Outreach

With a Fellows Grant from the Western Rural Developement Center, I’m starting an On-Farm Research network to help Wyoming farmers and researchers collaborate to find practical solutions for resilient working lands. Find out more on our website. [Read More]

We presented an all-ages activity at the Albany County and Laramie County Ag & Arts Tours, organized by University of Wyoming Extension. Participants looked up the typical soil profile of their home, farm, or ranch through SoilWeb, discussed it, then used soil-based watercolor paints from The Art of Soil to... [Read More]

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]