UVM DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES
(802) 656-2630
Time: Fridays at 11:15 am
Location: Stafford 101
September 3
Why Ecological Agriculture?
Fred Magdoff, UVM
September 10
Biodiversity and pest management in agroecosystems
Miguel Altieri, UC-Berkley
September 17
Promoting and evaluating soil health
George Abawi, Cornell University
September 24
The art and science of composting
Will Brinton, Woods End Laboratory, ME
October 1
Feeding a hungry world using biointensive methods
John Doran, USDA/ARS, Lincoln, NB
October 15
Ecology of learning: Examples from Agroecology and
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Chuck Francis, University of Nebraska
October 22
Putting a sustainable system together on a farm.
Steve Groff, farmer, Lancaster Co., PA
October 29
Whole system pest management
W.J. Lewis, USDA/ARS, Tifton, GA
November 5
Principles of ecological design: implications for
agriculture.
John Todd, UVM SNR
November 12
Organic Agriculture at the Crossroads - where global
meets local
Enid Wonnacott, NOFA-VT
November 19
Soil Ecology: The last frontier?
Deb Neher, UVM
December 3
Management to suppress plant diseases
Heather Darby, UVM Extension