeast region)
How and Why a Small Digester Works: Digester Performance Tracking, Analysis, and Lessons Learned at Freund's Farm

Jeanne Carver, Oregon (Western region)
Imperial Stock Ranch Heritage Lamb/Fiber Marketing

Chris Chmiel, Ohio (North Central region)
Increasing Production in Native Stands of PawPaws; Using Animals to Manage PawPaw Patches

James Crosby, Michigan (North Central region)
Preserving Historical Mint Fields with Windbreaks

Krista Dittman, Nebraska (North Central region)
Artisan Farmstead Cheese Production in Nebraska

Gwendolyn Ellen, Oregon (Western region)
Integrating Conservation Biological Control on Farms: Banking on Beetles in Oregon

Claud Evans, Oklahoma (Southern region)
Integrated Goat Management System for Fiber and Meat

Chad King, Arizona (Western region)
Sustainability of Inland Shrimp Production

Teresa Showa, Arizona (Western region)
Ganado Farm Board Agricultural Marketing Study

Dave Govert, Kansas (North Central region)
Watching Your Idea Grow Out of Your Control

Chris Granstrom, Vermont (Northeast region)
Evaluating New, Extra-Hardy Grape Cultivars in Vermontha

John Hays, Arizona (Western region)
Partnership for Monitoring Rangeland and Riparian Health in Red Rock Canyon Watershed

Brenda Hedges, Vermont (Northeast region)
Organic Transplant Production: Media & Fertilizers

Martin Keen, Pennsylvania (Northeast region)
Controlling Grape Root Borer

Ron Khosla, New York (Northeast region)
Electric Tractor Conversion of Allis Chalmers "G"

Sarah Kingsley-Richards, Vermont (Northeast region)
Development of Partnerships and Support for an Emerging Alternative Crop: Grapes in Northern New England

Dan Kuebler, Missouri (North Central region)
Go Green With Solar Powered Irrigation

Martha Mewbourne, Virginia (Southern region)
Scott County Hair Sheep Fair - A Beginning

Luis Miguel Rico, Puerto Rico (Southern region)
Puerto Rican Shade Grown Coffee

Joseph Miles, Pennsylvania (Northeast region)
Composting Bedded Pack Barn

Eamon Molloy, Oregon (Western region)
Hillsdale Winter Harvest Farmers Market

Henning Sehmsdorf, Washington (Western region)
The Small-Scale, Integrated, Self-Sufficient and Sustainable Farm Organism

George and Sally Shetler, Michigan (North Central region)
Processing and Marketing Milk

Eric Simonne, Florida (Southern region)
Optimization of Irrigation Practices in Organic and Conventional Vegetable Production Using Soluble Dye

Karen Strickler, Idaho (Western region)
Harvest Frequency, Yield and Economics of Summer Squash

Ernest Wusstig, Guam (Western region)
Greenhouse Water Barrier

Wednesday, March 26 Session Two: 9:30 - 10:30 am

Jean Bonhotal, New York (Northeast region)
Composting as an Alternative for Mortalities and Meat Residuals from Farms and Butcher Operations

Lynda Brushett, New Hampshire (Northeast region)
Creating an Agricultural Commission in Your Hometown

Wes Burger, Mississippi (Southern region)
Economic, Agronomic, and Ecological Costs/Benefits of Field Border Management Practices in Agricultural Systems of Mississippi

Anthoney Deanes, Virginia (Southern region)
Assessing the Viability of Inland Shrimp Farming in South Central Alabama

Amy Dirks, Indiana (North Central region)
Evaluation of a Children's Gardening Curriculum for Use in School Classroom

Sue Donaldson, Nevada (Western region)
Living on the Land: Curriculum Expansion and Instructor Trainings

Rex Dufour, California (Western region)
Helping to Institutionalize Organics as a Conservation Practice in the NRCS

Craig Elevitch, Hawaii (Western region)
Expanding the Value of SARE Project Publications Through Electronic Distribution

Staci Emm, Nevada (Western region)
Strengthening and Sustaining Agriculture on American Indian Lands

Ann Gillespie, Georgia (Southern region)
Novel Methods for Sustainable Control of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Llamas and Alpacas

John Grande, New Jersey (Northeast region)
Matching Small-farm Crop Sprayer Application Technology with OMRI and Traditional Agricultural Products

Joe Harrison, Washington (Western region)
The Role of Feed Management in Whole Farm Nutrient Management

Lucy Henry, North Carolina (Southern region)
Why Do Farmers Adopt Conservation Practices?

Veera Kasula, Alabama (Southern region)
Microbiological Analysis of Whole Rabbit Carcass Rinses Sampled from Rabbit Processing Facilities

Sarah Hultine, Missouri (North Central region)
Beyond the Farmers' Market: Planning for Local Food Systems in Illinois- A Guide for Community Leaders

Stu Jacobson, Illinois (North Central region)
Cultural Competency: Working with Latino Audiences

Jerry Jost, Kansas (North Central region)
Grow Your Farmer's Market

Bill Lamont, Pennsylvania (Northeast region)
Training Extension Professionals and Teachers on High Tunnel Technology

Jeanne Merrill, Wisconsin (North Central region)
Educating Through Excellence

Jean Mills, Alabama (Southern region)
Marketing Networks in Rural Alabama

Marion Simon, Kentucky (Southern region)
The Third Thursday Thing: Eleven Years and Going Strong

Amy Bacigalupo, Minnesota (North Central region)
A Tri-State Expansion: Educator Training Using the Farm Beginnings Model

Bob Zabawa, Alabama (Southern region)
Partnerships for Sustainable Communities

Wednesday, March 26 Session Three: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

George Abawi, New York (Northeast region)
Soil Health Assessment, Management, and Outreach

Travis Beckett, Utah (Western region)
Cropping Systems: Soil Sustainability vs. the Dollar

John Biernbaum, Michigan (North Central region)
User/Grower Educational Materials and Training for Polyethylene Film High Tunnel Winter Production and Harvesting of Organic Salad Greens and Vegetables

Thomas Bjorkman, New York (Northeast region)
A Biocontrol Fungus that Colonizes Roots Better: From Concept to Organic Production

Lisa Boggs, Oklahoma (Southern region)
Got Weeds? Hire Goats

George Boody, Minnesota (North Central region)
Economic Analysis and Policy Development to Support Multiple Benefits

Jude Boucher, Connecticut (Northeast region)
Perimeter Trap Cropping: A Novel Approach to Pest Control

Brad Brummond, North Dakota (North Central region)
Coexistence in North Dakota (Sustainable and Biotech Agriculture)

Craig Cogger, Washington (Western region)
Assessing Soil Quality in Intensive Organic Management Systems

Kathleen Delate, Iowa (North Central region)
Improving Soil Quality During and After Transition to Organic Production

Anne Fanatico, Arkansas (Southern region)
Enhancing Feasibility for Range Poultry Expansion

Ruth Hazzard, Massachusetts (Northeast region)
Organic Sweet Corn IPM: A Fifteen Year Project

Edgar Hicks, Kansas (North Central region)
Growing the Nicodemus Community

Dahlia Jackson, Delaware (Northeast region)
Growth, Parasite Resistance and Carcass Traits of Dorper, Texel, and Suffolk-sired Crossbred Lambs

Pat Johnson, South Dakota (North Central region)
High Sulfate Water- The Search for Solutions

Dennis Lamm, Colorado (Western region)
A Survey of Organic Producers in the 4 Corners States

Ellen Mallory, Maine (Northeast region)
Diversity & Intensity of Cover Crop Systems: Managing Weed Seed Bank & Soil Health

Andy McGuire, Washington (Western region)
Mustard Green Manures for Potato Production

Dennis McIntosh, Delaware (Northeast region)
Integrating Aquatic Plant and Finfish Aquaculture

Jennifer Miller, Idaho (Western region)
Sustainable Ag Practices and Outreach with Native Populations

Steve Mims, Kentucky (Southern region)
Enhancing Farmers' Income through Polyculture of Paddlefish with Catfish in the Southern Region

David Orr, North Carolina (Southern region)
Evaluation of Beneficial Insect Habitat for Organic Farms

Mary Peet, North Carolina (Southern region)
Grafting Rootstocks onto Heirloom and Locally Adapted Tomato Selections to Confer Resistance to Soil Borne Diseases and Increase Nutrient Uptake for Market Gardeners

Curt R. Rom, Arkansas (Southern region)
Management Practices for Organic Orchard Nutrition

William Snyder, Washington (Western region)
Augmentation and Conservation of Insect-attacking Nematodes and Fungi to Improve Insect Control

Sandra Solaiman, Alabama (Southern region)
Sustainable Year-Round Forage System for Goat Production

Jim Stordahl, Minnesota (North Central region)
Phosphorus Mobilization and Weed Suppression by Buckwheat

Ken Tate, California (Western region)
Grazing Management to Improve Riparian Health

Wade Esbenshade, Pennsylvania (Northeast region)
Greenhouse IPM for the Amish and Mennonite Community of Central PA

Glynn Tillman, Georgia (Southern region)
Multidisciplinary Approach to Enhancing Sustainability in Cotton Production in the Southeastern USA

Ray Weil, Maryland (Northeast region)
Intensive Grazing: A Threat to Water Quality?

Doug Wubben, Wisconsin (North Central region)
Farm-to-School Lessons from the Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch Project