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Dr. Rafiq Islam
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/people/dr-rafiq-islam
Dr. Rafiq Islam Research Scientist Soil, Water and BioEnergy 1864 Shyville Rd Piketon, OH 45661 ...
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8 ways a city’s vacant lots can be good for the environment
training Master Gardener volunteers on issues related to urban farming. To contact the scientist: Mary ... plants and increased ecosystem services,” she said, “urban vacant land can be seen as an asset for ...
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Pennsylvania sustainable ag leader joins Ohio State’s Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation
Brian Snyder, pictured, previously the executive director of one of the leading sustainable ... agriculture organizations in the U.S., has joined Ohio State’s Initiative for Food and AgriCultural ... InFACT, the Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation pursues holistic approaches to ensure good ...
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HCS Spring 2016 Seminar
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/hcs-spring-2016-seminar
The Potential of Urban Agriculture Production Systems for Sustainable Food Production and Food ...
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Can Soil Microbes Slow Climate Change?
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/can-soil-microbes-slow-climate-change
He reocmmends that "to tip the soil’s fungal-to-bacterial ratio strongly toward the ... fungi". "As the ratio of fungi to bacteria increases, the soil biome becomes more efficient in utilizing ... carbon and other nutrients and that the soil therefore releases less CO 2 to the atmosphere." In ...
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OARDC organic farming program has new interim leader; ‘period of reinvention’ ahead
years ago, is replacing former OFFER director Brian McSpadden Gardener, who left for a job in the ... agricultural administration and director of the college’s Wooster campus, which includes OARDC. “He’s ... well-qualified to lead our effort in organics.” “It seems clear that OFFER will go through a period of ...
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Job Skills and Careers
https://oardc.osu.edu/impacts/job-skills-and-careers
leadership and job skills programs to teaching agriculture in urban centers to helping farmers and pesticide ...
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Good news: Ohio’s soil phosphorus levels are trending down
Agricultural soil phosphorus levels held steady or trended downward in at least 80 percent of ... about protecting surface water quality while maintaining agricultural production, said CFAES scientists ... by OARDC. “Soil phosphorus levels are strongly related to runoff water phosphorus levels. Less ...
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SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY – A SOIL HEALTH PHYSICAL INDICATOR
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/soil-aggregate-stability-%E2%80%93-soil-health-physical-indicator
By: Alan Sundermeier and Vinayak Shedekar A suite of soil health measurements are becoming ... available which are not part of the traditional soil tests. Soil aggregate stability is an important ... physical indicator of soil health, which protects organic matter accumulation, improves soil porosity, ...
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Ohio No-Till Summer Field Day
https://oardc.osu.edu/events/ohio-no-till-summer-field-day
No-till farming sounds simple. Just don’t till the soil, right? Farmers know better. Adopting ... no-till requires understanding how it affects drainage, soil structure, organic matter, weed control, and ... environmental impacts, said Randall Reeder, retired agricultural engineering specialist with Ohio State ...