Outreach

As part of my work with the Climate Hub and University of Wyoming, I developed a workshop on soil health and climate-resilient agriculture for middle and high school students. The workshop has students collect soils from nearby that they believe to be “healthy” or “unhealthy,” and then test their guess... [Read More]

This guide to soil health resources is meant to help producers in semi-arid environments measure, understand, and improve soil health on their operations. While most soil health resources are tailored to more humid environments, this guide focuses on tools and resources tailored to drier regions like the High Plains. [Read More]

In June 2023, we hosted an on-farm field day at Homestead Acres Ag near Albin, Wyoming as part of the Western SARE grant to plant Kernza for the first time in Wyoming. [Read More]

The Kernza® in Context educational curriculum was designed to use the story of Kernza® perennial grain to teach students about ecological and social concepts such as plant breeding and genetics, climate change, agricultural supply chains, and how research is performed. I contributed in helping create lessons based on my work... [Read More]

Though the majority of people in Nepal engage in agriculture, the main crops grown (rice, wheat, corn, and millet) don’t provide families with much income, forcing many young people to leave their homes and work abroad. Biloba Farms is a research orchard in Sindhupalchok, Nepal, that aims to address this... [Read More]