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Compact Farms: A Step Towards Sustainability, Chad A. Porter
Compact Farms: A Step Towards Sustainability, Chad A. Porter
Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports
This project report accounts for the potential benefits compact farms can have for agriculture and sustainability. The report details the design, implementation, and management of Whistle Stop Farm, a 1-acre, diverse farm producing vegetables, fruits, and gourmet mushrooms for direct markets in Atascadero, California. The farm focuses on economic and environmental sustainability. A large part of the farm revolves around soil science and how to manage soils to promote a healthy soil ecosystem.
Consumer Choice Within Fresh Produce, Victoria C. Ross
Consumer Choice Within Fresh Produce, Victoria C. Ross
Agricultural Education and Communication
This project set out to question whether fresh produce required more specific labeling of pesticides and fertilizer inputs on fresh produce. Like many questions regarding health, environmental science, agriculture, and politics, there is not one simple answer. After listening to professionals and interviewing customers outside grocery stores, it's clear that the majority of consumers are not pursuing additional information, but that there is a small group of customers who would appreciate it. It also became clear that although fear mentality is of concern to professionals in the food industry, consumers don’t seem to understand the negative effects their participation in …
Shasta County Agriculture Activity Book Project, Kylan Morris, Amy Brown
Shasta County Agriculture Activity Book Project, Kylan Morris, Amy Brown
Agricultural Education and Communication
With the development of an agricultural activity book for the kindergarten level, the authors have selected the top commodities produced in Shasta County and have directly applied them to Next Generation Science Standards. The reasoning behind creating a parallel between science lessons and a students’ immediate environment is to allow teachers to utilize their allotted time for teaching for state-mandated subjects while appointing agricultural topics as a vehicle for understanding these lessons.