Agricultural Nutrient and Pest Management

Educational Programs and Training

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Faculty at the New England Land Grant Universities often incorporate their research and Extension activities into the classroom.

students running produce stand At UMaine, Sustainable Agriculture undergraduate students initiated and developed a program in response to their desire for more hands on learning. Students in the Black Bear Food Guild external link manage two acres of certified organic vegetable production and one acre under cover crop. University Faculty oversee student progress and the community overwhelmingly supports the program.

Crop Science class at the University of Massachusetts incorporates nutrient and manure management research within lectures and labs. Topics include erosion control, nutrient uptake and water quality implications relating to manure application in the fall.


common ground farm The Common Ground student run organic external link education farm at UVM is a not-for-profit education organization that provides students with hands-on education in growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers. Students learn about culture, harvest, crop schedule, management and distribution.

Undergraduate students at UMass College of Natural Resources and Environment Stockbridge School external link are required to complete a cooperative work training experience within their major.

pasture UNH’s organic dairy farm is located on a 200-acre parcel of certified-organic land at Burley-Demeritt Farm in Lee, N.H. The farm will be an applied research center for students of sustainable agriculture, as well as an education center for organic dairy farmers and farmers undergoing or considering a transition to organic farming practices.

TheUNH Organic Gardening Club and UNH Students Without Boarders Club have created an organic garden with assistance from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (AES). Additionally, with the UNH Office of Sustainability Programs, the AES has expanded the UNH composting operation and is now creating both conventional and organic compost.

A graduate student at the University of Connecticut has been tracking and evaluating the management and behavior changes of farmers who have been following a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan for a period of four or more years. A summary of the results will be published in the coming year. Similarly, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts has been evaluating the use of end of season stalk tests in sweet corn.