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Plant and Soil Science Fall 2004 Seminar Series

PSS 195 Seminar in Ecological Agriculture Coordinator: John Hayden

11:15-12:05 pm, Stafford 101

September 3 Why Ecological Agriculture? Fred MagdoffUniversity of Vermont

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 fromAgroecology and Sustainable Agriculture andFood Systems

Chuck FrancisUniversity of Nebraska

October 22 Putting a sustainable system together on a farm Steve Groff, farmerLancaster Co., PA

October 29 Whole system pest management W.J. LewisUSDA/ARS, Tifton, GA

November 5 Principles of ecological design: implication foragriculture

John ToddUniversity of Vermont, SNR

November 12 Organic Agriculture at the Crossroads - whereglobal meets local

Enid WonnacottNOFA - VT

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November 19 Soil Ecology: The last frontier? Deb NeherUniversity of Vermont

December 3 Management to suppress plant diseases Heather DarbyUniversity of Vermont Extension

Department of Plant & Soil Science

The William P. Raymond Fund

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Seminar in Ecological Agriculture Coordinator: Fred Magdoff

Rachel ThietEnvironmental StudiesAntioch New England

Seeing the forest in theseeds: can agroecosystemsfunction like naturalsystems?

September 14 - 12:20 pmKalkin 003

Mark ChienPenn State University

Challenges of northernclimates to vineyardproduction.

September 21 - 12:20 pmKalkin 003

Mary HendricksonDepartment of RuralSociology University ofMissouri

Concentration inagribusiness and foodindustries: implications forfarmers and consumers.

September 29 - 12:30 pmStafford 410

Bill LiebhardtUC-Davis

Is California AgricultureSustainable?

October 5 - 12:20 pmStafford 410

Willie LockeretzTufts University

Rural America in the 1930s,in words, pictures, andsongs.

October 11 - 3 pm to4:30 pmStafford 101

Cornelia FloraAgriculture and SociologyIowa State University

Why do we farm like we do? What does it take tochange? — Socio-technicalregime, novelties, andniches.

October 21 - 11 amKalkin 003

Hank Bissell andBob and Jane Pomykala

Two vegetable farms —similarities and differences.

November 2 - 12:20 pmStafford 410

Eugenie Doyle & Sam Burr,Erik Wells, and Jim Maille

Farmer roundtable. November 7 - 12:20 pmHills 17

Sandy & Paul [email protected]

Deciding what crops to growon a small farm.

November 21 - 12:20 pmStafford 410


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Plant and Soil Science Spring 2006 Seminar Series

PSS 296 Seminar Coordinator: Deborah Neher

Fridays (unless specified otherwise*), 11:15-12:05 pm, Rowell 244Students meet with speaker for pizza lunch in 19 Hills

20-Jan Donna Rizzo, University of Vermont, Dept. of Environmental Engineering Drawing dirty pictures using geostats and ANNs.

27-Jan Greg Druschel, University of Vermont, Dept. of Geology

Linking chemistry and microbes: using in situ microelectrodes in the field and in the lab.

3-Feb Josef Gorres, University of Rhode Island, Dept. of Natural Resources

Effects of anecic earthworm burrows on percolation and N-leaching from agroecosystems.

10-Feb Sebastien Lavergne, University of Vermont, Dept. of Botany

The ecological genetics of range expansion: The invasion of reed canary grass in North America.

*15-Feb Rich Merritt, Michigan State University, Dept. of Entomology

Bugs and bodies: the role of insects in crime scene investigations. Note: Being held in Kalkin 001

24-Feb Dave Jacke, Dynamics Ecological Design, Keene, NH

Ecology, Design, and Agriculture: A New Synthesis.(This seminar is co-sponsored by the Rubenstein School)

3-Mar Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont, Extension

Climate Change and its Implications for Agriculture and Renewable Energy in the Northeast.

10-Mar Stuart Grandy, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept of Geological Sciences

Environmental and productivity tradeoffs in no-till systems: do they justify periodic cultivation?

17-Mar Felipe N. Soto, University of Vermont, Dept. of Biology

Collembola used as bioindicators.

24-Mar SPRING BREAK

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31-Mar Kerry McKenna, University of Toledo, Dept of Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences

Comparing carbon dynamics of pelagic food webs in two Antarctic lakes: A practical application ofEcological Network Analysis to an ecological network.

7-Apr Valerie Behan-Pelletier, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Mites of agricultural landscapes: diversity and role in soils.

14-Apr Dave Mortensen, Pennsylvania State University

Weed Population Dynamics Under Organic Methods of Management

28-Apr Mike Weintraub, University of Colorado-Boulder, Dept of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Soil organic matter does not break itself down: Enzymes as the agents of decomposition.

*Wednesday

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PSS 295 Fall 2006 Seminars Coordinator: Aleksandra Drizo

Rowell 111 from 11:15am-12:05pm, followed by lunch and informal meeting with Graduate students in PSS room 19,12:15–1:30 pm.

The fall seminar series will be focused on nutrient management and alternative technologies for point and nonpoint source pollution prevention and control

The seminars will take place each Friday, starting September 15th. Below is a list of guest speakers. A full list withseminar titles will be provided soon. Please check back.

September 15 Leonard P. Perry, UVM, Plant and Soil ScienceHardiness and Overwintering of Herbaceous Perennials.

September 22 No seminar

September 29 Heather Darby, UVM Extension

On Farmer's Ground: Developing A Local, Farmer-Driven Water Quality Initiative

October 6 Eric O. Young, UVM, Plant and Soil Science

Evaluating phosphorus leaching and potential mobility at the field-scale.

October 13 TBA

October 20 Scott Costa, UVM, Plant and Soil Science

Dynamics of hemlock woolly adelgid dispersal in low density populations.

October 27 Dr. Florent Chazarenc, postdoctoral scientific researcher, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale

(Plant Biology Research Institute), IRBV, Montreal Botanical Garden, www.irbv.umontreal.ca/

November 3 Dr. Aubert Michaud, Soil Conservationist, Research and Development Institute for the Agri-

Environment http://www.irda.qc.ca

http://www.irbv.umontreal.ca/

http://www.irda.qc.ca/

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November 10 Jacques Brisson, Associate professor, Biology Department of the

Université de Montréal, Web site : www.irbv.umontreal.ca/english/staff/brisson.htmPlant asymmetry, or how to avoid competition from close neighbors.

November 17 Mr. David Weber, Medium Farm Operations Manager, MFO Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food &

Markets, MontpelierThe Current State of Vermont Agricultural Water Regulation - How is research, policy, andmanagement working to help farmers protect Vermont's water resources?

November 24 Holiday - no seminar

November 30 Professor Gideon Oron, Department of Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Program,

Yale University, New-Haven, and Environment Water Resources, J. Blaustein Institutes forDesertResearch, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Kiryat Sde-Boker, Israel Sustainable treated wastewater reuse: Agricultural, environmental and hydrological considerationsNote: This seminar will be held in Room 410 Stafford

December 8 Professor Rob Gordon, Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair, Agriculture Resources

Management, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia,http://www.nsac.ns.ca/eng/staff/rgo/Agricultural Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Wastewater in Cold Climates

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http://www.irbv.umontreal.ca/english/staff/brisson.htm

http://www.nsac.ns.ca/eng/staff/rgo/


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PSS 296 Spring 2007 Seminars Coordinator: Bruce Parker

Rowell 110 from 11:15am-12:05pm, followed by lunch and informal meeting with Graduate students in PSSroom 19, 12:15–1:30 pm.

January 26 Scott LewinsResearch TechnicianUVM, Plant and Soil Science

The Influence of Predator Species Richnesson Prey Mortality: Implications toConservation Biological Control

Feb. 2 Dr. Nathan RussellSenior Communications OfficerCGIAR, World Bank,Washington, DC

Consultative Group for InternationalAgricultural Research (CGIAR)

Feb. 9Cancelled

Ms. Cindy Warren MentzDirector, Middle East and North Africa Programs,Senior Advisor for NonproliferationU.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation

University Research in Iraq: Challenges andOpportunities

Feb. 16 Dr. Adane KassaPostDoctorateEntomology Research Laboratory

Mass Production and Formulation ofEntomopathogenic Fungi

Feb. 23 Dr. Jack Reeves, Former Director ofCommunications at the International Institute ofTropical Agriculture, Nigeria

Value of Communication in Agriculture inthe Developing World

March 2Cancelled

March 9 NO SEMINAR

March 16 SPRING RECESS - NO SEMINAR

March 23 Dr.Vladimir GouliResearch Assistant Professor, Entomology Research Laboratory

Biological Control in Greenhouses:The Colombia Experience

March 30 Dr. Sylvie de Blois, Assistant Professor, McGill University

Phragmites australis Invasion in LinearWetland Corridors

April 6 Dr. Michael Smith, Research Entomologist,

New Approaches to ALB Management

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USDA, ARSUniversity of Delaware

April 13 Dr. Douglas Gollin,

Economist, Williams College

Miracle Economics and Integrated PestManagement

April 20 Dr. Svetlana Gouli,

Research Associate,Entomology Research Laboratory

Progress with Elongate Hemlock ScaleManagement

April 27 Dr. Richard Humber,Research MycologistUSDA, ARS – Cornell University

Unravelling the Beauverian Knot: thecomplexity of a species complex

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PSS 295 Fall 2007 Seminars Coordinators: Sarah Lovell and Ernesto Mendez

Wednesdays, 11:15 am - 12:05 pm, Aiken 116 (unless otherwise noted)

August 29 NO SEMINAR

September 5 NO SEMINAR

September 12 Dr. Ernesto Mendez, Assistant

Professor Environmental Program andDepartment of Plant & SoilScience, UVM

Ecosystem Services and Farmer Livelihoods: AnalyticalFrameworks and Reflections on a Case Study from El Salvador

September 19 Dr. Sarah Lovell, AssistantProfessor Ecological Landscape DesignDepartment of Plant & SoilScience, UVM

Designing and Assessing Multifunctional Landscapes Based onEcosystem Services

September 26 Kyle WickingsUniversity of Georgia

Arthropod Biodiversity in a Georgia Piedmont Agroecosystem:The role of tillage, crop choice and invasive species

October 3 John Hayden, Adjunct FacultyLecturerDepartment of Plant & SoilScience, UVM

Perspectives from a practicing agroecologist: The challenges oftrying to walk the talk

October 10 Walt Poleman, Senior Lecturer

The Rubenstein School ofEnvironment and NaturalResources, UVM

The PLACE Program: Place-based Landscape Analysis andCommunity Education

October 12Note: 1:30-2:30 pm, Hills 19

Dr. Daryl Moorhead, AssociateProfessor of Ecology and Directorof the StranahanArboretum, University of Toledo

A microbial view of litter: Substrate and resourceHomepage:http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Moorhead/Default.htm

October 17 Ted Auch, Graduate Student

Department of Plant and SoilScience, UVM

Climate, Chemistry, and Litter Decomposition: A GlobalSynthesis

October 24 Dr. Michael Allen, Chair and

Professor, Plant Pathology andChair, Center for ConservationBiology, UC - Riverside

Using distributed sensors in a California mixed conifer forest soil:Surprises from continuous measurements Homepage: http://www.facultydirectory.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/pub/public_individual.pl?faculty=385

http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Moorhead/Default.htm

http://www.facultydirectory.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/pub/public_individual.pl?faculty=385

http://www.facultydirectory.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/pub/public_individual.pl?faculty=385

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October 25Note: 4:00-5:00 pm, Marsh LifeScience 107

Dr. Edith Allen, Professor of PlantEcology, & CE Natural ResourcesSpecialist, UC-RiversideDepartment of Botany and PlantSciences

Critical loads of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition andvegetation-type conversion to exotic annual grassland in southernCalifornia Homepage: http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~eallen/

October 31 Ricardo Salvador, Program Director

W.K. Kellogg FoundationEcological Footprint of Iowa Row Crop Agriculture

November 7 Amy Trubeck, Assistant Professor

Department of Nutrition and FoodSciences, UVM

The Taste of Place - A Possible Future for our Food System?

November 14 Allen Mathews

Farm EnterprisesCenter for Sustainable Agriculture,UVM

Innovations for Growth: Economics of Sustainable Agriculture inVermont

November 21 FALL BREAK - NO SEMINAR

November 28 Rachel GilkerCenter for Sustainable Agriculture,UVM

Ecological Pasture Management

December 5 Deb Heleba

Center for Sustainable Agriculture,UVM

The Changing Face of Vermont Agriculture: A Look at New andNext Generation Farmers

December 12 FINALS - NO SEMINAR

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PSS 296 Spring 2008 Seminars Coordinators: Sarah Lovell and Ernesto Mendez

Wednesdays, 11:15 am - 12:05 pm Davis Center, Chittenden Bank Room, 413

Please check back for updates!

January 16 NO SEMINAR

January 23 Jack Lazor

Owner of ButterworksFarmsWestfield, Vermont

Thirty years of organic grain growing.Homepage: http://www.butterworksfarm.com/

January 30 FOCUS ON THE

NATION Scheduled events at:http://www.uvm.edu/climatechange/FocustheNation/schedule.html

February 6 Megan Epler Wood

Sustainable Tourism, Global Conservation, and Economic Development:Lesson Learned & Present Challenges. Homepage:http://www.eplerwood.com/

February 13 Ken Bauer

Community Development& Applied Economics,UVM

Patterns of Land Use and Resource Availability Among TibetanPastoralists (1884-2004).

February 20 Tom Gilbert

Highfields Institute Composting and Regenerative Food Systems; A practical strategy forVermont Homepage: http://www.highfieldsinstitute.org/

February 27 Heather Darby

Extension, UVM What's cropping up in Vermont Agriculture?

March 5 Claude Genest

Permaculture Design: From "Something-must-be-done" to something wecan do! Homepage:http://www.claudegenest.com/greenmountainpermaculture/

March 12 SPRING BREAK - NO

SEMINAR

http://www.uvm.edu/~davis/images/DCmap/f4Map.jpg

http://www.butterworksfarm.com/

http://www.uvm.edu/climatechange/FocustheNation/schedule.html

http://www.eplerwood.com/

http://www.highfieldsinstitute.org/

http://www.claudegenest.com/greenmountainpermaculture/

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March 19 Fred Magdoff

Food and Democracy in a new Venezuela

March 26 Andrew Herrick and Kate

Turcotte Common Ground student run farm - An introduction to our organic farmand its current mission.

April 2 Joji Muramoto

Center for Agroecologyand Sustainable FoodSystemsUC Santa Cruz

An Organic Research Network on the Central Coast of California:Developing Fertility & Pest Management Strategies for OrganicStrawberries and Vegetables.

April 9 Matt Leibman

Functional Impacts of Biodiversity: Indigenous Mice and Insects ReduceWeed Population Growth Rates in Low-External-Input CroppingSystems. Homepage:http://www.sust.ag.iastate.edu/gpsa/faculty/liebman.html

April 16Cancelled

Wes JacksonDirector of the LandInstitute

"What Will the Ecosphere Require of Us?" Homepage:www.landinstitute.org

April 23 John Vandermeer

University of Michigan

Ecological theory, political realities and a new conservation paradigm.

April 30 Paul Hellmund

Conway School ofLandscape Design

Homepage: http://www.csld.eduNote: Room location is Davis Center, Sugar Maple and Summit Rms(400-400D)

May 7 NO SEMINAR

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PSS 295 Fall 2008 Seminars Coordinator: Leonard Perry

Wednesdays, 11:15 am - 12:05 pm Hills 234 (note changes in red)

Any students or faculty interested in meeting with the speaker for lunch after the seminar, please let Anne MarieResnik (656-0463 or [email protected]) know at least 24 hours before start of seminar.

Please check back for updates!

September 3 NO SEMINAR

September12Friday

Krishona Martinson,PhDEquine ExtensionSpecialist,University ofMinnesota

Forage Related Equine Health IssuesWeb site:http://www.extension.umn.edu/horse/components/poisonousplants.htm

September17

Deborah Neher,PhDProfessor andChair,Plant and SoilSciences

Soil Microinvertebrates: The Tail of Ecosystem ServicesWeb site: http://www.uvm.edu/~dneher

September248:30-10:00Kalkin 003

Simon BirdGraduate Assistant,

Plant and SoilSciences

Investigations of electric arc furnace slag filters: Phosphorustreatment performance, removal mechanisms and material reuseWeb site: http://www.uvm.edu/~cwrc

October 3Friday9:00-10:00 Morrill 010

Cornelia Flora, PhD

Professor ofSociology,Agriculture and LifeSciencesIowa StateUniversity

Transition to a sustainable agriculture in the U.S. Web site: http://www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/about/people/flora.html

October 7Tuesday5:30 pmFleming

Patricia Johanson cosponsored withArt Dept.

Art and Survival: The Environmental ProjectsWeb site: http://www.patriciajohanson.com/

mailto:%20656-0463%20or%[email protected]

http://www.extension.umn.edu/horse/components/poisonousplants.htm

http://www.uvm.edu/~dneher

http://www.uvm.edu/~cwrc

http://www.ncrcrd.iastate.edu/about/people/flora.html

http://www.patriciajohanson.com/

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October 15 Aleksandra DrizoResearch AssistantProfessor,Plant and SoilScience

Nine years of research on steel slag for water pollution control: anoverviewWeb sites: http://www.uvm.edu/~cwrc

October 22 Don Ross, PhDResearch AssociateProfessor,Plant and SoilScience

Searching for an Organic Calcium Mineral in a Sea of Rocks(examining Ca cycling in northeastern forestWeb site: http://www.uvm.edu/~dross

October 29 Morgan CromwellGraduate Assistant,

Plant and SoilScience

Evaluation of Alternative Fungicides for Organic Apple Production inVermontWeb site: http://orchard.uvm.edu/

November 5 Nicolas Gotelli,Professor(CommunityEcology)Biology

The Ecological Impacts of Nitrogen Deposition: Insights From theCarnivorous Pitcher Plant Sarracenia purpureaWeb site: http://www.uvm.edu/~ngotelli/homepage.html

November12

Kimberly F. Wallin, Research AssistantProfessor,The RubensteinSchool ofEnvironment andNatural Resources

Insights from the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid System in the PacificNorthwest Provide Hope for Eastern Hemlocks

November19

Katlyn Stillings &Meryl RichardsGraduateAssistants, Plant and SoilScience

Food security, livelihoods, and conservation in a coffee agroecosystem

November26

HOLIDAY - NOSEMINAR

http://www.uvm.edu/~cwrc

http://www.uvm.edu/~dross

http://orchard.uvm.edu/

http://www.uvm.edu/~ngotelli/homepage.html

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December 3 Hisashi C.KominamiGraduate Assistant,

Plant and SoilScience

Assessing Water Quality in a Champlain Valley Dairy Farm

December10

Sarah Kingsley-RichardsResearchTechnician, Plant and SoilScience

Winegrapes and Organic Apples at the UVM Hort FarmWeb sites: http://pss.uvm.edu/grape/ http://www.uvm.edu/~organica/

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PSS 296 Spring 2009 Seminars"Environmental Horticulture" Coordinator: Leonard Perry

Fridays, 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Location: Stafford 101

Seminars are free and open to the public.

(Further details on each topic and presenter are below after the main listing.)

PowerPoint visuals pdf (adapted for stand alone from the Across the Fence show of the Seminar Series).

Streaming video from Across the Fence show about the Seminar Series.

Presentations are on the ground floor of Stafford Hall, which is attached directly to the UVM Greenhouses next to thenew construction by the water tower. For visitor parking info and links to a campus map see:http://www.uvm.edu/tps/parking/?Page=visitors.html

January 16 Grazing: What Have We Learned in thePast 28 Years?

Dr. Darrell Emmick, State Grazing Land ManagementSpecialistUSDA - NRCS, Cortland, NYhttp://www.behave.net/people/emmick.html

January 23 Herbaceous Perennials and

Groundcovers Steven Hancock, owner

Northstar Farm Perennials and GroundcoversWestport, MA

January 26 Specialty Crop Program for the District

of ColumbiaNote: Will be held in Hills 19, 11:30-12:30 pm

Jim Allen University of District of Columbiahttp:// www.udc.edu/aes/research.htm

January 30 “Line, Form and Texture"- 20 years of

Landscape Architecture Keith Wagner, Principal

H. Keith Wagner Partnership, Landscape ArchitectsBurlington Vermonthttp://www.hkw-p.com/

February 6 Historic Garden Restoration—

Greatwood Gardens, a Case Study Layne Tharp, VCH

Layne’s Garden Design, Montpelier

http://real.uvm.edu:554/asxgen/atfence/atfsv090114.wmv.asx

http://www.uvm.edu/tps/parking/?Page=visitors.html

http://www.behave.net/people/emmick.html

http://www.udc.edu/aes/research.htm

http://www.hkw-p.com/

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http://www.goddard.edu/greatwood_gardens

February 13 Ball Horticulture and the World Seed

Industry (PowerPoint) Jim Nau, Director of Gardens

Ball Horticultural, Chicagohttp://www.ballhort.com/

February 20 The Royal Botanic Gardens of Canada Ann Milovsoroff, Landscape Architect and Horticulturist

Horsford’s Nursery, Charlotte

February 27 Garden Marketing and Trends Kathy LaLiberte, Director of Gardening

Gardener’s Supply, Intervale, BurlingtonMarch 6 Breeding and Propagation of Specialty

Perennial Crops Sinclair Adam, Jr, nursery breeder and propagator

West Chester, PAhttp://dunvegannursery.com

March 13 SPRING BREAK

March 20 Global and HiTech Floriculture

Production Chris Schlegel, head grower

DS Cole Growers, Loudon, NHwww.dscolegrowers.com/

March 27 Fine Paintings as Inspiration for

Garden Design Gordon Hayward, author and landscape designer

Putney, VTwww.haywardgardens.com/

April 3 Climate Change: How Will It Affect

Crops and Farming in the Northeast? David Wolfe, Professor of Soil and Plant Ecology

Cornell University, Ithaca NYwww.northeastclimateimpacts.org/

April 10 Perennial Garden Design Stephanie Cohen, author and garden designer

Collegeville, PA

April 17 NO SEMINAR

April 24 “Green” Secrets for Better Yards with

Trees & Shrubs Penelope O’Sullivan, author and garden designer

Stratham, NHwww.penelopeosullivan.com

Appreciation is due to the Raymond Fund for making this series possible.Light refreshments will be served after seminars in Hills 19, with an opportunity to visit with speakers.

http://www.goddard.edu/greatwood_gardens

http://www.ballhort.com/

http://dunvegannursery.com/

http://www.dscolegrowers.com/

http://www.haywardgardens.com/

http://www.northeastclimateimpacts.org/

http://www.penelopeosullivan.com/

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January 16, Darrell Emmick

(Although not related to this semester seminar theme, this presentation addresses other department interests, andutilizes a popular speaker on grazing while on campus.)

This presentation will provide an overview of where pasture and its uses were nearly threee decades ago, what wehave learned through research and application since that time, and the potential for its use today in a world fraughtwith social, ecological and economic disharmony.

Dr. Emmick has worked for over 25 years promoting grazing-based dairy production systems in the northeast region ofthe U.S. This work includes the development of practical application guidelines and the provision of on-farm technicalassistance. His primary research interest is in the foraging behavior of lactating dairy cows and the influence ofsupplemental concentrate feeds. Dr. Emmick will be the keynote speaker at the 13th Annual VT Grazing ConferenceSaturday January 17 at VT Technical College in Randolph, and will lead a two-part workshop session on animalbehavior at the conference.

(This presentation is made possible in collaboration with the UVM Extension and the UVM Center for SustainableAgriculture.)

January 23, Steven Hancock

NorthStar Farm Perennials & Groundcovers in Westport, MA, is a 5 acre farm founded in 2006 and owned andoperated by Steve Hancock, UVM 1987 PSS alum. They are a wholesale grower of quality perennials, groundcovers,ornamental grasses and herbs. The 2 acre gutter-connected greenhouse was originally built to grow hydroponic lettucebut now houses all manor of perennials. Steven will cover how he got into his own business, how it evolved, careeropportunities, and some current top plants and their production strategies.

January 30, Keith Wagner

Landscape architect, artist and founding partner of H. Keith Wagner Partnership, Keith received a Bachelor ofLandscape Architecture from ESF - Syracuse University in 1985. After a couple years working as a lead designer onmajor projects out of Cambridge, Keith established his own practice in 1987 in Burlington, Vermont. Since that timethe office has grown into a diverse practice with a formidable reputation for establishing a strong sculptural dialoguebetween buildings and landscape. Keith is active as a visiting professor at ESF - Syracuse University, a design juror,frequent lecturer, and has been widely published. H. Keith Wagner Partnership has received numerous commendationsand awards for institutional, corporate, public and residential landscape design from the American Society ofLandscape Architects, the American Institute of Architects and the Vermont Planning Association.

In this presentation, based on a recently released monograph, Keith will showcase highlights from 20 years of hisfirm’s designs including current green roof projects.

Friday Feb 6, Layne Tharp

Layne's Garden Design has offered garden design, installation, maintenance, and consultation since 1997. Layne hastaught at Vermont Technical College, is a Vermont Certified Horticulturist, served as President of the VermontNursery and Landscape Association, and is now working on a Master’s degree in historic preservation. Layne has

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been instrumental in the renovation of the historic Greatwood Gardens on the Goddard College campus in Plainfield,Vermont. These gardens are on the National Register and have been recognized nationally by the Cultural LandscapeFoundation. In this presentation Layne will discuss and show photos of this project, a great example of the researchand restoration efforts involved with reclaiming neglected gardens of the past.

Friday Feb 13, Jim Nau

Jim has spent his career at Ball Horticultural in West Chicago, Illinois, formerly the Ball Seed Company. Ball is oneof the largest wholesale suppliers of plants and seeds to the industry with operations worldwide. Burpee Seeds andHeronswood Nursery are two of the more known consumer firms now under the Ball direction as well. Among Jim’sjobs have been managing the archives for this historic American firm, choosing seed varieties, speaking on newvarieties worldwide, author of two books on perennials and propagation, catalog layout and design, and most recentlyin charge of their seven-acre display gardens. These gardens were recently redesigned, and serve to trial and showcasethe latest new varieties. Ball also serves as one of the couple dozen All-America Selections trials gardens in NorthAmerica for new seed varieties. In his spare time, Jim helps manage his family farm in Iowa.

In this presentation, Jim will give an overview of the famous and known Ball company, the seed industry, the Balldisplay and trial gardens he directs and some of the top new flowers from these trials.

Friday Feb 20, Ann Milovsoroff

Working first at the large Sheridan Nurseries in Ontario, Ann was then the landscape architect on staff at the RoyalBotanic Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario for 14 years. Now Ann serves as a landscape architect and horticulturist atHorsford’s Nursery in Charlotte, and lectures widely in the area on many diverse design topics. Ann will give anoverview of these fabulous botanic gardens in Canada through the seasons, covering both plants and design, as well assome insights into public and amenity horticulture.

Friday Feb 27, Kathy LaLiberte

As one of the founders of Gardener’s Supply, Kathy has witnessed and been a part of the growth of this Burlington-based firm to the largest mail-order gardening supplier in North America. A few years ago Gardener’s Supply alsobought Dutch Gardens, now housed too out of Burlington, one of the largest mail order sources of Dutch flowerbulbs. Kathy will cover the growth of these firms, the growth of related Intervale operations, their large retailoperations in the area, the marketing of horticultural products, how new products are chosen, who helps shape futuretrends, and what some of these trends are.

Friday Mar 6, Sinclair Adam, Jr.

UVM Plant and Soil Science graduate student alum (1988), Sinclair Adam owns and operates with his wife Kirsten(UVM alum as well) a specialty greenhouse nursery for exotic and native perennials. Celebrating 20 years in business,Sinclair has selected or bred and introduced popular perennials such as ‘David’ and ‘Shortwood’ garden phlox, and arange of foamflowers. He is active in and has presented at many organizations, and has taught courses at variousinstitutions including Longwood Gardens and Temple University. At the latter, his students exhibited and won awardsat the Philadelphia Flower Show. An authority on plant propagation, Sinclair will share some of his techniques in thispresentation, as well as his introductions and history of their breeding.

(This presentation is made possible in collaboration with the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association.)

Friday Mar 20, Chris Schlegel

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Chris has spent her career since graduating from UVM’s Plant and Soil Science Department (1982) as a large-scalegrower. Beginning as an intern at the former Elliott’s greenhouses in Lyndonville, Vermont, Chris was in charge ofproducing a diverse selection of flower crops throughout the year in an acre of greenhouses. Chris also designed andinstalled some landscapes while at Elliott’s, and began a yearly large-scale annual flower design and installation at theBalsam’s resort in northern New Hampshire.

In recent years, Chris has been head grower for D.S. Cole greenhouses in Loudon, New Hampshire. D.S. Cole is oneof the largest wholesale flower producers in the Northeast, with many new introductions and products each year fromaround the world, particularly Europe. From Chris you’ll get to see how wholesale flower crops are produced on alarge scale and with the latest technology, and what some of these top crops are. You’ll get an appreciation of theglobal nature of this industry. In her spare time Chris skis, and hikes some of the remote and tall peaks around theworld.

Mar 27, Gordon Hayward

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust GordonHayward is a nationally known landscape designer and author, having written hundreds of articles for magazines andten books, seven of which are still in print.

Gordon first presented this lecture at The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1995; he has since been refining andpresenting this slide illustrated lecture in art museums and garden organizations across the country. This one hourlecture is about the visual language shared between painters and garden designers. By juxtaposing a painting and agarden image on the screen, Hayward explores the many levels of similarity between how the painter and gardendesigner construct their images.

He begins by exploring style. For example, he places Childe Hassam’s In the Garden next to an image from his owngarden in Vermont to show what an impressionist passage in a garden looks like. He also explores romanticism,abstract expressionism, cubism and other visual styles.

He then looks at several paintings by Bonnard, Cezanne, Monet and others as examples of paintings that show howgardeners can virtually copy ideas from painters when it comes to visually linking house to garden. He next moves intomany design principles: defining depth, creating foreground/background, how light can be manipulated, the power offocal points, pleasing contrasts, framing, contrasting textures and forms, the role of line, mass and volume and howGustav Klimt’s The Park shows the gardener how to keep trees pruned low to compress views under them. He closeswith an exploration of color in paintings by Dufy, Gauguin, Matisse, and Amedeo Bocchi.

Other painters represented include Thomas Cole, Braque, Mondrian, VanGogh, Caillebotte, Frank Stella, Daubigny,Rousseau and the American impressionist Frank Vincent DuMond. Above all, this is a lecture about seeing.

Gordon will have copies of his latest book on this topic, Art and the Gardener, available for sale and signing.

April 3, David Wolfe

The research interests and expertise of Professor Wolfe include: plant stress physiology; climate change impacts onplants, soils and ecosystems; soil ecology; and nitrogen and water management for farms and gardens. His workranges from basic plant physiology and soil research to education outreach to farmers, policy-makers, and the generalpublic. Science communication includes frequent interaction with news media, and writing for the popular press, suchas his soil ecology book for general audiences: Tales From the Underground: A Natural History of Subterranean Life. His highly sought outreach efforts focus on new approaches to soil health assessment and management, irrigationmanagement for vegetable crops, and education outreach to policy makers and the general public regarding climatechange impacts on managed and natural ecosystems.

His website listed above, as well as another (www.climateandfarming.org/), provide excellent background reading on

http://www.climateandfarming.org/

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this topic.

April 10, Stephanie Cohen

Known by many names throughout the horticultural world -- the "Vertically Challenged Gardener" and the "Dr. Rootof Perennials" among others -- Stephanie specializes in giving unique garden lectures, writing attention-getting,informative articles and designing award-winning garden spaces. Stephanie Cohen has taught herbaceous plants andperennial design at Temple University for more than 20 years. She is the former director of the Landscape Arboretumat Temple University, Ambler. Stephanie is a contributing editor for "Fine Gardening", “Country Living Gardener" and"American Nurseryman" magazines among other publications.

Stephanie has lectured coast to coast, including in Alaska. She has been on QVC TV as the "Perennial Diva." In April2005 she became a Temple University Alumni Fellow, the most distinguished award that can be given to an alumna.She does a monthly show for CNN TV.

She has received four awards from the Perennial Plant Association for design, and received the group's Service andAcademic Awards. She has received awards from Temple University, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and TheAmerican Nursery & Landscape Association for Garden Communicator of the Year 2000.

Stephanie has written a book on design called The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer, which is published by StoreyPress. It was the publisher's best-selling book for 2005. In 2006 she and co-author Nancy Ondra, along withphotographer Rob Cardillo, were awarded Storey Publishing's Garden Media Award for the year's Best OverallProduct: Book. Her second book from Storey, Fallscaping, was published in 2007.

Copies of her books will be available for sale and signing.

(This presentation is made possible in collaboration with the Gardener's Supply.)

April 24, Penelope O’Sullivan

In this presentation Penelope will illustrate how you can create simple, sustainable solutions to landscape problemswith both time-tested and newer varieties of trees and shrubs. She’ll address familiar concepts like screening and lesscommon ones such as “instant” landscaping and home insulation with well-chosen and well-placed plants. Illustrationswill include gardens she has designed; gardens she has found for Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Media inher role as scout and field editor; gardens she has visited; and garden images taken from her books.

Author and designer Penelope O’Sullivan has written many books and numerous articles for magazines, includingBetter Homes & Gardens, Traditional Home, Country Home, Perennials, Flower Gardening, and The Designer:Journal for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers. She is a member and past regional director of theGarden Writers Association. Her design criticism earned an American Planning Association Journalism Award foroutstanding journalism in the advancement of city and regional planning. Penny gives lectures and seminars on plantsand garden design around the country and scouts new locations for Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Media. Aformer Delaware master gardener, she earned a certificate in ornamental horticulture from Longwood Gardens inPennsylvania and studied landscape design at the Radcliffe Seminars in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also holds abachelor’s degree in fine arts and art history from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in art historyfrom the University of Delaware.

Penelope will have copies of her latest book, The Homeowner's Complete Tree & Shrub Handbook: The EssentialGuide to Choosing, Planting, and Maintaining Perfect Landscape Plants, available for sale and signing.

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PSS 393 Fall 2009 Seminars"Innovations at Home: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Outreach in Vermont" Coordinators: PSS Seminar Committee and Debra Heleba, NE-SARE

Fridays, 2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Location: Hills 17

This fall, the PSS seminar series will focus on innovative research and outreach projects taking place here at home inVermont. UVM faculty and staff and the state’s farmers and other community members are often at the forefront ofsustainable agriculture innovations and our unique partnerships serve as models to others across the region and nation.The series will include presentations on research and outreach projects that seek to work hand-in-hand with farmersand other stakeholders. Many of these projects have been funded by the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research andEducation Program (NE-SARE).

Co-sponsored by the University of Vermont Department of Plant and Soil Science, Vermont NE-SARE ProfessionalDevelopment Program, and the Raymond Fund.


September 4 Community-based ParticipatoryAction Research at UVM:Opportunities for Graduate Students

Kelly HamshawGraduate AssistantUVM Community-University Partnerships & ServiceLearning (CUPS) http://www.uvm.edu/~partners/

Katlyn MorrisGraduate StudentUVM Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Ben KingGraduate StudentUVM Department of Community Development and AppliedEconomics

September 11 Can Grasses Save the Energy Crisis?

Sid Bosworth

Agronomist - Field and Forage CropsUVM Department of Plant and Soil Science

September 18 OrganicA: Blending Research and

Outreach on Organic AppleProduction

Lorraine BerkettExtension IPM Specialist - ApplesUVM Department of Plant and Soil Science

September 25 The Economics of Organic Dairy

Farms Robert Parsons

Extension Associate ProfessorUVM Department of Community Development and Applied

http://www.uvm.edu/~partners/

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Economics

October 2 Applying to NE-SARE: A Look at

Graduate Student and Other MiniGrants

David HolmProgram ManagerNortheast Sustainable Agriculture Research and EducationProgram (NE-SARE), http://www.nesare.org/

Debra HelebaVermont NE-SARE CoordinatorUVM Extension

October 9 NO SEMINAR (Fall Recess)

October 16 Organic Sources of Nitrogen Fertility

for Hard Red Winter Wheat

A State Survey of NematodeAssociated with Vegetables inVermont

Susan MonahanBao YongGraduate Student PresentationsUVM Department of Plant and Soil Science

October 23 Exploring agroforestry's potential tosupport farmer livelihoods andecosystem services in Vermont

Ernesto MendezAgroecologistUVM Department of Plant and Soil Science

October 30 Embedding Agriculture within

Residential Areas of ChittendenCounty

Population genetics and Eco-Physiological adaptations of theColorado Potato Beetle

Daniel EricksonVictor IzzoGraduate Student Presentations UVM Department of Plant and Soil Science

November 6 Measuring Impacts of Research andOutreach: A Case Study ofAgritourism in Vermont

Lisa ChaseDirector, Vermont Tourism Data Center,http://www.uvm.edu/~snrvtdc/Natural Resources SpecialistUVM Extension

November 13 Commercial Rice Production in the

Northeast Takeshi and Linda Akaogi

FarmersAkaogi Farm, Putney, Vermont

November 20 Local Grains Production Research Heather Darby

Field Crops and Nutrient Management SpecialistUVM Extension

http://www.nesare.org/

http://www.uvm.edu/~snrvtdc/

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November 27 NO SEMINAR (Holiday)

December 4 Growing Community through

Gardening Here and Abroad John Hayden

Adjunct Faculty, UVM Department of Plant and SoilScienceFarmer, The Farm Between, JeffersonvilleDirector, Seeds of Self Reliance,http://www.seedsofselfreliance.org/

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Fall 2004 Seminars in Ecological Agriculture Fall 2005 Seminars in Ecological Agriculture PSS 296 Spring 2006 Seminars PSS 295 Fall 2006 SeminarsPSS 296 Spring 2007 Seminars

PSS 295 Fall 2007 SeminarsPSS 296 Spring 2008 SeminarsPSS 295 Fall 2008 SeminarsPSS 296 Spring 2009 SeminarsPSS 393 Fall 2009 Seminars

PSS 394 Spring 2010 SeminarsCoordinator: Don RossFor more information contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Fridays, between 12:50-1:50Location: Lafayette L411


January 29 Vermont Innovations in Biodigestors Guy RobertsAvatar Energy

February 5 The Wonderful World of Methanogens Andre Wright

Chair UVM Animal Science

February 8Monday Evening

The Oldest Environmental Problem Must and CanBe SolvedFor more information click here

Wes JacksonPresidentThe Land InstituteSalinas, KS

February 19 Bolivia's "Progress of Change" and its

Agriculture Fred Magdoff

UVM PSS Emeritus

February 26 On Farm Biodiesel Production Roger Rainville

Borderview Farms, VT

March 5 Historical Ecology and the Presettlement Forests

of the Northeast Charlie Cogbill

Independent Ecologist

March 19 Post Oil Land Use & New Commons: Intensive

Community Food and Fuel Systems in aReinhabited Village Landscape

Ben FalkWhole Systems Design, LLC

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http://www.avatarenergy.com/

http://asci.uvm.edu/?Page=faculty/wright/homepage.html

http://www.landinstitute.org/

http://www.vsjf.org/biofuels/vermont_biofuels_initiative.BorderviewFarm.shtml

http://www.wholesystemsdesign.com/

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March 26 Crop Residues and Stream Carbon Budgets:

Examining the Ecological Significance ofAllochthonous Carbon in MidwesternAgricultural Streams

Emma Rose-MarchallInstitute for Ecosystems StudyMillbrook, NY

April 2 Food, Biofuels and the Environment David PimentelCornell University

April 9 Past, Present and Future Agricultural Research in

the North Country Eric Young

Miner InstituteChazy, NY

April 14Note Hills 174:00 - 5:00 PM

Land, Water, Community in Northern NewMexico

Stan Crawford

April 23 Snow Is Good, Worms Are Bad Peter GroffmanInstitute for Ecosystems StudyMillbrook, NY

April 30Meet at the centralwest-facingentrance at 12:50PM

What Green Means for Jeffords Hall: Tour of thenew building

Michelle Smith-Mullarkey, Mike StevensUniversity of Vermont

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Fall 2004 Seminars in Ecological Agriculture Fall 2005 Seminars in Ecological Agriculture PSS 296 Spring 2006 Seminars PSS 295 Fall 2006 SeminarsPSS 296 Spring 2007 SeminarsPSS 295 Fall 2007 Seminars PSS 296 Spring 2008 Seminars

PSS 295 Fall 2008 SeminarsPSS 296 Spring 2009 SeminarsPSS 393 Fall 2009 SeminarsPSS 394 Spring 2010 SeminarsPSS 393 Fall 2010 SeminarsPSS 394 Spring 2011 Seminars

PSS 393 Fall 2011 SeminarsCoordinating committee: Sid Bosworth and Josef GorresFor more information contact [email protected], sid.bosworth @uvm.edu or [email protected]

Fridays, between 3:00-4:15 pmLocation: Jeffords 127


Appreciation is due to the William T. Raymond Memorial Fund for making this series possible.

PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR THE LIST OF SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

September 9 How to get the water out of the soil: UsingLysimeters in Reearch

Josef Gorres

September 16 Sustainable coffee farming in a changingenvironment

Sebastian Castro

September 23

Cultivation of Shiitake Mushrooms as anAgroforestry Crop in the Northeast

Bridgett Jamison

September 30 Precision Farming Research at NamikKermal University

Korkmaz Belliturk

October 7

Underseeding organic wheat with clover:implications for Fusarium head blight andmycotoxins, crude protein yield, and weedsuppression in organic wheat

Jon Zirkle

October 14 Ecology of nematode suppressive soils inMidwest soybean-cropping systems

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October 21

Conservation by Design: Restoring Nature toAnthropogenic Landscapes

Annie White

October 28 Gas flux from earthworm mesocosms

Ryan Melnichuk

November 4 Dicranopteris-dominated understory as majordriver of intensive forest ecosystem in humidsubtropical and tropical region.

Jie Zhao

November 11 Evaluating the effects of long term use ofliquid manure fertilizer and implicationstoward soil quality

Peter Austin

Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Vermont'sForested Soils

Meghan Knowles

November 18 A Catchment-Scale HydropedologicalApproach to Understanding Variations inSoil Chemistry at Hubard Brook, NH

Rebecca Bourgault

November 25

THANKSGIVING RECESS

December 2 Farmer's management practices in lowlandrain feed rice systems in Lao PDR

Margarita Fernandez

December 9 "There's no place like host: expansions andpest adaptations of the Colorado potatobeetle"

Victor Izzo

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PSS 394 Fall 2012 SeminarsCoordinating committee: Sid Bosworth, Lily Calderwood, Ryan Melnichuk, Annie White. For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Fridays, 3:00-4:00 pmLocation: Jeffords 127

Seminars are free and open to the public. Refreshments available.


September 7

Promoting Vegetable IPM in Nepal.

Ann HazelriggExtension Plant Pathologist, Director,UVM Plant Diagnostic Clinic

September 14

Can milk applied to pasture increaseproductivity?

Bridgett JamisonPSS Graduate StudentGorres Soils Lab

September 21

2 Speakers

Show Me the Money! A look at NortheastSARE’s graduate student grants program.

Introducing the Northeast Hop InsectCommunity.

Debra HelebaVT SARE CoordinatorWebsite

Lily Calderwood PSS Graduate StudentNW Crops & Soils LabWebsite

September 28 Invasive Species - Past, Present and Future; ALook at Introduced Pests into the US and TheirEffects on Agriculture and Forestry

Jon Turmel Entomologist, Lecturer in PSS

October 3, 3:00-5:00 pm

Livak Ballroom,Davis Center

Agroecology & the Transformation of Agro-foodSystems;Concepts and applications at UVM and beyond

Stephen R. Gliessman, Ph.D. UC Davis,Santa Cruz

Robbie Jaffe, M.Ed., Director CommunityAgroecolgy Network

http://www.nesare.org/

http://www.extension.org/organic_production

http://www.uvm.edu/extension/cropsoil/hops

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Student facilitated panel presentationby, ALRG

October 5 "My Life with Worms, or all you wanted to knowabout worm sex but were afraid to ask!"

Dr. John Warren ReynoldsDepartment of Integrated Biology at theUniversity of Guelph,Ontario, Canada

October 12 Building blocks of Vermonts food system fromgrains to biofuel.

Heather Darby North West Crops and Soils ProgramWebsite

October 19

Two Speakers

Greenhouse gases from forest invaders.

Riverbank water filtration in Dandeli, India.

Ryan MelnichukPSS Graduate StudentGorres Soils Lab

Amanda DavisPSS Graduate StudentHurley Landscape Lab

October 25

Jeffords 234Â 11:00-12:00

Lysimetry in agricultural and environmentalresearch

Dr. Stefan Engelhard, UMS

October 26 The brown planthopper: ecology of thequintessential Green Revolution pest of rice.

Yolanda Chen PSS FacultyWebsite

November 2

Two Speakers

The buzz on restoring pollinator-friendlylandscapes.

Spatial investigation of soil chemistry in amaganese-rich seep area at Hubbard Brook,N.H.

Annie WhitePSS Graduate StudentHurley Landscape Lab

Rebecca BourgaultPSS Graduate StudentRoss Soils Lab

November 9

Two Speakers

Using relationships between temperature,metabolism, and consumption to predictdamage from pests in our changing climate.

Changes in Latitude: The interesting case of theColorado potato beetle, Leptinotaradecemlineata.

Scott C. MerrillPSS FacultyWebsite

Vic Izzo PSS Graduate StudentChen Insect Agroecology Lab

http://www.uvm.edu/~agroecol/

http://www.uvm.edu/extension/cropsoil/

http://www.ums-muc.de/en/lysimeter_systems/lysimeter/meteo_lysimeter.html

http://www.uvm.edu/~yfanslow/Insect_Agroecology_Lab/Teaching.html

http://www.uvm.edu/~scmerril/

http://www.uvm.edu/~yfanslow/Insect_Agroecology_Lab/Teaching.html

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October 21

Conservation by Design: Restoring Nature toAnthropogenic Landscapes

Annie White

October 28 Gas flux from earthworm mesocosms

Ryan Melnichuk

November 4 Dicranopteris-dominated understory as majordriver of intensive forest ecosystem in humidsubtropical and tropical region.

Jie Zhao

November 11 Evaluating the effects of long term use ofliquid manure fertilizer and implicationstoward soil quality

Peter Austin

Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Vermont'sForested Soils

Meghan Knowles

November 18 A Catchment-Scale HydropedologicalApproach to Understanding Variations inSoil Chemistry at Hubard Brook, NH

Rebecca Bourgault

November 25

THANKSGIVING RECESS

December 2 Farmer's management practices in lowlandrain feed rice systems in Lao PDR

Margarita Fernandez

December 9 "There's no place like host: expansions andpest adaptations of the Colorado potatobeetle"

Victor Izzo

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PSS 394 Spring 2013 SeminarsCoordinating committee: Sid Bosworth, Lily Calderwood, Ryan Melnichuk, Annie White. For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected]


Seminars are free and open to the public. Refreshments available.


January 18

Friends or foes? Distance to shade trees affectcoffee fruit loads in commercial plantations.

Sebastian CastroPSS Graduate Student, ALRG

Advisor Ernesto Mendez

January 25

Building a Beer Mark Magiera, Brewmaster Bobcat Cafe andBrewery

January 29

DC Livak Ballroom, 419

12:00-1:00

Agroecology: world-wide interpretations andapplications in France

Alexander Wezel, Professor and agroecologist,ISARA-Lyon,

Poster

February 1 Biodiversity in tropical agroecosystems:implications for natural pest control andproductivity

Katja Poveda, Assistant Professor, CornellDepartment of Entomology

February 8

BREAD: Nutrition, Famine, Disease, Poison Jeffrey Hamelman, Certified master baker andbakery director, King Arthur Flour Company

February 15 Consequences of climate change for bioticdisturbances in forests

Dr Aaron S. WeedBiological Sciences, Ecology & EvolutionaryBiology ProgramDartmouth College

http://www.uvm.edu/~agroecol/

http://www.bobcatcafe.com/

http://www.bobcatcafe.com/

http://www.isara.fr/en/ISARA-Lyon

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~asweed/Research/Welcome.html

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~asweed/Research/Welcome.html


February 22 Nitrogen Mineralization Variation AlongAltitudinal Gradient at Kaz Mountains

H. Barış TECİMENOrhan SEVGİErnaz ALTUNDAĞ

March 1

Innovations on Vermont Vegetable Farms

Vernon GrubingerUVM Vegetable & Berry Specialist

March 15 Composting for the 21st Century Nancy Hayden, Associate Professor School ofEngineering, Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering, UVM

March 22 Agricultural Issues in Africa from Kenya Grace Matiru, PSS Graduate Student

Advisor, Leonard Perry

March 29

The Effect of Shale-Gas Development on North-Central Appalachian Landscapes

Patrick Drohan, Assistant Professor of Pedology

Penn State University

Sample of Publications

April 5

Developing a Pasture and Agroecology Programin Brazil

Abdon Schmitt, Professor of Agroecology,University of Santa Catarina Brazil

April 12

The Significance of Soil Health PSS Professor Emeritus Fred Magdoff

April 19 Pollination Ecology of a Crop/Wild PlantAgroecosystem

Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology,University of Maine

April 26 Plant Propagation Workshop, Jeffords Lab room101

Mark Starrett, Associate Professor, UVM, Plant& Soil Science

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Plant and Soil Science Seminar Series

PSS 393: Fall 2013 Seminars

Fridays, 1:30-2:30 pm

Location: Jeffords 112

Coordinating committee: Yolanda Chen, Lynn Fang, Rachel Schattman, Lindsey Ruhl,

For more information contact [email protected]



Sept 6

Changes in bacterial and fungal communities

across compost recipes, preparation methods,

and composting times

Deborah Neher, Professor and Chair

Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont

Sept 13 Population genetics of the Colorado potato

beetle

Victor Izzo, Ph.D. Candidate


Sept 20

Vermicompost as a fast acting nitrogen

amendment in organic vegetable production

Peter Austin, M.S. Candidate


Sept 27 Natural abundance stable isotopes to look at

food chain relationships

Peggy Ostrom, Professor

Zoology Dept of Michigan State University

Oct 4

Tropical agriculture-- food security, poverty

and environmental sustainability

Gillian Galford, Research Assistant Professor

GUND Institute, UVM

Oct 11 Previous experiences in soil and water resource

engineering and future application to

agricultural adaptation in Vermont’s changing

climate

Joshua Faulkner, Center for Sustainable Agriculture,

Extension

University of Vermont

Oct 15 Tea Time in the Tropics: Compost Tea

Production, Plant Health

and Farmer Viability

Ted Radovich, Food Systems

Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Science,

University of Hawaii

Oct 18 Seasonal hunger in coffee communities:

Integrated analysis of agroecology and

livelihoods with smallholders in Mexico and

Nicaragua

Margarita Fernandez, Ph.D. Candidate

Plant and Soil Science, UVM

Oct 25

Fatty Acids in Forages?/A Brief Intro to the

Relationship Between Soil Fertility and Micro-

Topography Before and After Episodes of

Water Saturation

Caleb Goossen, M.S. Candidate


Nov 1 Marketing strategies and cost analysis for

diversified vegetable farm

David Conner, Assistant Professor, Community

Development and Applied Economics

UVM

Nov 8

Why do I farm? Social Influences in Decision-

Making and Farm Management

Jason Parker, Research Associate Professor


Nov 15

Carbon storage and sequestration in a coffee

landscape: a case study in Los Santos region,

Costa Rica

Sebastian Castro, Ph.D. Candidate


Nov 22

Ecological Indicators of Compost-Mediated

Disease Suppression/ Spotted Wing

Drosophilia Exclusion Net Study for Vermont

Blueberries and Raspberries

Rachel Schattman, Ph.D. Candidate


Nov 29 Thanksgiving

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January 24

Communication of scientific information togeneral audiences

Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux, Associate Professorand Vermont State Climatologist


January 31

Practical chemical ecology of spotted wingdrosophila

Richard Cowles, Agricultural Scientist, ConnecticutAgricultural Experiment Station

Abstract/BIO

University of Connecticut

February 7

How are species able to successfully adapt?The genetic basis of local adaption

Sean Schoville, Assistant Professor of Entomology

Abstract/BIO

University of Wisconsin

February 14 Produce Food Safety: Key Concerns and On-Farm Research in Vermont

Vern Grubinger, Extension Professor, Vermont Fruitand Vegetable Specialist


http://www.uvm.edu/~geograph/?Page=Dupigny-Giroux.php

http://www.ct.gov/caes/cwp/view.asp?a=2812&q=345030

http://seanschoville.com/

http://www.uvm.edu/extension/faculty/?Page=grubinger.html


February 21

Large Scale Vermicomposting Tom Herlihy, Worm Power

Abstract/BIO

Avon, NY

February 28 Expanding the Utility of Cover Crops in theNortheast

Matt Ryan, Assistant Professor Crop and SoilSciences

Abstract/BIO

Cornell University

March 7 Spring Break

March 14

Soil Ecology

Stuart Grandy, Professor, Soil Biogeochemistry andFertility

University of New Hampshire

March 21 A succession-energy framework forunderstanding and reducing theenvironmental impacts of annual cropproduction

Richard Smith, Assistant Professor Agroecology

Abstract/BIO

University of New Hampshire

March 28 Exploring and exploiting the multifunctionalroles of herbivore-inducedplant volatiles

Cesar Rodriguez-Saona Associate ProfessorEntomology

Abstract/BIO

Rutgers University, New Jersey

April 4

Leek Moth

Marsa Seto, Post Doctoral Fellow

Soil Insect Ecology

Cornell University

http://css.cals.cornell.edu/people/dm-faculty.cfm?netId=mrr232

http://css.cals.cornell.edu/people/dm-faculty.cfm?netId=mrr232

http://pubpages.unh.edu/~asf44/

http://pubpages.unh.edu/~asf44/

http://nre.unh.edu/faculty/smith

http://www.mosquito.rutgers.edu/rodriguezsaona.htm

http://www.mosquito.rutgers.edu/rodriguezsaona.htm

http://shelton.entomology.cornell.edu/people/postdoctoral-associates-and-visiting-scientists/current-postdoctoral-associates-and-visiting-scientists/dr-masanori-seto-japan/


April 11

Perspectives on the continuum of cropdomestication: early origins, in situconservation, and participatory plantbreeding

Helen Jensen, Regional Program Coordinator

The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian SeedSecurity

April 18

Soil Arthropod Ecology Kyle Wickings, Assistant Professor

Soil Arthropod Ecology Lab

Cornell University

April 25 Cultivating deeper learning with soil science Mary Savin, Professor of Microbial Ecology and SoilBiology

Abstract/BIO

University of Arkansas

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Sep 5 Weighing the evidence for climate change mitigation in agriculture: Asummary of CCAFS research findings to date Lini Wollenburg, UVM

Sep 12 Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance: Transforming Food Productionin Cuba

Fernando Funes Aguilar,Professor and AgroecologyProgram Coordinator

Sep 19 Investigating Nutrient, Hydraulic and Sediment Transport Dynamics atthe UVM Bioretention Laboratory

Amanda Cording, Ph.D. candidatePlant & Soil Science, UVM

Sep 26 Ecological Design, Collaboratory and the Burlington Geographic Walter Poleman, UVM, RSNR

Oct 3 Anthropogenic effects on insect-plant interactions in agriculture: cropdomestication and global invasions

Yolanda Chen, AssistantProfessor, Plant & Soil Science,UVM

Oct 8 Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Chiapas, Mexico Hilda Morales and BruceFerguson

Oct 10 Weaving the fabric of resistance Michael Dietz, UConn

Oct 17 The Role of the Eye: Use of Eye Tracking to Understand Preference forSustainable Labels Ben Campbell, UConn

Oct 24 Plant and microbial carbon flux coherence within managed andagricultural wetlands Jaclyn Hatala, Dartmouth

Oct 31 Not my host? Does phylogenetic distance influence repulsion for thespecialist swede midge (Contarinia nasturtii)?

Chase Stratton, Ph.D. candidate,Plant & Soil Science, UVM

Nov 7Agriculture: The Feds, the State and the Farmers. What are the variouslevels of regulations in Vermont agriculture, what do they mean, andwhat are the impacts to water quality?

Marli Rupe, VT Agency ofNatural Resources, Dept. ofEnvironmental Conservation

Nov 14 Investigating the effects of agricultural tile drainage on edge of fieldnutrient, sediment, and water losses

Laura Klaiber, M.S. candidatePlant & Soil Science, UVM

Nov 21 Temporal dynamics in soil microbial communities William Landesman, GreenMountain College, Vermont

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Jan 23 The Importance of Compost/Vermicompost forTurkish Soils

Korkmaz Belliturk, Assistant Professor Namik KemalUniversity, TekirdaÄŸ, Turkey

Jan 30 Use of Cover Crops for Weed Suppression andNutrient Capture

Elisabeth Hodgson, Ph.D. CandidatePlant and Soil Science, UVM

Feb 6Scaling up molecular reactions to ecosystemprocesses: sources and cycling of phosphorus inthe Chesapeake Bay

Deb Jaisi, Assistant ProfessorPlant and Soil Science, University of Delaware

Feb 13 Cover cropping as an IPM tool in Northeasternhops

Lily Calderwood, M.S. Candidate,Plant and Soil Science, UVM

Feb 20 CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Dr. Andrei Alyokhin, ProfessorUniversity of Maine

Feb 27Swede Midge, Contarinia nasturtii, Response toBrassica oleracea in Simulated IntercroppingSystems

Gemelle Brion, M.S. Candidate Plant and Soil Science, UVM

Mar 13 Soil: Source, sink, and transformer ofphosphorus

Dr. Eric O. Young Miner Institute, New York

Mar 20 Bacterial Mediation of Plant-Insect Interactions Dr. Gary Felton, ProfessorEntomology, Penn State

Mar 27Thinking Outside the Growing season:expanding opportunities for local specialtycrops in Northern New England.

Becky Sideman, Extension ProfessorUniversity of New Hampshire

Apr 3 Waste Materials as Soil Amendments:Treasure? Trash?

Dr. Jose AmadorUniversity of Rhode Island

Apr 10 Alternatives to Insecticides: thinking outsidethe box and about the box

Dr. Charles Vincent, Research ScientistAgri-Food Canada

Apr 17

Enhance the efficacy and thermotolerance offungal isolates for IPM of Sunn Pest,Eurygaster integriceps Puton (Hemiptera:Scutelleridae)

Agrin Davari, Ph.D. CandidatePlant and Soil Science, UVM

Apr 24Non-native Earthworms in the Southeastern US- Using Ecology to Develop ManagementOptions

Mac CallahamUSDA Forest Service

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Sep 18 Earthworm and vegetation effects on mercury accumulation in forestsoils in northern New England

Justin Richardson, Department ofEarth Sciences, DartmouthCollege, Hanover, NH

Sep 25 Blending composts for improved quality Josef Gorres, Associate Professor,Plant and Soil Science, UVM

Oct 2 The Vermont Agriculture and Environment Lab: a partner in science forall of Vermont

Guy Roberts, Director VermontDept.of EnvironmentalConservation (DEC) Laboratory

Oct 9 No Seminar

Oct 16 Chemical communication in the longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae):Basic science to practical applications

Jocelyn Millar, Professor ofEntomology, University ofCalifornia, Riverside

Oct 23 Agriculture and Climate Change: Views from the farmMeredith Niles, AssistantProfessor, Nutrition and FoodScience,UVM

Oct 29-Thursday

Ph.D. Dissertation- Earthworms in Vermont forest soils: a study ofnutrient, carbon, nitrogen and native plant responses, 1:00pm inJeffords 234

Ryan Melnichuk, Plant and SoilScience, UVM

Oct 30 Fertilizer from urine: transforming a major aquatic pollutant into aresource for sustainable agriculture

Abraham Noe-Hays and KimNace, Rich Earth Institute

Nov 6 Ecology and management of the swede midge, an invasive pest ofBrassica crops

Rebecca Hallet, AssociateProfessor, University of Guelph,Ontario Canada

Nov 13 Escherichia coli survival mechanisms in compost-amended Vermontsoils

Anya Cutler, M.S. Candidate, Plantand Soil Science, UVM

Nov 20Biology and efficacy of Scolothrips longicornis (Thysanoptera:Thripidae) preying on almond spider mite (Schizotetranychus smirnovi)collected from Shahrekord almond orchards

Marjan Heidarian, University ofTehran, Graduate Student, VisitingScholar

Nov 27 Thanksgiving Break

Dec 4 Water quality performance of bioretention systems designed forstormwater treatment

Paliza Shrestha, Ph.D. Candidate,Plant and Soil Science, UVM

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Jan 29 The Nitrification-pH paradox in earthworm invadedsoils

Josef Gorres, Associate Professor, Plant & SoilScience, UVM

Feb 5 Community Herbalism and Sustainable Food Systems Kate Elmer Westdijk, M.S., Herbalist and FoodSystems Research Specialist, UVM

Feb 12 V. Ernesto Mendez, Associate Professor, Plant &Soil Science, UVM

Feb 19 Fatty Acids in Forages Caleb Goossen, Ph.D. candidate Plant & SoilScience, UVM

Feb 26 A survey of soil erosion in coffee agroecosystems inthe Western Highlands of Guatemala

Dana Chistel, M.S. candidate Plant & Soil Science,UVM

Mar 4 From nursery to nature: Evaluating native plantcultivars for pollinator habitat restoration

Annie White, Ph.D. candidate Plant & SoilScience,UVM

Mar 11 Spring Break

Mar 18 Taming the Wild Kiwiberry: Adventures indeveloping a new specialty crop for New England

Iago Hale, Assistant Professor Department. ofBiological Sciences, University of New Hampshire

Mar 25 Using experimental gaming to gain new insights intocomplex social ecological systems

Scott C. Merrill, Research Assistant Professor, Plant& Soil Science, UVM

Apr 1 Plant-mediated IPM systems for managinggreenhouse pests

Cheryl Frank Sullivan, UVM Entomology researchlaboratory, Greenhouse IPM Research Specialist

Apr 8

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"...,but I Don't Want to be a Manager" - Perceptionsof Labor and the Intersecting Roles of The Farmer

Jason Parker, Research Assistant Professor, Plant &Soil Science, UVM

Apr 15 Crop rotation and green manures on an organicvegetable farm

Reid Allaway, Ferme CoopÃ©rative Tourne-Sol,Co-Owner/operator

Apr 22 Organic Phosphorus: Forms and Cycling in Soil,Water and other Environmental Samples

Barbara Cade-Menun, Researcher, Agriculture andAgri-Food Canada

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Jan 25Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC):History and Future Directions

Ernesto Mendez, Olivia Andreozzi, and ClaireWiggin

Feb 1 Illustrating the Pesticide TreadmillKristian Brevik, Ph.D. Candidate, Insect AgroecoloLab, Advisor Yolanda Chen

Feb 8Potential for Phosphorus Release in StreambankSoils of Different Land Uses

Vanesa Perillo, Ph.D. candidate, Soils Lab, AdvisDon Ross

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A Dog and Potato Show: Using the genomics ofdomestication and diversity to inform potatoagriculture in a changing environment

Laura Shannon, Postdoctural Research AssociateUniversity of Wisconsin, Dept. of Horticulture

Wed Feb 15 Trait mapping methods for marker assisted breedingLaura Shannon, Postdoctural Research AssociateUniversity of Wisconsin, Dept of Horticulture

Friday Feb 17

3:30-4:30

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Communicating Science with the Public- A Focus onGenetic Engineering

Dr. Kevin Folta Professor and Chair of HorticulturSciences, University of Florida

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Understanding the evolutionary genetics of cropdomestication

Xinshuai Qi, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arizona,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Wed Feb 22 Crop breeding: QTL mappingXinshuai Qi, Postdoctoral Fellow, University ofArizona, Department of Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology

Tues Feb 28

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Intraspecific Developmental Variation for CropImprovement

Robert L. Baker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow,University of Wyoming, Department of Botany

Wed Mar 1Linkage Disequilibrium: What is it, how is itcalculated, and why is it important for markerassisted breeding?

Robert L. Baker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow,University of Wyoming, Department of Botany

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Genomics-enabled plant physiology for cropimprovement

Courtney P. Leisner, Postdoctoral Fellow Michigan StateUniversity, Department of Plant Biology

Wed Mar 8Genetic segregation, linkage disequilibrium andapplications to maker-assisted breeding

Courtney P. Leisner, Postdoctoral Fellow MichigaState University, Department of Plant Biology

Tues Mar 21

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Crop wild relatives: conservation needs, potential forclimate resilient agriculture, and tools forevolutionary ecology

Eric Von Wettberg, Associate Professor Florida InternationUniversity, Department of Biology

Wed Mar 22Assembling diversity: genebanks, wild relatives, andthe legacy of Vavilov

Eric Von Wettberg, Associate Professor FloridaInternational University, Department of Biology

Wed Mar 29Tetra Tech ARD: Vermont-based InternationalDevelopment

Panel Discussion: Tetra Tech consultants JasonGirard, Marcello Godcharles, and PSSM.S.candidate Bennett LaFond

Wed Apr 5Bottom-up knowledge and management inagriculture and developed landscapes forsustainable adaptive practice

Sarah Coleman, Ph.D. Candidate, SustainableLandscape Horticulture, Advisor Stephanie Hurley

Wed Apr 12Title: Cover Crops in Vermont: A Practical Approachfor Farmers and the Environment

Kirsten Workman, M.S. Candidate, Agronomy,Advisor Sid Bosworth

Wed Apr 19 Aimee Claussen

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April 27 Noon to 1pm

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Farming for Change: unearthing trials, tensions andtriumphs of participatory agroecology research inMalawi

Rachel Bezner, Associate Professor, CornellUniversity

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Sept 13 New American Farming CommunitiesMark Freudenberger Pine Island Farm, ColchesterVermont

Sept 20Preliminary results from a landscape-scale bioretention retrofit project:hydrological and ecological observations

David Wituszynski, Graduate Research Associate,Department of Food, Agricultural and BiologicalEngineering, Ohio State University

Sept 27Does lack of chlorophyll degradation alter the response to water shortage of"stay-green" crops?

Edward Marques, Ph.D. Candidate Plant and SoilScience, Advisor Eric Bishop von Wettberg

Oct 4Using rapid small-scale column test data and the pore surface diffusionmodel to design fixed-bed biochar adsorbers for control of synthetic organiccontaminants in representative water matrices

Joshua Kearns, Research Assistant Professor, NCState.

Oct 11 Agroecology: Strategies for Scaling from the Ground Up Steven Brescia, Groundswell

Oct 18 Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate Laura Lengnick, Cultivating Resilience

Oct 25 Consequences of sublethal pesticide effects on an invasive pestLeena Lindstrom, University Lecturer in Ecology andEvolutionary Biology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Nov 1Place-based and People-based Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI)Design: Landscape Visualizations and Participatory Processes forMultifunctional GSI and Cultural Ecosystem Services

Holly Greenleaf, M.S. Candidate, Plant and SoilScience, Advisor Stephanie E. Hurley

Nov 8The Effect of Urban and Peri-Urban Community Garden Programs on FoodSecurity, Food Sovereignty, and Food Justice

Bennett Lafond, M.S. Candidate, Plant and SoilScience, Advisor Ernesto Mendez

Nov 15Phylogenomics, human-assisted migration, and domestication of the mangoand the genus Mangifera"

Emily Warschefsky, PhD Candidate, InternationalCenter for Tropical Botany, Florida InternationalUniversity

Nov 22 Thanksgiving Break No Seminar

Nov 29Cider Apple Production

Terry Bradshaw, Research Assistant Professor, Plantand Soil Science, UVM

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Dec 6Floating Treatment Wetlands for stormwter pond pollutant removalperformance - macrophyte selection

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Feb 9Northern agriculture under climate change; a Newfoundlandperspective

Adrian Unc, Professor School of Science anthe Environment, Memorial University ofNewfoundland Canada

Feb 16Green Stormwater Infrastructure Research Results: from Water Quality toEcological Aesthetics

Stephanie Hurley, Assistant Professor, Plant and SScience UVM

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Feb 23New Crops for New Markets in the Northeastern US: Researchand Outreach Activities to Benefit Farmers and Consumers

Frank Mangan, Extension Professor Univerof Massachusetts, Amherst

Mar 2Water Quality Impacts of a Wood Chip Bioreactor TreatmentSystem Receiving Silage Bunker Runoff

Deborah Kraft, M.S. candidate, PSS AdvisoStephane Hurley

Mar 9 Urine Diversion and Use as Fertilizer Rich Earth Institute

Mar 16 Spring Break

Mar 23Ecological consequences of solar installations in New Englandand nationwide

Seeta Sistla, Assistant Professor of EcosysEcology, Hampshire College, AmherstMassachusetts

Mar 30Biological Control with Entomopathogenic nematodes: Is a moresustainable classical approach feasible or are we stuck in a bio-pesticide paradigm?

Elson Sheilds, Professor of Entomology,Cornell University

Apr 6RNA viruses in Vermont bumble bees and the role of flowers intransmission

Samantha Alger, Post-Doctoral Fellow,Biology Department, UVM

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Apr 20 Rachel Mason, M.S. candidate PSS AdvisoJosef Gorres

Apr 27Is Asian earthworm invasion causing unexpected ecosystemfunction change?

Chih-Han Chang, Assistant ResearchScientist, Earth & Planetary SciencesDepartment, Johns Hopkins University

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