Current Projects
Biofumigation in organic high tunnel and conventional field vegetables
 On-farm
tests of
brassica cover crops for their
potential to control soil-borne diseases that threaten two
emerging vegetable production systems in Kentucky. |
KSU
Contacts: Duration: 2006-09 Funding: SARE |
Companion plant spacing calculator
 A spreadsheet
to calculate spacing in mixed plantings. |
KSU
Contacts: |
Effects of scale on sustainability of organic food and biofuel feedstock production
 A
comparison of land, labor, and energy-use efficiency at
different
scales of organic mixed-use food and fuel crop production. Study
conducted in partnership with the Post
Carbon Institute's Energy
Farms Network. |
KSU
Contacts: Duration: 2007-11 Funding: Evans-Allen |
Evaluating a beneficial insect lure (PredaLure®) in sweet corn
 Testing
a commercial product intended to attract predatory flying insects such
as lady beetles and lacewings. |
KSU
Contacts: Duration: 2006-09 |
On-farm ethanol production from alternative feedstocks
 Evaluation
of a new tool for
on-farm ethanol fuel
production from high-carbohydrate waste products
commonly available on small Kentucky
farms. |
Contacts: Duration: 2009-11 |
Organic demonstration plots
 Garden
and field-scale plots demonstrating the organic principals of
biodiversity, resource cycling, and ecological balance, and serving as
a playground for preliminary tests of new ideas. |
Contacts: Duration: 2005- |
Selection of primocane fruiting blackberries using organic practices
 Evaluating
suitability for organic production of
new blackberry varieties that bear fruit on current-season
cane. |
Contact: Duration: 2006- |
'Third Thursday Thing'
 A full day of
sustainable
agriculture workshops is held at the KSU research farm on the third
Thursday of every month. Extension agents, farmers, and the general
public are all welcome.
|
Contact: Duration: 1997- |
Vegetable Safety from Farm to Table
 A
multi-state study examining producer, retailer
and consumer beliefs and practices that affect vegetable
safety. |
KSU
Contacts: Duration: 2007-11 Funding: USDA-CSREES |
Year-round vegetable production in a solar-heated high tunnel
 A
demonstration of continuous organic vegetable production in
northern Kentucky using only the heat of the sun. The system is being
analyzed
for economic returns and energy use.
|
Contacts: Duration: 2005- |
