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In this episode I sit down with Frances Garrett, a scholar of Tibetan culture, history, and language. We talk about Frances's interests in embodiment and movement, and how her experiences as ballet dancer, surfer, and rock climber connect with her work on religion and healing. Our conversation focuses on her commitment to embodied and trauma-aware pedagogy, and how in the interest of flourishing, she engages the whole person in the learning process. Along the way, we talk about Tibetan bards, sacred mountains, and the importance of long walks. Enjoy! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes here. Resources Michel Strickmann, Chinese Magical Medicine (2002)Frances Garrett, Religion, Medicine and the Human Embryo in Tibet (2008)Frances Garrett, Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History (2020)Tsering Yangzom Lama, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies (2022)Susan Hrach, Minding Bodies (2021)Jesse Stommel's ungrading website: www.jessestommel.comSusan D. Bloom, Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (2020)Cate J. Denial, “A Pedagogy of Kindness” (2019)Frances's website: www.francesgarrett.infoWindvane Project: www.windvane.life

“The effects of different biochar-dairy manure co-composts on soil moisture and nutrients retention, greenhouse gas emissions, and tomato productivity; observations from a soil column experiment” with Dr. Touyee Thao. Increasing food production needs can sometimes put a strain on the environment. Waste from crop and animal production can exacerbate this problem. But, when waste can be turned into a benefit, we can move closer to a world where both can thrive. In this episode, Touyee joins me to discuss how turning waste products into beneficial materials like biochar and compost can help move the needle in the right direction. Tune in to learn: ·        How orchard waste can be transformed into soil amendment. ·        What ratios work best when adding biochar and dairy manure amendments. ·        Which amendments have the best impacts on greenhouse gas emissions ·        How these amendments impact soil health. If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20408 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Touyee, you can find him here: Touyee.Thao@usda.gov LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/touyee-thao-phd-54a158117 If you would like to reach out to Kailey Miller from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here: mill2467@msu.edu Twitter: https://x.com/kaileymiller03 Resources CEU Quiz: Coming soon Transcripts: Coming soon Link to Stage 1 (Biochar-Manure Co-compost Lab Incubation) https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13121 Link to full Dissertation. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/62x2w3gs   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers are leveraging environmental data to make our world a better place—and a more sustainable place—at www.metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Thank you to our volunteer Om Prakash Ghimire for help with the shownotes and other assets. Thank you to Cole Shalk from 12twelve Media for the Audio Processing on today's episode. Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Efficacy of novel water-absorbing polymer amended soil for improving drought resilience of Solanum lycopersicum” with Dr. Sanandam Bordoloi. Drought can be a major problem for tomatoes, particularly in changing climates. Water-absorbant polymers can help water stay in the soil to help tomatoes thrive, but costs can make it hard for farmers to use them. In this episode, Sanandam joins me to discuss his research into developing more affordable, effective water-absorbant polymers from the waste material fly ash. Tune in to learn: ·        What a WAP is ·        What ratios of WAPs were tested ·        What other materials might be useful for WAP production ·        How a WAP is like a chia seed If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20480 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Sanandam, you can find him here: sanandam.bordoloi@aalto.fi https://www.aalto.fi/en/people/sanandam-bordoloi https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanandam-bordoloi-b7ab99294/ https://twitter.com/iamsanandam If you would like to reach out to Michael Rabe from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: rabemich@msu.eduTwitter: www.twitter.com/rabemich Instagram: www.instagram.com/romechild Resources CEU Quiz: Coming soon Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/RfoMEzkXCdnsR7rcmvdIQ-gbiUBycxalor6Z-xFeNo-7mBTr7UUunOas7XoxGaWmOQp8jVNvov79hZPuCY8YgGiQZ9s?loadFrom=SharedLink Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers are leveraging environmental data to make our world a better place—and a more sustainable place—at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Thank you to our volunteer Om Prakash Ghimire for help with the certified crop adviser quiz. Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Tsering Yangzom Lama. Tsering's book We Measure The Earth With Our Bodies was a finalist for the 2023 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the 2023 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. In their conversation Tsering talks about how she deals with doubt and writing, and she talks about why she avoids answering questions about writing about home. Visit BC and Yukon Book Prizes: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/ About We Measure The Earth With Our Bodies: https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/project/we-measure-the-earth-with-our-bodies/ ABOUT TSERING YANGZOM LAMA: Tsering Yangzom Lama holds a BA in creative writing and international relations from the University of British Columbia, and an MFA from Columbia University. Born and raised in Nepal, Tsering has lived in Toronto, New York City, and Vancouver, where she now resides. We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies is her first novel. ABOUT MEGAN COLE: Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com ABOUT THE PODCAST: Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen. Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.

“Addressing conservation practice limitations and trade-offs for reducing phosphorus loss from agricultural fields” with Dr. Pete Kleinman, Research Leader, USDA, and Dr. Deanna Osmond, Professor, North Carolina State University. Conservation practices are important techniques that help us move towards a more sustainable planet. But when these tools are applied without proper testing and a holistic point of view, they can sometimes cause unintended consequences or tradeoffs that affect the surrounding environment. This episode, Pete and Deanna discuss common tradeoffs that can impact tools that manage Phosphorus and how to avoid these potential pitfalls. Tune in to learn: ·         What the acronym ACT stands for when talking about nutrient management ·         What mechanisms turn phosphorus sinks into sources ·         Some real-world examples of tradeoffs at play ·         How to avoid some common tradeoffs If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20084 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Pete, you can find him here: peter.kleinman@usda.gov If you would like to reach out to Deanna, you can find her here: dosmond@ncsu.edu If you would like to reach out to Tina Sullivan from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here: sullivantinam@gmail.com Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b926F4A1A-CD83-EE11-8179-000D3A32379C%7d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/kbXDxITU0Y0IIUc-4FsQIZeJfMj5S2UsjOAiU6qyPu9eQjpl79CxfC1O4FKUHbBbGEv1FAd881ihZw-VhhybQKCGQa4?loadFrom=SharedLink  Journal of Environmental Quality special section, Agricultural Water Quality in Cold Environments: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372537/2019/48/4#heading-level-1-2 USDA Conservation Effects Assessment Project: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ceap Journal of Environmental Quality: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15372537 Soil Science Society of America Journal: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14350661 Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Microplastics in Composts, Digestates and Food Wastes: A Review” with Kate Porterfield, PhD Candidate at University Vermont and Dr. Eric Roy, Associate Professor at University of Vermont. Diverting organic materials and food waste from landfills and recycling them for beneficial use in agriculture is a great way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, intermingled microplastics from packaging and other sources could make these recycled materials less beneficial than they otherwise might be. This episode, Kate and Eric discuss their review paper studying the prevalence of these contaminants, how they're measured, and how these results intertwine with current policy efforts. Tune in to learn: ·         How microplastics can get into food waste ·         How scientists measure microplastics ·         Needs for syncing research and policy ·         How factors like weight, density, and mass can impact microplastic measurements If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20450 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Kate, you can find her here: kporterf@uvm.edu www.linkedin.com/in/kate-porterfield https://twitter.com/KatePorterfield If you would like to reach out to Eric, you can find him here: Eric.Roy.1@uvm.edu https://www.linkedin.com/in/ecoeng/ https://twitter.com/ericdroy If you would like to reach out to Jaya Nepal from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: j.nepal@ufl.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/mejayxoxo18 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mejayxoxo18/ Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Security/Sign-In?returnurl=%2fLearning-Center%2fCourses%2fCourse-Detail%3fproductid%3d%257b3F4C664E-986E-EE11-8DF0-000D3A592D44%257d  Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/xRlHgGXdYsTC11rog1p-w0JYBSNsrLBBwcntmqklTfsNHlDDp4TgUvO4vFQvdLglUApGlCOObUMf0BpgCy4VnJHaUGU?loadFrom=SharedLink  Nutrient Cycling & Ecological Design Lab @ UVM: https://nced.weebly.com/ “Organics Recycling Tradeoffs: Biogas Potential and Microplastic Content of Mechanically Depackaged Food Waste” article in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering:  https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c01710 EPA Emerging Issues in Food Waste Management series: https://search.epa.gov/epasearch/?querytext=emerging+issues+in+food+waste+management&areaname=&areacontacts=&areasearchurl=&typeofsearch=epa&result_template=2col.ftl#/ Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Tsering Yangzom Lama, interviewed by Cherilyn Parsons Very few novels by Tibetans have been translated into English and published in the United States. So we're fortunate that award-winning writer Tsering Yangzom Lama, who lives in Canada, is joining us to discuss her gorgeous, fascinating debut novel, We Measure the Earth with our Bodies. Buy the books here  With the support of the Consulate General of Canada San Francisco/Silicon Valley

Steve Blecker PhD is a research soil scientist with the Ag Experiment Station at Colorado State University. He obtained his Bachelor's at Penn State University and graduate degree in pathology at Colorado State University. His research focuses on sustainable agriculture, soil health, and range land restoration. Steve is actively involved in collaborative projects with the farming community and contributes to the advancement of sustainable and resilient agricultural practices.Jim Ippolito PhD is currently a professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Ohio State University. He obtained his Bachelor's in agronomy from the University of Delaware, and his graduate degree in soil chemistry, fertility, and quality from Colorado State University. Jim is an expert in and teaches soil fertility and soil health principles and practices. He is actively involved in research, teaching, and extension activities, working to improve soil health and fertility for the benefit of farmers, land managers, and the environment.Podcast Transcript:BRAD NEWBOLD 0:00 Hello everybody and welcome to We Measure the World, a podcast produced by scientists, for scientists. JIM IPPOLITO 0:07 My gut is telling me that this is where we're going to see the best bang for our buck in terms of return on investment, for improving carbon in our soils, it's going to be in the Western United States, we're going to see drastic improvements. And I'll tell you from some of my experiences with other soil health projects, that if you do things, quote, right, you might see a change in less than five years. In fact, we had a project over on the western slope of Colorado where we saw changes in three years in terms of organic carbon accumulation in the soil surface in three years. BRAD NEWBOLD 0:41 That's a small taste of what we have in store for you today. We Measure the World explores interesting environmental research trends, how scientists are solving research issues, and what tools are helping them better understand measurements across the entire soil plant atmosphere continues. Today's guests are Steve Blecker and Jim Ippolito. Steve Blecher, is a research soil scientist with the Ag Experiment Station at Colorado State University. He obtained his Bachelor's at Penn State University and graduate degrees and pathology at Colorado State University. His research focuses on sustainable agriculture, soil health and range land restoration. Steve is actively involved in collaborative projects with the farming community and contributes to the advancement of sustainable and resilient agricultural practices. Jim Ippolito is currently a professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Ohio State University. He obtained his Bachelor's in agronomy from the University of Delaware, and his graduate degrees in soil chemistry, fertility and quality from Colorado State University. Jim is an expert in and teaches soil fertility and soil health principles and practices. He is actively involved in research, teaching and extension activities, working to improve soil health and fertility for the benefit of farmers, land managers and the environment. And today, they're here to talk about their research into agroecosystem management, soil health, and Ecosystem Sustainability and resiliency. So Steve, and Jim, thanks so much for being here.STEVE BLECKER 2:09 Glad to be here.JIM IPPOLITO 2:09 Yeah, thanks for having us Brad.BRAD NEWBOLD 2:12 Alright. So today, we wanted to talk about a few of your projects and research interest. But first, can you tell us a little bit about your background and how you came to be involved in soil science and your particular specialties?STEVE BLECKER 2:25 Yeah, I just sort of wandered into soils, really, I mean, I didn't really like I didn't really know what I wanted to do at Penn State and I just kept kind of wandering around taking different classes. And the day, I took the I took an intro to soils class, and then it just something just clicked. I was like, wow, this is really cool. I mean, people actually study soils, I mean, wow. So I just took all the soils classes, I could get a hold of, and then my undergrad ran out, and I just wanted to keep going. So turned to grad school. And it's learning about soils ever since.BRAD NEWBOLD 3:03 what got you involved in in kind of the agricultural side and with extension activities?STEVE BLECKER 3:08 Well, that's pretty recent development. For me, I was I was doing more basic research for most of my for a lot of my career anyway. And, and just kind of once, when I came back to Colorado, and in my current position, there was this opportunity to do a lot more kind of applied research, just kind of work with growers in different agroecosystems, it just kind of you know it was exciting to me to be able to, you know, instead of, I used to publish in, not that I don't publish anymore, but in scientific journals, and maybe read by a handful of people, but now it's just it's more I'm more interested in kind of connecting with growers and just letting helping them understand the soils that they're working with. BRAD NEWBOLD 3:56 And Jim, how about you?JIM IPPOLITO 3:58 Well, my, my path into soils is much like Steve's like, when I was an undergrad, I really didn't know what I wanted to do. I was geared towards sciences, like science is in my blood, basically, in my genes. And I knew I didn't want to go into chemistry. My, my family has a long history of being in the chemistry field. So I steered clear of chemistry. I really steered clear of chemistry. And then I stumbled across horticulture class when I was a freshman. I said, Oh, that's interesting. Let me go see if there's any other classes that are offered within the College of Ag at the University of Delaware. And just like Steve, I took Intro to soil science. And I was hooked. I just, it just felt right. And lo and behold, there is a lot of chemistry in soil science. And so I'm a chemist. I consider myself a soil chemist and I love it. I just love what I do. I've been involved with a lot of different sectors though. A lot of ag over my 30 plus year career, in fact, most of it has been an ag but also in, in sites that have been contaminated with heavy metals, or more recently sites that are contaminated with these forever chemical compounds, PFAS's and PFOA's. And, you know, just solving problems, I'm, I'm really an applied soil chemist, I love what I do. And, and I've known Steve, we both known each other's for oh my gosh, since 1990, we went to grad school together at Colorado State University, and our paths have just done this, we've interwoven our paths over the over the years. So, which is why we still work together.BRAD NEWBOLD 5:42 That's good. That's good that you guys still like each other, then after working together so long, more or less. And I do hope that maybe we can come back and talk about those forever chemicals. That was kind of a side, you know, side discussion that I think is really interesting and pertinent to a lot of stuff that's been, you know, popping up recently. I mean, but anyway, we'll come maybe we'll come back to that later. So one of the one of the I guess, themes, or I guess, overarching research interests that seems to be within both of your specialties deals with soil health, or what we have now call soil health I know, in the intro, Jim, we talked about your or I mentioned that your degrees were in soil chemistry, fertility quality, which is kind of what now we would term soil health. I was wondering if you if you guys could just kind of give us a give our audience a basic overview of what we what is considered now soil health, what are the the principles that that go into soil health? You know, how do we, how do we quantify or measure soil health and kind of all those kinds of things?STEVE BLECKER 6:54 Okay, I'll take a crack at it, and then fill in the gaps, Steve, because, you know, when I think about soil health, and when I talk about soil health to a lot of people that maybe are not strongly familiar with soil health, this is how I approach it, I approach it much like discussing human health. And when we go to the doctor, because maybe we don't feel right, and the doctor runs a bunch of tests on us, right, so a doctor may ask you to run on a treadmill, for example, to take a look at maybe physical health, you'll get a blood draw. So blood might be chemical health, and sooner or later down the line, somebody's probably going to start taking some gut microbiome samples from you. And that's a measure of biological health. So when we talk about health, especially with humans, we oftentimes never talk about health directly, but we look at the measurements that we think get are geared towards human health or the like, good human health, if you will, we do the same thing with soils. So in soils, we look at soil physical characteristics, chemical characteristics, and certainly biological characteristics. And we look for the sometimes we call it the sweet spot, at least that's what I call it, where all three of these physical, chemical and biological overlap. And, you know, you can think of three circles overlapping. Many of us have used this analogy before, and looking at where that circle in the center encompasses the, quote, best of physical, chemical and soil, biological health. So that's, that's my approach. And to be honest with you, I've used this approach for oh my gosh, almost my entire career without even knowing it. What do you think, Steve?STEVE BLECKER 8:39 Man, that's a hard act to follow. I like the analogy with the human health. I hadn't thought of that. That's pretty good. But no, I mean, you're right. It's the name has changed, didn't always used to be soil health, but the things we measure, I mean, there's three major biology, chemistry and the physical properties of soil. I mean, you're right. I mean, that's, that's how they interact, to determine, you know, how healthy your soil is going to be for, you know, what the end uses, in our case, a lot of its agriculture. So how do these different properties interact.BRAD NEWBOLD 9:13 So, so along with with what you're talking about with, you know, I guess, using continuing with that analogy or metaphor of, of human health, are there? I guess there's two questions that I have here. And maybe they're kind of kind of overlapping here. But within when we're dealing with human health, you know, we will check our pulse to see if we're still alive, right. That's kind of a very basic, basic overview of how you're doing right if you're, you're healthy, you're alive. But But like you said, there's there's other aspects as well. Are there and I don't I don't want to say are there shortcuts but are there are there particular measurements or characteristics of the soil itself, where you can kind of say, hey, kind of just take a quick snapshot and say, soil is doing pretty good because of XY and Z? Or is it something where you really do have to dig in to each of those physical, biological and chemical characteristics to really say how healthy that soil is?STEVE BLECKER 10:23 Yeah, that's a great question. I, I don't know if there's any shortcuts, because every soil is different. And every, even if the soil is the same, the management practices under which the soil is, is under Well, that's the management practices that are being applied to a soil, even if the soil is the same changes the soil, we all know that. So quantifying soil health is, it can be somewhat tricky, because if you want to take a shortcut, and you know, a shortcut in one soil, it may not be applicable for a completely different soil. And so I think about the programs that we run at Colorado State University and Ohio State University, and we look at a number of different indicators or soil characteristics that encompass physical, chemical and biological health. And what we tried to do is tease out the minimum data set, that would be for a specific soil, or maybe a specific management system, or something along those lines, which is basically what we're doing with a number of projects that we have at Colorado State University. And we don't want to have a producer sending a soil sample to our testing facility or another testing facility to analyze for 20 different characteristics when maybe only three are necessary. That's, that's the sweet spot that we look for in these different systems.BRAD NEWBOLD 11:50 I guess what would soil like you said, there's, there's differences between, you know, how soil might look or a particular type of soil within varied, you know, agricultural, or other land management uses. How would How would a, I guess, what would a healthy soil look like? If we want to, you know, stereotype we're whatever, what would a healthy soil look like? In, you know, an agricultural field versus a healthy soil? Say, even just in, you know, general environment? So with, you know, within? I don't know, if if getting into forestry is too deep for you guys, or whatever? And versus, you know, I don't know, if if we're dealing with soil health as much in you know, more of the civil engineering side of things. There's different things that they look at for that, but how would How would a healthy soil? What would a healthy healthy soil look like in those different situations? And is there some, some overlap? Or would you expect completely different soil profile profiles to I don't want to say, you know, but different soil, like suites of characteristics within those different regions or spaces?STEVE BLECKER 13:05 What yeah, there's, I mean, the big concern in Colorado, is water, I mean, we're a pretty dry state. And anything you can do to improve the water holding capacity of the soil, I mean, that generally will help the soil health, but also help the plant productivity. So I mean, you can just go out into a field and dig up the surface of soil and, you know, you can see how well it's aggregated, you know, what kind of pore space can the water move freely down into the soil kind of. So it can be stored in how much organic matter, you'll always hear, can't get away from soil health without talking about organic matter in our soil carbon, because it's just, it's so key to so many different properties. One of which, of course, is its ability to hold water. So if you I mean, if you go out in the field and look side by side, you can just pull out a cloud of soil and, you know, see how well it's aggregated. Versus in I've seen people like the NRCS, they'll take a chunk of soil that's healthy, and put it in like a big, clear cylinder and let it sit there. And if it's, you know, the healthier soil kind of stays together, the aggregates hold together, whereas a soil that's, you know, quote, unquote, less healthy, tends to, you know, kind of break apart and fall apart much quicker. So that's there's a lot of visual cues, you can look at. BRAD NEWBOLD 14:26 How, I guess, what are some are there some general principles, I guess, for land managers to think about when it comes to just overall improving their soil health? I mean, what if there were just key steps or? Yeah, just kind of a basic outline for how to improve your soil health. What would those look like?JIM IPPOLITO 14:54 Yeah, that's a great question. I think having a PhD I often use the term it depends. Because it really depends on where you're located. So I think about the projects that we have where we're using METER Group equipment, we were using them dominating the Western United States, specifically Colorado, and then in other surrounding states, but mainly Colorado, and we're talking about the Western US. So in Colorado, for example, a basic outline would be, like Steve just mentioned, focusing first on carbon. And anything that you can do to improve organic carbon content in the soils of Colorado, for example, you're gonna win the battle, and you likely will see an improvement in soil health. And, and there's a reason behind this because the soils in Colorado are naturally low in organic carbon content. And they've become lower over time because of historical agricultural practices. So anything we can do to increase organic carbon in the soils that are relatively fragile, that typically have less than probably three and a half percent organic carbon or organic matter to begin with, is a bonus in the western United States. And that leads to what Steve mentioned, increases in water holding capacity aggregate stability, carbon is a food source for micro organisms that enhance nutrient cycling and turnover, which enhances the chemistry of soils. And it's all linked together. And, and if you looked at those three circles, biology, chemistry, and physical aspects, the sweet spot where those three overlap is carbon, it's really carbon in the center. That's how I look at it. I'm not a carbon chemist, definitely not a carbon chemist, but we measure carbon, and we've measured carbon in our soils for decades. Now, Steve, and I have done this for 30 or 30 plus years together, yeah, because this ties in with what we're doing with the equipment. And so you know, in the western US, we're drought prone. And so anything we can do to increase water holding capacity of our soils, is a benefit. So in terms of soil health, or looking for systems that producers manage, that get a little bit more bang for the buck in terms of carbon storage, and subsequently utilizing METER Group equipment, to take a look at the changes in moisture holding capacity over time. And one of the things that's just really, it just stands out to me is when you look at the soil health research has been done across the US. And if you look at the areas of the US where METER Group equipment is located, there is a big hole, and it's almost hovered over Colorado. So that's what we're trying to do with our projects is to fill that gap.BRAD NEWBOLD 17:54 Awesome. We're glad to help out with that as well. So no, I think definitely, definitely, I think that that is one thing and because we see this in in lots of different in varied applications, whether you're talking about soil moisture, or other soil characteristics, but also, we have that with, you know, with weather monitoring, or whatever sorts of systems, we have a lot of these these regional Mezonets that are going up throughout the United States and elsewhere. And by creating we've we've also had people on our podcast talking about Yeah, creating networks of soil moisture, data and so moisture, water potential, so yeah, soil water potential, those kinds of matrix potential, that kind of stuff. So definitely got being able to, to connect, we want to be able to know what's going on in the here and now. But also, there's, there's this added, imperative, you know, this, this added, I guess, urgency to also be able to predict what's, or forecast, what's going to be happening in the next, you know, 5-10-50 years down the road as well. And if we don't have that good data right now to work with, then then we're, you know, just kind of shooting in the dark type of thing. So, let's... STEVE BLECKER 19:20 One thing we're kind of, I mean, we're kind of looking into because we have, we have METER sensors scattered over pretty large chunk of the state in all kinds of different agroecosystems, irrigated non irrigated range land. So that, you know, it got us thinking what I mean, there's, initially the idea is to, you know, let the producer understand, like, what his practices are doing to soil moisture. But also at the same time, we have, as you mentioned, I mean, we were kind of just inadvertently, I guess, building this network of soil moisture monitoring stations across the state that yeah, so that might be able to help us answer You know, some of these questions about, you know, how the different systems respond to drought and so BRAD NEWBOLD 20:04 Right, right. And I want to come back to this to in particular, in talking with you're talking with you about, about your, your main research project, because there's a lot that we want to know and understand about, about the instrumentation, but also about just the the challenges in creating, like you said, inadvertently, or on purpose, creating these networks, and, and being able to say, okay, what are the challenges in having, you know, all sorts of instrumentation just all over the place, about, you know, installation, and, and, and connecting them all. And not to mention, you know, collecting the data, as well as analyzing it. And we're dealing with, you know, getting into big data issues, and all that kind of stuff. And so, so there's a lot of a lot of interesting questions that we can talk about here in a second with that. I want to let's, let's switch gears, and we did have some folks here that wanted to know more about, they're in Colorado, the STAR program. They're in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, they're in Colorado, can you tell us a little bit about that program and what it's all about?STEVE BLECKER 21:30 Steve's gonna pawn it off on me. Okay. So the STAR program is something that was not initially created in Colorado, it initially began in Champaign County, Illinois, it stands for Saving Tomorrow's Agricultural Resources program. And in Illinois, it was geared around water quality. So programs, ie management of different parcels of land to help improve water quality that's moving off site from a parcel of land. We took that concept. And oh, my gosh, probably about three or four years ago, in Colorado, we created with the help of a lot of people, the STAR program that's centered around soil health, not water quality. Again, it still stands for Saving Tomorrow's Agricultural Resources, but it's based on essentially the backbone of the five principles of soil health at the NRCS promotes. And so I can't remember all of them. I'm drawing a blank here, but you know, it's soil cover living roots, introduction of livestock. There's two others, I should know these off top my head, I've done this for so long, and probably just blanket I'm blanking. But the the five principles of soil health that the NRCS promotes. And then what we've done is we've created in Colorado, a set of STAR field forms that are housed on the Colorado Department of Agriculture's STAR website. And these field forms were developed hand in hand with producers in different sectors of of ag within the state of Colorado. And so we went through, I don't know how many iterations of these field forms hand in hand with producers to come up with a scoring system. So producers will if they're growing corn, for example, in the state of Colorado, they can feel fill out a field form that's geared towards corn, they're asked a number of different questions and the questions are scored. And then the scores are accumulated. And they fall into one of five categories. So they and they receive a STAR placard. And the STAR placard that goes into their field or on their fence is either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars. One star is the producer is doing the average as to what everybody else is doing in terms of focusing on soil health within that type of agroecosystem, and five is your, you've maxed out all the soil health principles that the NRCS promotes. Getting a five star is really, really difficult. Getting a one star is really, really easy. And we've set this up hand in hand with the producers to do this on purpose because not everybody should get a five star if they're only doing a three star work in their field. And so this is this is what we've developed and we have I think 11 different field forms for all sorts of different types of crops and it might even go into we didn't create a we didn't create a field for for rangelands, did we Steve?STEVE BLECKER 24:44 Other grazing lands? Yeah. It covers rangelands,STEVE BLECKER 24:49 But it's an it's completely voluntary. almost completely voluntary. Alright, so there's part of it. That's voluntary. If a producer wants to become part of the STAR program, they can. And we also have something called Star Plus. And this is, and this is the incentive based program from what I remember. So, correct, yeah, so other producers who, if they're lucky enough to get into the STAR Plus program, there are certain additional requirements that they need to meet, in order to get an incentive payment from the Colorado Department of Agriculture. It's but the premise is still the same, they fill out a STAR form, they get a rating. And then what we're trying to do in our programs, is to look at these different management practices or tweak these management practices to increase the STAR rating from say, a one to a two, or maybe a three to a four on a particular parcel of land. Did I miss anything? ISTEVE BLECKER 25:52 I mean, basically, no that covers it pretty well, I mean, basically, the idea is to just go out and interact with these producers and just have a conversation about soil health, and try to get them to, you know, they need to try out, they need to commit to trying out one of these, one of the five principles of soil health, just implement a new practice that they haven't tried before, on other portion of their field, a whole new field, and then just see what happens. You know, and that's what we're, that's what we've kind of started in the past couple years, we're kind of at the, the leading edge of, of the star plus projects. So we don't really have any revenue data coming in yet. But that's been interesting just to go out there and interact with all these different folks and all these different agroecosystems.STEVE BLECKER 26:36 Yeah, the you know, one of the most exciting portions of this project are that it's not one project. It's multiple projects that use the STAR program. But I think one of the most exciting things is one working hand in hand with producers to come up with a rating system, two these placards that will go out into fields. And our programs are supposedly touching about 500 producers across the state. So it's not inconsequential. And so each producer will have a placard that should be visible along some road that they live near the where the field is located, to hopefully generate discussion and interest among other producers, because we all know producers go down to the local coffee shop, and, and chit chat, right. I mean, they do more than chitchat, they talk about what they see and this, this, hopefully will generate some interest to get more people involved in the program. And the last thing I want to mention to you, which is part of our climate smart commodities project is we're hoping that this STAR rating system will eventually end up as a market signal. So if you're a producer, with a five star rating, you might get a little bit extra, when you sell your commodity on the market. We're really hoping that this is what this leads to.BRAD NEWBOLD 27:52 Yeah, I was I mean, that's good to hear that it's one of my my biggest questions with that was the adoption, you know, producers and growers are notoriously slow at at adopting new technology, new practices, or at least that's the, that's the the traditional view of how things go. They're there some early adopters, and here and there, but it's because it's such a, you know, risk reward practice when it comes to agriculture, is that if they do see that things are working out towards their benefit, then at least from what from what we've seen here, then you can really start to see that shift in, in best practices, from a potential, you know, from traditional practices that have been going on for, you know, a century or two, to or even or even more, to those where where we have kind of either new technology, new ideas, or new innovations in land management. And so that's really good to see. I was I was interested in that incentive, like how much of an incentive does it take to to generate this, you know, to generate buzz or to generate adoption, but it sounds like it's, it's going pretty well there, at least in Colorado. Along with that and both of you, Steve, you talked about going out and you know, visiting face to face with with these growers with producers, and communicating the this this program or the benefits to adopting this program or any other or even if it deals with just soil health in general or other practices. This is one of these questions that kind of pops up with a lot of our guests is Have you have you felt that there's there are practices or techniques that you've used that you found successful in communicating? I guess kind of in translating scientific research to the layperson or to in your instance With with growers and producers, is there because a lot of times within this, you know, scientific community within academia, again, we're using jargon, we're going back and forth, we're, you know, publishing white papers and peer reviewed journals, that really doesn't percolate down to the general audience. And especially in this case where the general audience, those growers and producers are the ones who would benefit most from the research that you're doing. So, to back this back up again, have you found any? Or what are the points of success that you've seen in being able to communicate your research to, to a lay audience?STEVE BLECKER 30:37 Let me give this a shot first, and because I had an extension appointment at Colorado State University, and it was pretty large. And so I, part of my job was to talk to producers, often outside of the projects that Steve and I and others have going on. But so thinking about in the context of soil health, I remember one of the first talks I gave to producers that a producer conference, oh, my gosh, probably December 2016. And I got a lot of eye rolls, when I was talking about soil health, because a lot of the there was probably over 100 producers in this room out in Fort Morgan, Colorado, lots of eye rolls. So I realized quickly that there had to be a better way to get the point across that soil health is important. And so coming back to the point I made at the beginning of the podcast about human health, people really can understand human health. And maybe they can't wrap their heads around soil health. But when you make that analogy, and that comparison, it is very simple for people to see where we're coming from in terms of soil health, and that's worked really, really well for me for the last probably four years. I don't know have you run into those issues, Steve?STEVE BLECKER 31:56 I generally, we, I kind of take this a little different direction. We rely heavily on our CSU Extension program in the state. And they tend to have experts, agronomy type experts in different parts of the state that have experience in different agroecosystems. And these are folks that have developed relationships with producers in the area. So they trust you know, they've built up this level of trust with the producers. So we we rely on them to kind of also help get out the message between them in our we haven't Well, I worked for the Ag Experiment Station. So I have about eight Ag Experiment Station set up across the state where they have field days, and we can bring in producers and to kind of explain the research and they can see firsthand Hey, you know, we tried this different tillage method. This is what happened. And so that's kind of, so I rely mostly on all these other people in the field.BRAD NEWBOLD 32:57 Let's talk about you mentioned agroecosystems. And so let's get into kind of the, the meat of the conversation here. You have this large federally funded grants project here in dealing with agroecosystem management practices and improvements to that and how it connects to soil health and Ecosystem Sustainability resiliency. Can you give us a little background on to this this project and how it came to be and, and just kind of Yeah, introduce us to, to what you're hoping to do here?JIM IPPOLITO 33:33 Yeah. We got lucky! I can tell you, there's there's more than just luck involved. But when we started in Colorado, this soil health push, really the push the most recent push started in 2019, July 2019. And there was a lot of people interested in soil health, and that got whittled down to a number of different subsets. And the subset that Steve and I run in, we have a core group of people myself, Steve, Dr. Megan mock molar. We have two people from a consulting company called Groundup consulting. That's Max Neumayer. And, and Helen silver. And then we have a couple of postdocs, we have at least one postdoc, but the core that I just mentioned, we work really, really well together. And some people in our group have strengths and weaknesses just like everybody else. I think we have a pretty good handle on who has strengths and who has weaknesses in different sectors. And when I think about being successful, Steve and I, and and Megan, Mark Miller, we have the science down. No, no doubt about it. We're really good at what we do in terms of science. I don't want to sound like, arrogant or anything, but we're, we've done this for a long time. So I think we're really good at what we do. One of the things I think scientists sometimes struggle with is being creative in terms of writing, right? I mean, it just happened. So we have Max and Helen that are creative wizards. And they can put together a proposal that is just really good looking. And we've been very successful. So we do the science, we write the science, and then they write the, the other portion that makes it look sexy, to be honest with you. And we have been so successful, I think we're running off of a total of 30 million, 34 million? I can't remember, I've lost track of the number. We have this climate smart commodities grant that totals something like 25 million. It's not all coming to Colorado State University, because it's split among different entities. But it's 25 million. And we had another one federal Conservation Innovation Grant, that was I think, 3.4 million, and then a few others, and they've built upon one another to the point where we've landed this climate smart commodities grant. And we're looking to the future to keep doing what we're doing now just on, you know, either in Colorado or outside of Colorado.BRAD NEWBOLD 36:20 And I want to I want to come back to that, because one of the questions I wanted to ask, is it when you're talking about funding, because I mean, it's, you know, it's kind of, you know, do or die when it comes to grant writing and looking for funding and all those kinds of things. And, and so one of the questions was that, that maybe we can come back to her, you can answer it now. And we can splice it in later. But, but what what makes these kinds of large projects attractive for funding? So you talked about you have, you know, you wrote it the science, you had somebody, you know, some some folks make it sound sexy, and those kinds of things, what are what are some of the things that you felt were key to, to, to attracting funding from, from these these, you know, government programs or, or funding agencies?STEVE BLECKER 37:10 Well, I think the key for this climate smart commodities Grant was the fact that we've built this program, from the ground up hand in hand with producers, and we've been lucky to score or land or receive relatively smaller grants that have led to bigger grants that have led to this climate smart commodities grant. So you know, being successful in grant development, and grant receiving is building a program. And we've been lucky enough to build this program. And so you write a grant, like the climate smart commodities grant, and you can put data into that grant that you have from previous grants that are focused on identical topics. And we so we, to be successful, we've been really focused, like our group has been completely focused on soil health. And when you build out something this large, you have to bring other people on board. And I'm a scientist, Steve's a scientist, I won't speak for him. But we've brought in sociologist, to take a look at how this star program will develop and unfold on a socio-scale or socio economic scale. And I can't do that. I don't want to do that. So we have sociologists and economists that are going to do that for us. And so that just makes this project this much bigger,BRAD NEWBOLD 38:23 Got it, so let's let's get into let's yeah, dive into the weeds. What are what are the main, you know, problems or questions that you're you're looking to, to answer or dig into when it comes to the project here?STEVE BLECKER 38:38 Well, there's a there's a project I'm working on, it's kind of it's outside of these STAR programs. But it's it's soil health, because that's what we do around here, apparently. But yeah, we're looking at this project. We're looking at degraded range lands in southeastern Colorado. In just different conditions where they've been overgrazed in the past. And there's also there's a trend, I won't go into a lot of detail, but the municipalities, I mean, water as water becomes more and more scarce and more expensive. There's lands that are bought up that used to be irrigated, but then they're just allowed to kind of return returned to a dryland state, because they the cities want to use the water for something else like municipalities. So then, you know, you're left with a task of so what did we do to these lands that are no longer being irrigated? You know, how do we kind of improve them? You know, do we incorporate grazing or what kind of amendments can we add? So it's been a it's been an interesting challenge, but we've been going out working with these ranchers, it's been kind of a almost a bottom up approach. It's like go out to them and say, Hey, show me some fields that you're having problems with, you know, we'll kind of talk about why and then we, we've set up some plots on some of these kind of degraded or, for lack of a better There were areas, and we're just trying some different techniques to see, you know, if we can improve the productivity of the range land. Further, these are all, you know, grazed cattle graze lands.STEVE BLECKER 40:13 Let me, let me add something about our our bigger picture across the state of Colorado. So what we're trying to do, and this is complicated, because I can't give you a really good answer as to what we're going to find, I guess that's the premise behind the sciences, you know, it's exciting that it's new. And so what we're trying to do is look at across the state of Colorado, and adjacent states, what management practices work, and which ones don't, in terms of improving soil health, and concomitant concomitantly improving soil water, or available soil water. So these two go hand in hand, that's really what we're doing, you know, to be honest with you, if you're gonna take up like a 30,000 foot view, look on the projects that we're running, it's really all about water, especially in the Western US. And soil health is just tagging along for the ride, to be honest with you. But we are looking at trying to improve soils, so they're resilient and sustainable, and can hold on to water for a longer period of time and supply water to crops. And so we're trying to find sweet spots in terms of management practices across the state. And so the idea is, this is just an idea, not sure if this is how this is going to work out or not. But we break the state down into different types of cropping systems or agroecosystems, or we break the state down into different eco-regions, or we break the state down into some other type of format that makes sense. So we can piece this soil health, water health or water quality or water quantity, puzzle together to help producers across the state of Colorado, and I don't know how it's going to flush out but it's going to flush out one way or the other.STEVE BLECKER 42:01 I was just gonna say, no matter how we end up breaking it out. I mean, the big, the big hurdle is always variability. Because there'd be there's variability in soils, even within these different practices, their variability, I mean, like, if people use different kind of cover crops, there's different kinds of tillage practices, even on a conservation tillage side of things. So that's why we're trying to, you know, that's always going to be a struggle, but we're trying to try to get hundreds of growers involved in this. So we can at least maybe kind of get slightly, you know, kind of clear things up a little bit, maybe in some of these different systems.BRAD NEWBOLD 42:36 Right, right. So what are some of the, I guess? What are some of the parameters then that you are looking at? And and how are you? How are you getting at them? How are you measuring and quantifying those?STEVE BLECKER 42:51 Well, we're, we're certainly casting a large net. And that's the beauty of doing research is, you know, if you have the funding, you can cast a large net. And so we're doing this on purpose, because we want to collect more data then not enough data. And so right, if you're in the sciences field, like Steve and I have been in for over 30 years, you always, invariably look over your shoulder and say, "I should have I should have collected this, I should have collected that". So with these projects, I I feel like we haven't, we won't do that we won't look over our shoulder and say we should have done this because we're doing it. And we're collecting a lot of data. With the hopes to widdle the data set down to something manageable for producers in the state of Colorado. We're collecting soil physical characteristics, biological characteristics, chemical characteristics, nutrient characteristics we're collecting. Sooner or later, we're going to be collecting some microbiome characteristics, which are a little bit outside of against both of our expertise. But we have other people that will be doing this for us to put a puzzle together that makes sense, across however, we break this out across the state.BRAD NEWBOLD 44:03 So say for instance, if you're if you're dealing you're you're measuring all the various soil characteristics, let's break that down. What are what are some of the those characteristics that you're measuring? How are you measuring those?STEVE BLECKER 44:14 Yeah, well, there's things like aggregate stability, I mean, you can you take a soil sample and all the stuff you take back to the lab, right, and you're doing some sort of extraction, but like what aggregate stability, there's a, in a civil engineering department build a device that Jim uses in his lab to basically it just kind of agitates the sample over time and you see how well it holds together. And yeah, there's different extracts to pull out you know, like what kind of nutrients are available to plants, nitrogen, phosphorus, all the major nutrients like that, it might end micronutrient micronutrients as well. BRAD NEWBOLD 44:50 Right. STEVE BLECKER 44:52 Yeah, on the, you know, in addition to water, aggregate or wet aggregate stability, we measure bulk density So actually collect a sample that's separate from all the other samples we collect in the field to measure how dense or how dense the soil is, I guess it's the bulk density. We collect soils for in terms of biological, we're looking at currently, well organic carbon is at the center. And then we look at microbial biomass carbon, we look at something called beta glucose oxidase activity, which is a measurement. It's an enzyme assay for how easily micro organisms can degrade cellulosic material and soil. So like some of the basics are relatively easy materials to decompose. We look at something called and Steve alluded to this, we look at potentially mineralized double nitrogen. So how much nitrogen is present in an organic form that can be mineralized over a certain period of time? Yeah, and we've looked at other assays in the past some enzyme assays but where I think we're at least the climate smart commodities, we might be doing some microbiome type assays where we're looking at structure and function of microorganisms within systems. And then, of course, we're looking at pH and electrical conductivity. And like Steve mentioned, nutrient concentrations, both macro and micronutrients. And there's there's probably some other things Oh, water holding capacity in the lab on like, pressure plates. We're supposedly doing that as well. It, it's a big list. Yeah.BRAD NEWBOLD 46:31 Yeah. So So with that, with that big list? I mean, what then are you've talked about dealing with collecting, collecting a bunch of data, you've talked about, you know, the spatial variability or variability with you know, land use? Are are there any, I guess, what would you consider your your biggest hurdle in, in putting out this large amount of of instrumentation or collecting all this, this this data here? Is it? Is it is it the time is it? Is it just the I mean, you've you've, you've got the funding now. So you can, you can purchase the equipment, you can pay for that time, but are there are there other things that that you see, that you have seen or foresee as as major hurdles. In collecting all of this data?STEVE BLECKER 47:18 The soil moisture monitoring, in these agroecosystems, you got to deal with, these aren't like, like some are like a forest right, we can just put these in the ground and walk away. There's, these are actively, you know, managed fields that are being tilled, and all these other practices. So when we started out, we were putting these systems like right in the middle of the field, because, you know, we wanted to get like the best representative spot we could find. But you know, then they get knocked over and damaged. And we'd have to pull them back out, depending on whether they were harvesting or tilling. And that was only with like, 10 or 12 sites. But now that we've got network, we're ramping this up with dozens and dozens of sites, we tried to, we really had to think about a different way to do this. So we just were working with METER to kind of, I mean, basically, we just extended the cables. So we can put the logger in at the edge of the field and then run the cable in. And then we work with the grower to try to find a depth. We usually put them in at six inches, but we try to find a depth that we can leave them in, right, hopefully for the duration of the project for three or four years. Because it's just we just logistically it's just too hard to run back and forth. Installing and uninstalling. So yes, yeah, it's been challenging. BRAD NEWBOLD 48:31 Yeah.STEVE BLECKER 48:32 And Colorado is such a big state that if you have a site like we do, we're going to be installing these at locations that are eight hours from Fort Collins. So if something goes sideways, to jump in a car and drive eight hours to splice a cable together, and then drive eight hours back is a real challenge. So yeah, Steve's taking the lead on this. Well, and it's been great because we bought a trencher to to help with the installments. Because if we have 500 of these devices to put out. Yeah, unless you want like really big forearms like Popeye or something. I mean, trenchers are really handy. I think, you know, I'm a lab rat mostly. And I think about the bottleneck on that side is just Hance having people. So the climate smart commodities grant when it starts rolling, some sometime next year, we're going to have about 300, almost 400 soil samples come back into the lab. And all that analysis needs to be done and I can tell you from experience that that will take at least a year to get done with the people that we have, so we need to hire more people. And I know our space is limited, so we need more space. So fun.BRAD NEWBOLD 49:53 So So what are the I mean we can talk about any preliminary results that you But, but what are the primary hypotheses that you're testing? Or do? I guess? What your, your expectations with with connecting, like you said, connecting these, you know agroecosystem management practices to soil health and Ecosystem Sustainability resiliency?JIM IPPOLITO 50:24 Yeah, that's a good question I picked up on the word hypothesis. And so this, this is a tough one to crack because, you know, it's a general hypothesis. But if a producer is following one of the, or all of the five principles of soil health, the hypothesis would be that soil health would increase in a system, right? And that's a cheesy answer. But that's, that's the answer I can give you. Because the way we've set this, this whole project up, and the STAR program in Colorado, is to allow the producer to make the decision on what they want to change in terms of management. So it's flipping the research upside down, to be honest with you, you know, as researchers, we come up with the ideas and hypotheses and then we, we set up the project and test them, but we're not doing that in this project, the farmers, they're installing the new management practice, and then we just, we kind of go with it. So in some respects, we're flying a little bit without a hypothesis.BRAD NEWBOLD 51:28 Kind of exploratory research.STEVE BLECKER 51:31 Yeah. And things like I mean, we're always trying to improve or increase organic matter in the soil. But that can take a while. Yeah, it can, you know, it can exceed the life of a grant. So it's kind of so you might not see the, you know, these changes within three years, right, just you know, you wouldn't necessarily expect to but, so that makes it kind of challenging.JIM IPPOLITO 51:53 You know, one of the nice things about the climates where commodities grant is, I think we could potentially eke out five years with us. And so from my experience, having worked in Colorado for a really long period of time, you know, these are the places where if you're going to see a change in carbon, you're going to see a change in carbon in the western US if you do something positive. And that's because our carbon content is organic carbon content is so low to begin with. So if you make an incremental change, it could be huge to be honest with you, you know, if you go from 1.5 to 2%, that's, that's huge, it's only half a percent change. But if you do that, in a system that has low carbon to begin with, like in Colorado, you're going to see more of an improvement than if you went for a half percent change in carbon content in a soil in Minnesota, that already starts with seven and a half percent carbon. So this is where I, my gut is telling me that this is where we're going to see the best bang for our buck, in terms of return on investment, for improving carbon in our soils, it's going to be in the Western United States, we're going to see drastic improvements. And I'll tell you from some of my experiences with other soil health projects, that if you do things, quote, right, you might see a change in less than five years. In fact, we had a project over on the western slope of Colorado, where we saw changes in three years in terms of organic carbon accumulation in the soil surface in three years.BRAD NEWBOLD 53:21 Have you have you had any, any issues or challenges in in collaborating with with, I guess, again, the the idea of the collaboration between growers and academics? Within this this project itself? We talked about communication with with them, are you is this is this something? Well, let me back this up. Are, are these when you're going out? Are and installing or measuring? The assumption is that you're working with growers and not just on experimental fields is Is that Is that correct?STEVE BLECKER 53:55 Yeah, we have, most of these are, these are their fields. Yeah, used to grow, what they're grown. And we, and we utilize, we didn't really bring up the we have a series of conservation districts throughout the state of Colorado, and, and other entities like that. But it's kind of up to them, and they apply to the Department of Ag and say, Hey, we want to, we think we can bring on 10 producers or our conservation district. So then, so we rely on these guys to you know, who already have these relationships with the growers built this trust. So I mean, it makes a big difference. And they, you know, again, the producers don't have to, it's all voluntary, so. BRAD NEWBOLD 54:36 Right, right. And, Jim, you talked about the, you know, you know, potentially increasing carbon by, you know, there in the in, in the semi arid west by, you know, half a percent would be huge, but do you see other other potential impacts of, of projects like these, this project or projects like these on on agriculture, and I guess Have the implications for, for Colorado, the region and maybe potentially the world at large?JIM IPPOLITO 55:07 Well, I do and I, when you ask a question like that, I come immediately back to the STAR program. And so I recently moved from Colorado State University to Ohio State University. And I'm trying to instill the STAR program within some proposals that we're writing currently to expand this idea of using star to quantify soil health, not only in Colorado, but then, of course, the western US with this climate smart commodities grant, but bringing that concept to the Midwest. And so there's, there's some real opportunities. And we, in Colorado did a, I think, a really good job developing that program, to the point where, you know, can't I don't think be lifted directly out of Colorado. But you could take that and then tweak the content in the STAR program to a particular state or region across the United States, and probably the globe, to be honest with you. That's, I think that's the benefit of what we've done in the state of Colorado.STEVE BLECKER 56:10 And I would just add that, I mean, the one thing we haven't talked about is erosion. I mean, all these practices help keep the soil in place, and can have soil health without soil. So keeping litter on the surface, if you're, you know, all these different practices, cover crops, having that living root in there, just kind of anchoring the soil, keeping it around things that, you know, didn't happen back in the dustbowl days.BRAD NEWBOLD 56:32 Yeah, that's true. Yeah. So looking at let's see, Jim, you said you might be able to stretch this out to five years, a five year project, but looking looking there at the end, or even, I guess, looking into the future, what do you see as the future of this research? What do you see? You've talked about expanding, growing, expanding projects and building project upon project? And what do you see as the future of of this research project as it moves forward?JIM IPPOLITO 57:00 Yeah, that's a great question. So the climate smart commodities project is really mostly Colorado centric. But it also encompasses five states that abut the Rocky Mountain backbone. So New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, all the land grant institutions within those five states and Colorado State University, are working on this project. So the concept is, we've built we've built a really strong program focused on soil health in the STAR program in Colorado. And we want to send feelers out to these adjacent states to see if something like this would work in those states. And to be honest with you, Max Neumayer, and Helen silver, have already held discussions with the state of Wyoming. And they're putting they're putting together a soil health program, much like in Colorado, and they've reached out to other states, I know they're working in the state of Washington to do the same thing. And the state of Washington is on the periphery of the climate smart commodities project. But the the concept is, is to not make this Colorado centric, but make it Western centric, and then make it nation centric. So we actually have help, we, there's people that are working on this at the STAR, center location, or whatever you would call it in Illinois, to make this a reality across the US. That's what I'd like to see. That would be really cool.BRAD NEWBOLD 58:28 Steve, any thoughts on the future of this kind of research?STEVE BLECKER 58:34 Other than just I mean, the more we can make this data available to the producers, and show them that, hey, it really works, you know, and hopefully, not only does it work, but hopefully they'll be seeing increases in yield as their soil health improves, because I mean, that's the bottom line. I mean, they're not gonna mean they're not growing soil, they're growing crops, right. But, of course, you need good soil to get a good crop. So hopefully, this this will go hand in hand, as they improve the soil, they'll see yields increasing, and they won't just, you know, try it on one field, you know, adopt it over larger portions of their operation.BRAD NEWBOLD 59:11 Right. JIM IPPOLITO 59:12 I'll just add to this. So, the dream, this is probably pretty crazy. That's a crazy statement coming from somebody who writes proposals to bring in research dollars to do work. But the dream would be to not have to work on soil health ever again. And that may sound crazy. But imagine if you could develop a program that just fine tuned every single system to number or a short set of indicators that we know tell you the story of soil health, or if you could use the star forms that this is what we're going to do. We're going to match up the STAR forms data to the data we collect in the laboratory. And imagine if you could take just a form that producer fills out, that would tell you what the health of the soil is without having to do the work in the lab. To me, that is really what I'd like to see happen. So people like myself and Steve and others, we can start focusing on other topics of importance. And keep this simple. If there could be a simple there probably is not a simple but that's the dream. Right.BRAD NEWBOLD 1:00:27 Right. Well, any other final thoughts or other things that you'd like to share with our audience about what we've talked about or beyond what we've talked about here?JIM IPPOLITO 1:00:39 I'll tell you, we're, we're working. And this is outside of the climate smart commodities. But you know, Steve mentioned his work in range lands, these degraded range lands. And so we actually have a soil health program where we're looking at using soil health principles and practices and quantification in mind land reclamation, which is really fun, because those systems are really they're like, these degraded range lands that Steve's working on, they're just very wacky, you know, they may be contaminated with heavy metals beyond the point where plants can grow. And so looking at practices to improve these to grow something to reduce erosion, like Steve mentioned, and to improve soil health and Plant Health, and hopefully animal health, because bracing, you know, grazing animals come through these areas, and ultimately, environmental health. So it's like a One Health concept, if you will. This is what we do.BRAD NEWBOLD 1:01:32 Yeah, I think we're out of time. But maybe we'll have you back to talk more about Yeah, range lands and reclaimed mining and biogeochemical cycling and forever chemicals and all that kind of stuff. So anyway, those are fun things for for potential future episodes. We'll see. All right. I think that's it. Our time's up for today. Thanks again, Steve. And, Jim, we really appreciate you taking the time to talk with us. And it's been a great conversation. So thanks again. Stay safe, and we'll see you next time on We Measure the World!Transcribed by https://otter.ai

“Genotypic and environmental effects on the compounds associated with garlic flavor, health-enhancing properties, and postharvest conservation” with Dr. Pablo Cavagnaro. Garlic is a widely consumed species used for culinary as well as therapeutic and medicinal purposes. Different compounds within garlic can affect its effectiveness for these purposes, which are also driving factors for the market value. These compounds' availability in the garlic bulbs along with the dry (solid) matter of garlic are affected by environmental factors, which ultimately affect the farmer's income. How does the environment affect garlic's quality? What is the suitable environment for producing high quality garlic?  Which quality factors are more sensitive and less sensitive to environmental factors? In this episode, Dr. Cavagnaro discusses his work studying genotypic and environmental effects on garlic quality factors, identifying the genes responsible for quality factors, and developing better cultivars for garlic producing locations. Tune in to learn: ●        Which issues farmers face in garlic cultivation ●        How the environment affects garlic quality ●        How storage quality is related to garlic quality ●        How garlic breeding can be done If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here:  https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20780 It will be freely available from 15 September to 30 September, 2023. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Pablo Cavagnaro, you can find him here: cavagnaro.pablo@inta.gob.ar If you would like to reach out to Deepak Ghimire from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: deepak@huskers.unl.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrideepak093 Resources CEU Quiz: Coming soon Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/GpPSZcApw4ZaGgJZFPfick0ectdAsB0dIhtnkC6pK9yo8btC-qYQCkuh0i3kWSSV7GZxQ4Pi6pUhfnkZ3o1CoR--WEo?loadFrom=SharedLink National Scientific and Technical Research Council – Argentina: https://www.conicet.gov.ar Pablo's Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=pablo+cavagnaro&btnG= Pablo's Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=8619153100 Pablo's ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo-Cavagnaro Pablo's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-0876   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Thank you to Om Prakash Ghimire for help on the creation of show notes and other assets. Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Partial recovery of microbial function in restored coastal marshes of Oregon, USA” with Amelia Fitch, PhD Candidate at Dartmouth College Draining or restoring a wetland has a significant impact on the land's ability to store carbon. A lot of that has to do with the microbial communities that live within these wetlands, but when a wetland is restored, how long does it really take for those communities to shift and what does that mean for the land's carbon storage capacity? This episode, Amelia discusses her work studying wetland restoration and its effects on carbon sequestration and microbial communities. Tune in to learn: ·         The similarities between feeding birds and studying microbes ·         The differences between restored freshwater and saltwater marshes ·         How wetland restoration can be done ·         How restoration impacts wetland microbial communities If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20383 It will be freely available from 18 Aug to 31 Aug, 2023. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Amelia, you can find her here: amelia.a.fitch.gr@dartmouth.edu If you would like to reach out to Sk Musfiq Us Salehin from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: smsalehin@tamu.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sk_Musfiq Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bC32DAF60-2C3D-EE11-BDF4-000D3A323F9B%7d  Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/f-kiHgYQ04y4HisAfweIOJQ-Ti1X4a_rvHWGgDz-hKrilFrfnmwdvfxzOkBJPLW7S5BJ8-dzLiyYhjbNeeW9RhvhwV0?loadFrom=SharedLink Science paper about wetland restoration and clean water:  https://www.science.org/content/article/targeting-us-wetland-restoration-could-make-cleaning-water-much-cheaper Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership: https://www.estuarypartnership.org/ South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve: https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/reserves/south-slough.html Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Pesticide trends in a tailwater recovery system in the Mississippi Delta” with Dr. Matt Moore, Supervisory Ecologist and Research Leader of the USDA-ARS Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit at the National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, Mississippi Farmers in Mississippi have a two-fold problem. Agriculture requires a lot of water, leading to a water quantity problem, and agricultural runoff can cause environmental issues, leading to a water quality problem. One potential solution? Tailwater recovery systems. These systems collect and recycle water from rain and runoff so it can be used for irrigation on farmer fields. When the water is re-used, however, it is important that excess pesticides don't harm the watered crops. This episode, Dr. Matt Moore discusses his work studying potential pesticide contamination in tailwater recovery systems. Tune in to learn: ·         How tailwater recovery systems work ·         What kinds of pesticides may be detected in tailwater recovery systems ·         What, if any, harm pesticides found in tailwater recovery systems can cause ·         Considerations for farmers who want to add a tailwater recovery system to their farm If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20325 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Matt, you can find him here: matt.moore@usda.gov If you would like to reach out to Sachin Dhanda from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: dhanda@ksu.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/sachin__dhanda Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b5C9C2C4D-9C25-EE11-9CBD-000D3A365051%7d  Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/1B1w0oMrHZB-wlzfPxp-i7DNfsNAbyPvOeff2OxYuTtCpDicyoPUHv8tv4XjwSg-sdATooAJUVLTP3DP0q2pyNsk6iM?loadFrom=SharedLink  USDA NRCS: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ USDA ARS: https://www.ars.usda.gov/ Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

In April 2012, New York's Rubin Museum of Art – which specializes in Himalayan regions – had an unnamed 15th century mudstone statue on display. It seemed to depict a mythic Buddhist figure from Tibet, but it was nameless and devoid of a backstory. When writer Tsering Yangzom Lama looked at the icon, she saw a symbol of all that's been lost for those who fled Tibet — an autonomous region in China that it claims as part of its territory, but that many Tibetans have claimed as independent for centuries. The statue also inspired Lama's debut novel, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, an intergenerational story of a Tibetan family in exile. Lama walks Piya Chattopadhyay through her work of fiction, set between refugee settlements and one of the world's largest Tibetan diasporas: Toronto.

“Transitioning from conventional to cover crop systems with minimum tillage does not alter nutrient loading” with Drs. Joby Czarnecki and Beth Baker of Mississippi State University Cover crops are often lauded as agricultural heroes boasting of a variety of ecosystems services and benefits to farmers and the world. But are these crops always the best option and do they always provide benefits wherever they go? In this episode, Joby and Beth join us for a more nuanced look at the benefits of cover crops and how research can make sure farmers are really applying the best strategies for their farms. Tune in to learn: ·        Which environmental factors can undercut conservation practices ·        What trade-offs can exist when adding cover crops to an optimized system ·        How cover crops affected water quality in the study ·        What factors farmers should consider when introducing cover crops If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20388 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Joby, you can find her here: joby.czarnecki@msstate.edu Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/jobyprince Research Unit Twitter: https://twitter.com/HPC2MSU If you would like to reach out to Beth, you can find her here: beth.baker@msstate.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/REACH_msstate If you would like to reach out to Agustin Olivo from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: ajo54@cornell.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgustinOlivo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agust%C3%ADn-olivo-350b95159/ Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bED2442D3-4B0C-EE11-8F6E-000D3A3236E0%7d  Transcripts:  https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/BDo43CKkr0IJJ2d7XyWdMM7aZNBqCoc0atp6qF30Fe_rRAPZ0ZNPwxisg9q-M0qryh2pfs8RQI3bNB_wCGn185E9R8I?loadFrom=SharedLink  Mississippi State University Extension: https://www.reach.msstate.edu/ NRCS: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ SARE: https://www.sare.org/resources/cover-crops/ Southern Cover Crops Council: https://southerncovercrops.org/ Midwestern Cover Crops Council: https://www.midwestcovercrops.org/ Good Idea Farm: https://goodideafarm.org/ Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

welcome back to the best i've ever read podcast with liv & kim! happy pride month! this week, we discuss some of our favorite queer reads, as well as some we'd like to read this month. we chat about liv getting sick, burnout, liv moving to their new house, reading slumps, kim's new apartment in seville, and more! we get into our book recommendations at around 27:00. kim has an affiliate code for uniplaces! use the code UAP64JXJI for a percentage off your booking fee with uniplaces.com! books mentioned: We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Dooer Blood Atonement by S.M. Freedman McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh queer books mentioned: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead Bath Haus by PJ Vernon Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett other media mentioned: @mattxiv on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattxiv/ Queer Eye on Netflix as always, email us your thoughts or suggestions at bestreadpodcast@gmail.com support us on patreon patreon.com/bestreadpodcast and give us a 5 star rating! the links included in the description may contain affiliate links in which we may make a small commission from your purchase if used. we appreciate the support!

In this episode I sit down with Frances Garrett, a scholar of Tibetan culture, history, and language. We talk about Frances's interests in embodiment and movement, and how her experiences as ballet dancer, surfer, and rock climber connect with her work on religion and healing. Our conversation focuses on her commitment to embodied and trauma-aware pedagogy, and how in the interest of flourishing, she engages the whole person in the learning process. Along the way, we talk about Tibetan bards, sacred mountains, and the importance of long walks. Enjoy! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes here. Resources Michel Strickmann, Chinese Magical Medicine (2002) Frances Garrett, Religion, Medicine and the Human Embryo in Tibet (2008) Frances Garrett, Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History (2020) Tsering Yangzom Lama, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies (2022) Susan Hrach, Minding Bodies (2021) Jesse Stommel's ungrading website Susan D. Bloom, Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (2020) Cate J. Denial, “A Pedagogy of Kindness” (2019) Frances's website Windvane Project Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

“Comparison of methods to recover amaranth weed seeds from manure” with Drs. Anthony Brusa and Melissa Wilson, Minnesota State University Palmer Amaranth is a pesky pest that can devastate crops, and when this sneaky pest's seeds creep into animal feed, they can find their way into unsuspecting farmers' fields. This episode, Drs. Anthony Brusa and Melissa Wilson give us the inside scoop on what farmers can do when they find out they've fed their animals contaminated feed. Tune in to learn: ·        What makes palmer amaranth such a hearty pest ·        What methods work best to remove seeds from contaminated manure ·        What makes it difficult to separate amaranth out from liquid and bedded manures ·        What future research still needs to be done to stop the spread of palmer amaranth If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20065 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Anthony, you can find him here: abrusa@umn.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/AI_altissima If you would like to reach out to Melissa, you can find her here: wilso984@umn.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/manureprof If you would like to reach out to Karl Kunze from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: khk44@cornell.edu Website: https://karlkunze.github.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kunzx37 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kunz3/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlkunze/ Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b0FF6FA0E-4801-EE11-8F6E-000D3A365051%7d  Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/CUlPuD23U_jT3ERGnEzAbIoXKuIPkJUj95G2qZ_nU9izvGiYGjJaa8akb6ezJseb28tqiJB1leMkv7RieThVIDTPr_Q?loadFrom=SharedLink  Minnesota Department of Agriculture Palmer amaranth Fact Sheet: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement/weedcontrol/noxiouslist/palmeramaranth University of Minnesota Extension Preventing Palmar amaranth in Minnesota fact sheet: https://extension.umn.edu/annual-broadleaf-weeds/preventing-palmer-amaranth-minnesota University of Wisconsin Palmer amaranth identification tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1vB_DQTkHI Todd Gaines Herbicide Resistance Work: https://agsci.colostate.edu/old-agbio/people-button/faculty/todd-gaines/ Eric Patterson Weed Science Work: https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/eric-patterson Minnesota Department of Agriculture: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/ Cornell small grains website: https://blogs.cornell.edu/varietytrials/small-grains-wheat-oats-barley-triticale/ Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

In this episode I sit down with Frances Garrett, a scholar of Tibetan culture, history, and language. We talk about Frances's interests in embodiment and movement, and how her experiences as ballet dancer, surfer, and rock climber connect with her work on religion and healing. Our conversation focuses on her commitment to embodied and trauma-aware pedagogy, and how in the interest of flourishing, she engages the whole person in the learning process. Along the way, we talk about Tibetan bards, sacred mountains, and the importance of long walks. Enjoy! And, if you want to hear from more experts on Buddhist medicine and related topics, subscribe to Blue Beryl for monthly episodes here. Resources Michel Strickmann, Chinese Magical Medicine (2002)Frances Garrett, Religion, Medicine and the Human Embryo in Tibet (2008)Frances Garrett, Hidden Lands in Himalayan Myth and History (2020)Tsering Yangzom Lama, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies (2022)Susan Hrach, Minding Bodies (2021)Jesse Stommel's ungrading website: www.jessestommel.comSusan D. Bloom, Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (2020)Cate J. Denial, “A Pedagogy of Kindness” (2019)Frances's website: www.francesgarrett.infoWindvane Project: www.windvane.life

welcome back to the best i've ever read podcast with liv & kim! on this weeks episode, we wanted to highlight some of our favourite books by asian authors. we wanted to give a disclaimer that although aapi stands for asian american & pacific islander, we chat about books by authors that also live in canada, england, and australia. we hope this list gives you some fresh ideas for books to read, not just this month, but all year round! as always, liv & kim catch up on the random things they've been up to. liv talks about seeing live music in kingston (shout out to the sugar pills), while kim talks about football in sevilla and spending time in the pool because of the spring heat. we get into the book recommendations around 20:00. books mentioned: ⁠We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama⁠ ⁠The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon⁠ ⁠Either/Or by Elif Batuman⁠ aapi books mentioned: ⁠We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Aloha Vietnam by Elizabeth Nguyen⁠⁠ ⁠⁠When We Fell Apart by Soon Wiley⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bad Fruit by Ella King⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Pachinko by Min Jin Lee⁠⁠ ⁠⁠I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bliss Montage by Ling Ma⁠⁠ ⁠⁠White Ivy by Susie Yang⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan⁠⁠ ⁠⁠All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien⁠ ⁠How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa⁠ as always, email us your thoughts or suggestions at bestreadpodcast@gmail.com support us on patreon patreon.com/bestreadpodcast and give us a 5 star rating!

“Controlled Freezing Studies as a Corollary Selection Method for Winterhardiness in Perennial Flax (Linum spp.)” with Neil Anderson, Professor & Interim Department Head at the Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota Flax is an important crop worldwide for its many uses, but as with all plants, its global use is limited by the conditions in which it can grow. Enter Neil Anderson, a crop breeder focused on improving many breeding characteristics in flax including winter hardiness. In this episode, Neil joins us to discuss his work using controlled freezing experiments to test the winterhardiness of flax. Tune in to learn: ·         Past and present uses for flax ·         How flax varieties got their names ·         How researchers do or don't account for factors like snow cover or sudden freezes ·         Future research possibilities for flax If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20761 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Neil, you can find him here: ander044@umn.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9794-0397 https://sciprofiles.com/profile/8299 http://horticulture.umn.edu/directory/faculty/neil-oanderson https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1546035 If you would like to reach out to Dharani Suresh Babu from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here: sureshbabudharani@gmail.com dharani.sureshbabu@wisc.edu https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/dharanisuresh Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b5F03658C-87DF-ED11-A7C7-000D3A32318B%7d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/-KNL0AMG6DCgoNdDrkF-rCbiye9ZNsSi_soaMQeijFzcOB2OQwfXntkuOy_JNDhN8_mLsFNP8BfJrmludJQFRFxrvhU?loadFrom=SharedLink Forever Green Initiative Perennial Flax Site: https://forevergreen.umn.edu/crops/perennial-flax Forever Green Initiative Site: https://forevergreen.umn.edu/ Minnesota Hardy Plant Breeding: https://mnhardy.umn.edu/ Giving Flax a Perennial Upgrade with Crop Wild Relatives article from the Sustainable Secure Food Blog: https://sustainable-secure-food-blog.com/2020/09/22/giving-flax-a-perennial-upgrade-with-crop-wild-relatives/ Horticultural Crop Revitalization for Future Needs: https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/174095 Cranberry Molecular Physiology Mura Lab: https://cranphysiol.wisc.edu/ Chrysanthemum Breeding at the University of Minnesota: https://mnhardy.dev.umn.edu/node/356/chrysanthemums/about Cushion Growth Habit Chrysanthemums Breeding at the University of Minnesota: https://mnhardy.dev.umn.edu/node/356/chrysanthemums/cushion Shrub Cushion Growth Habit Chrysanthemums Breeding at the University of Minnesota: https://mnhardy.dev.umn.edu/node/356/chrysanthemums/shrub-cushion Upright Growth Habit Chrysanthemums Breeding at the University of Minnesota: https://mnhardy.dev.umn.edu/node/356/chrysanthemums/upright Wave Growth Habit Chrysanthemums Breeding at the University of Minnesota: https://mnhardy.dev.umn.edu/node/356/chrysanthemums/wave Gaura Breeding at the University of Minnesota: https://mnhardy.dev.umn.edu/node/356/gaura MN Aquaponics Website: http://aquaponics.umn.edu/ New Floriculture Crop Species: https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/120843 Worldwide Sustainable Horticultural Crop Production: https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/51452 Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth

Episode Title: Humor in the Classroom with Dr. Andrés Varhola Show notes: ““His lectures were like watching a show on Netflix”: A success story of laugh tracks in prerecorded undergraduate lessons” with Dr. Andrés Varhola. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, teachers had to rapidly adapt to new, fully online teaching environments. For Andrés, who had a naturally humorous teaching style, he needed to not only find a way to teach his students well, but to do so in a way that still reflected his personal teaching philosophy. In this episode, Andrés discusses how the use of laugh tracks, memes, and a pleasant, light-hearted tone helped him and his students thrive. Tune in to learn: ·        What research exists about the impact of humor on student performance and interest ·        What types of humor can be used in the classroom ·        How to balance different types of humor in lectures ·        How students responded to having laugh tracks and jokes in the lectures If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/nse2.20092 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Andrés, you can find him here: andres.varhola@ubc.ca LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/avarhola Forestry Faculty profile:  http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/andres-varhola Amazon profile:  https://amazon.com/author/avarhola If you would like to reach out to Navdeep Godara from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/godara_nav   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navdeep-godara-84b307171/   Resources Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/SZzyU-hdsrKDUqPbHxyjoOTDNxjX1BvP0WfUmsP_2BVoDILNV0C6G4JS3YNQ3iBLPFY-HfpFTPdUoVMlDKaiR7pr9pA?loadFrom=SharedLink Examples of Humor from Andrés' lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRe5_3Odwlo Natural Sciences Education special section Covid-19 Forced Rapid Changes in Education, but Which Changes Should We Keep?: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/21688281/2022/51/2 Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Relationships between roots, the stay-green phenotype, and agronomic performance in barley and wheat grown in semi-arid conditions” with Dr. Maryse Bourgault and Jessica Williams. Roots are an important factor in drought-resistance as they are the primary way by which plants uptake the water they need to survive. However, measuring roots can be a difficult, time-consuming, and destructive process. In this episode, we discuss Dr. Maryse Bourgault and Jessica William's work to better understand how drought, root systems, and other traits relate by partnering across studies in greenhouses and the field to study traits that get to the roots of drought resistance. Tune in to learn: ·         How root system traits relate to drought resistance ·         Which root traits work best for different cereal and pulse crops ·         How to make a root roll-up ·         How minirhizotrons can help gather root trait data without damaging the plants and soil If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's papers are available at the following links: Relationships between roots, the stay-green phenotype, and agronomic performance in barley and wheat grown in semi-arid conditions: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20050 Genotypic variability in root length in pea (Pisum sativum L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) cultivars in a semi-arid environment based on mini-rhizotron image capture: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20037 These papers are always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Maryse, you can find her here: maryse.bourgault@usask.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/IntegratedAgUoS If you would like to reach out to Jessica, you can find her here: jessicalwill@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jess_lynn_will/   If you would like to reach out to Olanrewaju Edward Adeyemi from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: adey4002@vandals.uidaho.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009688535520&mibe LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/olanrewajuadeyemi Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b23E58FE3-58A6-ED11-AAD1-000D3A365051%7d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/PGNrRZdOKlv1TEf4Q1r-azs3WuwCQZ60YAxRCeqh5IL5rKEkUn3wZ0zSTQWCKQ26UXKY8fG2hVpTi39j-ApZuIkstOU?loadFrom=SharedLink Belowground Phenotyping Special Section in The Plant Phenome Journal: TBD NARC Field Day Jessica Williams Barley Roots: https://youtu.be/qGlAksqcO2M Stay-Green Genetics & Root Traits with Jessica Williams | Virtual Field Day 2020: https://youtu.be/iq8ko8rSM48 MSU Lab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msu.barley.malt.brew.lab/ MSU Lab Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSUBarleyMalt Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Cost-effective, high-throughput phenotyping system for 3D reconstruction of fruit form” with Dr. Mitchell Feldmann Various research and breeding programs study phenotypical traits—or traits that can be discerned via the five senses—to evaluate the quality of their target crops. However, getting data on these traits, often via human-made measurements, can be time-consuming, subjective, and inaccurate, hampering research efforts. This episode of the Field, Lab, Earth podcast, Mitchell discusses his work developing a high-throughput, affordable way to capture one important phenotypical trait: fruit shape. Tune in to learn: Why it's important to accurately measure fruit shape How consumers consider shape, size, and color when making purchasing decisions How Mitchell and his partner developed their system What kinds of fruits and other shapes they tested If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20029 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Mitchell, you can find him here: mjfeldmann@ucdavis.edu https://twitter.com/mitchfeldmann If you would like to reach out to Jagdeep Singh from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: jzs0217@auburn.edu https://twitter.com/jagdeep_pb23 Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b79C6CDDE-6393-ED11-AAD1-000D3A365051%7d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/1GsNmx-nLICM_FERf27w5HimLSq7NbiVysGu0YMlKNX1owc_3HgKQ5kWM4gZ9AlolpWD5QpV7vOTvZIXsGlydsgKoOo?loadFrom=SharedLink Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/ Mitchell's Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/vug_01 Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“How do pinching and plant density affect industrial hemp produced for cannabinoids in open field conditions?” with Dr. Josh Freeman. Industrial hemp has only recently been re-introduced in American production systems. Therefore, there's a lot to learn about how to best produce this versatile crop in American climates. This episode of the Field, Lab, Earth podcast, Josh discusses his work testing current growing practices to see where improvements can be made. Tune in to learn: What are the two main categories for industrial hemp? Why is it difficult to get new pest management tools for industrial hemp? Which agronomic practices do or don't help with cannabis yield? What regulatory systems affect industrial hemp farmers today? If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20882 It will be freely available from 15 December to 31 December, 2022. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Josh, you can find him here: jfreeman@triestag.com If you would like to reach out to Lovepreet Singh from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: ls2203@msstate.edu https://www.linkedin.com/in/lovepreet-singh-535498138 https://twitter.com/Lovepreet2363 Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b0A699B9A-0C7B-ED11-81AD-000D3A32318B%7d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/59VeAhOdNDC4XmYLIUMmjesQoDhiKi2V4d_W001mgfKEQg-2FJWL1frrPVPwltnXdJIwBHvbQot8x0bn-LzdGWLG7eE?loadFrom=SharedLink University of Florida Research and Extension Faculty Website: https://hos.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/extension-faculty/ Kentucky Extension Website:  https://extension.ca.uky.edu/ National Industrial Hemp Council: https://www.nihcoa.com/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Greenhouse gas mitigation strategies and opportunities for agriculture” with Dr. Hoyoung Kwon Agriculture and food systems can be strong contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, in turn, climate change. However, in the midst of this reality, there are also abundant opportunities to improve our systems, reduce emissions, and move towards a more sustainable future…so long as we can identify those opportunities first. This episode, Hoyoung discusses his work studying agricultural life-cycle analyses to better identify the major inputs and outputs in ag, understand how these contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, and develop ways to improve them. Tune in to learn: What a life cycle analysis does What data can be used to create life cycle analyses What key improvements we can make to mitigate food system related GHG emissions What resources are available to help farmers implement these techniques If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20844 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Hoyoung, you can find him here: hkwon@anl.gov If you would like to reach out to Geoffrey Koch from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: gmkoch@ucdavis.edu Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b06645746-AB69-ED11-9561-000D3A365051%7d  Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/bIkYFKZ3WawIrVg2_LeFoCN5dEzPQ3tz6lBDJFHHmzTVqjFlVIaZjJtSh28JMRAar8HZK2hfyNkTv2La82OnJVkzjBQ?loadFrom=SharedLink Near–Term Problems in Meeting World Food Demands at Regional Levels Special Section in Agronomy Journal: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1435-0645.Near-Term-Problems-in-Meeting-World-Food-Demands-at-Regional-Levels  GREET homepage: https://greet.es.anl.gov/ GREET Full Life Cycle Analysis Model: https://greet.es.anl.gov/greet.models Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator: https://greet.es.anl.gov/tool_fd_cic EPA Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks USDA ERS Agricultural Research and Productivity: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/agricultural-research-and-productivity/ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): https://www.farmers.gov/inflation-reduction-investments Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

November 2 is I Read Canadian Day. Pick up a book by a Canadian author and celebrate the rich diversity of literature in this country. We recommend: Len & Cub by Dusty Green and Meredith Batt, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama, Mocassin Square Gardens by Richard Van Camp, The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur, and Women Talking by Miriam Toews. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

It's Halloween, which means its spooky time. Throughout history, humans have battled some pretty scary pests, from aphids to spider mites, white flies and more. This episode, Vikram Baliga of the Planthropology podcast walks us through some of the scary adaptations these pests have that have made them so effective and progress we've made in fighting back the hordes. Tune in to learn: How plants defend themselves against invaders How each of these spooky pests attack How humans can best protect their plants What Halloween costumes these pests would go as Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Vikram, you can find him here: Vikram.Baliga@ttu.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePlantProf TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theplantprof?lang=en If you would like to reach out to Alayna Jacobs from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here: Alayna.Jacobs@uky.edu Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b83103D33-A554-ED11-BBA3-000D3A32318B%7d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/aiV81_Se32XS80uQgukcnfCr6-llpmgdW0fLJgiMDw0UOUMnAIyZp4f3en08lJVJlnAsjwegEfu7K_hrK6EsRN6Yo-Y?loadFrom=SharedLink Planthropology Podcast: https://www.planthropologypod.com/ Planthropology Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/Planthropology_ In the Grow Podcast: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/957328815/in-the-grow Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“‘VT Sweet': A vegetable soybean cultivar for commercial edamame production in the Mid-Atlantic U.S.” with Dr. Bo Zhang Edamame, or edible soybean, is a popular snack. However, due to a lack of US specific soybean varieties, domestic production hasn't been able to keep up with consumer demand. In this episode, Bo discusses her work breeding varieties that are better suited to US growing conditions, all while improving characteristics consumers enjoy. Tune in to learn: What are some of the key differences between edamame and soybean What are the relationships between seed size, emergence, and yield How breeders know when their new variety is ready How new varieties move from the researcher to the market If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20140 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Bo, you can find her here: bozhang@vt.edu https://www.instagram.com/vasoybreeding/ If you would like to reach out to Jyoti Prasad Kakati from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: jkakati@clemson.edu https://www.clemson.edu/cafls/faculty_staff/profiles/jkakati https://www.facebook.com/jyotiprasadkakati https://www.linkedin.com/in/jyoti-prasad-kakati-b867b021/ Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b50B8C45B-144F-ED11-BBA1-000D3A32318B%7d  Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/z5fvHqO9IMx6Fekv9ty2tL0Qs96XdtwirRkyoPLWJxmuU6fD7kp9ck_1nhtJsGbwOV9u355j7ThmoH0aS4DOpehljcs?loadFrom=SharedLink Edamame Project: https://edamameproject.weebly.com/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Proactive Approach to Minimize Lithium Pollution” with Dr. Alex Chow Lithium is a chemical element that has recently gained much attention for its use in rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and electronics. However, with recycling and re-use programs still in their infancy, there is a growing concern about potential lithium pollution. This episode, as part of our two-part miniseries on the Clean Water Act, Dr. Alex Chow discusses how we can learn from our past pollution mistakes and have a pro-active approach with this new potential pollutant. Don't forget to listen to the end of the show for our student spotlight. Tune in to learn: How lithium is used today How lithium pollution can affect our environment Proactive ways to combat lithium pollution What future research needs still exist If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20405 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Alex, you can find him here: achow@clemson.edu If you would like to reach out to Makenna Paniel from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here: kennapaniel@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/makenna-paniel/ https://www.facebook.com/BenignGuardian Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bF261D8CC-B02E-ED11-9DB1-0022480A49B7%7d Transcripts: Coming soon JEQ Special Section: Coming soon EPA Lithium Recycling Page: https://www.epa.gov/recycle/used-lithium-ion-batteries Animated Video Based on Alex's Paper: Coming soon Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Tsering Yangzom Lama's debut novel, “We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies,” has become an international bestseller and been longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize.

“Poultry manureshed management: Opportunities and challenges for a vertically integrated industry” with Dr. Ray Bryant Poultry farms are often heavily concentrated in certain areas of the country. This can lead to excessive amounts of nutrient-rich poultry manure in manuresheds with no easy way to return it to the fields that need it. This episode, Ray discusses recent research into how big these manuresheds can grow, how far manure has to travel to reach nutrient sinks, and how we can better balance nutrients in the future. Tune in to learn: How to define a manureshed How manure collection methods can affect manure quality Complicating factors in manureshed management Future areas of research for manureshed management If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20273 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Ray, you can find him here: ray.bryant@usda.gov If you would like to reach out to Ravjeer Singh from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: rzs0100@auburn.edu Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b5E3AD9F7-A01C-ED11-B83E-000D3A5CDC0D%7d  Long Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network: https://ltar.ars.usda.gov/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Seeding depth effects on elongation, emergence, and early development of California rice cultivars” with Dr. Alex Ceseski. In California, several compounding factors make it difficult for farmers to protect their crops from weeds and algae using traditional weed control methods. Dr. Alex Ceseski and his team and working to fix that. By exploring the viability of drill-seeding in California rice production, they aim to find new solutions to a decades-old herbicide problem. This episode, join us as Alex explains how seeding depth, hearty seedlings, and water management may hold the key to stable sushi rice supplies. Tune in to learn: What are some of the secondary benefits drill-seeded rice can offer? What is some of the history behind Californian rice production? What compounding factors make rice production in California so unique? What factors are most important for drill-seeded rice emergence and survival? If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20504  It will be freely available from 15 July to 31 July, 2022. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Alex, you can find him here: alex.ceseski@wilburellis.com If you would like to reach out to Carlos Pires from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: carlospires@ksu.edu Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b76F0295A-BF03-ED11-82E4-00224802DC0C%7d  Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/BcbhNR_XfAKbEBGQ6EjugsdqvKX2BQ8G7RvZT8x_Vt2qeesGx46Trj0znGOyTMMb6o7s4kjynGJoIztagysRwRMj7ew?loadFrom=SharedLink University of California Rice Agronomy Research & Information Center: https://rice.ucanr.edu/ California Rice: https://calrice.org/ Agro Connection Podcast: https://agroconnection.net/en/podcasts/ Kansas Soil Health Partnership: https://www.ksusoilmicrobes.com/research Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan writer. She was born and raised in Nepal, and has since lived in Canada and the United States. Tsering earned her MFA in writing from Columbia University and a BA in Creative Writing and International Relations from the University of British Columbia. Tsering's debut novel is We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Redesigning traditional weed management practices in faba bean fields to optimize food-feed production in the smallholder system” with Peter Thorne. Researchers work hard to develop best practices and recommendations for farmers. However, cultural practices may affect how farmers do or are able to implement these recommendations on their farms. This episode, Peter discusses his work bridging the gap between researcher recommendations and farmer needs in smallholder Ethiopian farms. Tune in to learn: What kinds of farmer requirements may impact researcher recommendations How regional traits can impact farmer implementations What to consider when balancing food-feed production Tips for approaching sustainable intensification in smallholder farms If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20779 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Peter, you can find him here: p.thorne@cgiar.org If you would like to reach out to Guolong Liang from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here: gliang6@wisc.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/guolong_liang Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Security/Sign-In?returnurl=%2fLearning-Center%2fCourses%2fCourse-Detail%3fproductid%3d%257bB40B8E99-D7EC-EC11-BB3D-000D3A334F93%257d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/P9zr4x9rmda8jk2VfWsjTJKDSHBwEtwebrl4CUDurG0XGaUFtTKcT_-Sg1Zwb2b9XlTYfX9iVmnCOzYUu8OYhUKUVNo?loadFrom=SharedLink  Africa RISING: https://africa-rising.net Feed the Future: https://www.feedthefuture.gov/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa on their new book, His Name Is George Floyd • Rock icon Joan Jett on her new acoustic album, Changeup • Calgary writer Chris Turner explains how he became a Climate Optimist • Author Tsering Yangzom Lama on her debut novel, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies PLUS — We revisit a nugget from our 2020 conversation with U-S soccer superstar and Olympic gold medalist Megan Rapinoe talking about her fight for pay equity Discover more at http://www.cbc.ca/1.6460611

“The Potential to Breed a Low-Protein Maize for Protein-Restricted Diets” with Matthew Woore, Dr. Sherry Flint-Garcia, and Dr. Jim Holland Phenylketonuria is a metabolic disorder which results in a need for a strict low-protein diet. This restricts the intake of corn and many corn-based foods. This episode, Smitty, Sherry, and Jim discuss their work developing a low-protein corn variety so that individuals with Phenylketunoria can enjoy more corn-based foods. Tune in to learn: Which types of crosses produce the best results How breeders can test kernels for protein How low protein can go in a corn kernel What it takes to get low protein seed varieties into market If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20600 It will be freely available from 15 April to 30 April, 2022. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/. If you would like to reach out to Smitty, you can find him here: mwsmith6@ncsu.edu plantfoodpodcast@gmail.com If you would like to reach out to Sherry, you can find him here: sherry.flint-garcia@usda.gov https://www.ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person?person-id=36879 If you would like to reach out to Jim, you can find him here: jim.holland@usda.gov https://www.ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person?person-id=2555 If you would like to reach out to Brooke Keadle from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here: skeadle@vols.utk.edu Brooke's lab's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tn_varietytesting/ Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bA0105507-42D1-EC11-A7B5-000D3A34F5C9%7d Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3LNm9Nu PKU News: https://pkunews.org/ National PKU Alliance: https://www.npkua.org/ Plant Food Podcast: https://plantfoodpodcast.podbean.com   Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

In 2008, NASA launched their Phoenix Lander to take measurements on Mars. This episode, Drs. Doug Cobos and Colin Campbell talk about their experiences working with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), what they were measuring, and what their data can tell us about Mars. Tune in to learn: The challenges involved in creating sensors for extraterrestrial environments What measurements NASA wanted to learn The difficulties of remote controlling devices on Mars What their results tell us about Mars If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Doug, you can find him here: doug.cobos@metergroup.com If you would like to reach out to Colin, you can find him here: colin.campbell@metergroup.com www.linkedin.com/in/colin-campbell-METER If you would like to reach out to Rachelle LaCroix from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here: rel268@cornell.edu https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachellelacroix161/ Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Security/Sign-In?returnurl=%2fLearning-Center%2fCourses%2fCourse-Detail%3fproductid%3d%257b7D1DFD16-76C2-EC11-8143-B5A95104D3D2%257d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/0aD-qtUJqM-Xz0_iXf0EhrCHOt8W84m9ckBbsjQ6zwZgp7QlgYgYlP7vIFL7zzI0eTgXmQQTusx2rGzHxWP353wUSR0?loadFrom=SharedLink We Measure the World podcast: https://www.metergroup.com/en/meter-environment/podcast?utm_source=asa&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=wmtw&utm_campaign=ENV+2020+ASA+Field+Lab+Earth+Podcast+Sponsorship Measuring Mars METER Webinar: https://www.metergroup.com/en/meter-environment/webinars/measuring-mars Phoenix pictures from Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/ AGU Planetary Science group: https://connect.agu.org/planetarysciences/home NASA's call for proposals: https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-proposal-calls Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Urban food forests in the American Southwest” with Dr. James Allen. Food forests are multi-level polycultures where fruit and nut trees, vegetables, shade trees, mushrooms, aquatic plants, and more can all exist in the same urban or rural space. They're known to have many benefits, both environmentally and socially; however, in more arid climates like the American Southwest, there are a few hurdles urban agroforesters must overcome. In this episode, Dr. Jim Allen discusses a recent survey of Southwestern food forests and how these mini-oases are learning to thrive in more arid climates. Tune in to learn: How food forests, agroforestry, urban agroforestry, and permaculture overlap Success stories for food forests in the American Southwest Ongoing challenges for food forest implementation Future research and partnerships opportunities for food forests and agriculture at large If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20018 This paper is always freely available. If you would like more information about Agroforestry at large, the 3rd edition of North American Agroforestry is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780891183785.ch14 Use discount code NAA35 for 35% off through April 30, 2022. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Jim, you can find him here: James.Allen@nau.edu https://directory.nau.edu/person/jaa74 If you would like to reach out to Paul Benalcazar from our student spotlight, you can find him here: pbenalca@lakeheadu.ca Resources Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3r7rQ0R CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bC560FA51-9BB6-EC11-8142-DFBD04152281%7d Bukowski, C., & Munsell, J. (2018). The Community Food Forest Handbook: How to Plan, Organize, and Nurture Edible Gathering Places. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. Crawford, M. (2010). Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops. Devon, UK: Green Books. Jacke, D., & Toensmeier, E. (2005). Edible Forest Gardens (two volumes). White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. Lancaster, B. (2019). Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (two volumes). Tucson: Rainsource Press. Toensmeier, E. & Bates, J.. (2013). Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing. Video: What an unlikely food oasis can teach us as climate change worsens. Interview with Jerome Osentowski, founder of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, which is set in his indoor and outdoor food forest. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3090101181030966 Video: A Forest Garden With 500 Edible Plants Could Lead to a Sustainable Future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_m_0UPOzuI Video: Planting the Rain to Grow Abundance. A TED Talk by Brad Lancaster that addresses issues related to water use in drylands. Brad is the main person behind what I call a dispersed urban/neighborhood food forest in Tucson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2xDZlpInik Video: How America's hottest city is trying to cool down. https://www.vox.com/videos/2021/9/20/22683888/sonoran-desert-phoenix-tree-equity Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at www.metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com. Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Agroforestry at the Landscape Level” with Dr. Sarah Lovell Agroforestry is where trees are grown alongside other crops or livestock. It's an extremely flexible practice that can be adapted to both urban and rural environments and at a variety of scales. In this episode, Dr. Sarah Lovell discusses the various uses and forms of agroforestry, how agroforestry can benefit both farmers and their surrounding communities, and some tips for implementing agroforestry at scale. Tune in to learn: What are the main functions of agroforests? What roadblocks might farmers face to implementing agroforestry? How can agroforestry best be adapted to urban environments? How can groups partner to get the best out of agroforestry at scale? If you would like more information about this topic, Sarah's chapter in the 3rd edition of North American Agroforestry is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780891183785.ch14 Use discount code NAA35 for 35% off through April 30, 2022. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Sarah, you can find her here: slovell@missouri.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/sartaylov Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahtaylorlovell/ Resources Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/pRDlhIvDAIaTTL1kMJnhbcPMDPdVfhU2z25_92dhp8lBE84ZV6OweNkBB3bPE15S1HSlzR1LIW_7PI76IAWgjkiqVY0?loadFrom=SharedLink  CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b4F9054A7-BEA0-EC11-8142-DFBD04152281%7d The Center for Agroforestry: https://centerforagroforestry.org/ The Center for Agroforestry Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centerforagroforestry/ The Center for Agroforestry Twitter: https://twitter.com/MUAgroforestry The Center for Agroforestry Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muagroforestry/ Mizzou Agroforestry YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUOh8LRAf21gW2dt3uPf_UA Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Current understanding of subsurface transport of micro- and nanoplastics in soil” with Yingxue Yu. Microplastics can come from all kinds of sources, including broken down bottles, face and body scrubs, plastic bags, tire tracks, agricultural mulch films, sewage waste, and more. However, for as ubiquitous as these plastics can be, there's still much to be learned about how they move through our soils; how they're affected by their surrounding soils, weather, and animals; and their ultimate environmental impacts. This episode, Yingxue shares research from her recent review paper about what microplastic knowledge we already have and where we have yet to go. Tune in to learn: What shapes micro- and nanoplastics can come in How water can impact micro- and nanoplastic transport How weathering can impact micro- and nanoplastics How micro- and nanoplastics interact with their surrounding plants and animals If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20108 This paper is always freely available. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Yingxue, you can find her here: yingxue.yu@wsu.edu If you would like to reach out to Fernanda from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here: krupek@huskers.unl.edu Twitter: @FernandaKrupek Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b72AC62EF-3990-EC11-8141-A3C6F802B64A%7d Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/EETdEbLpVCVQ8v84CmssGgTR5aQxPMm1ExUO2_tkCZUYw7bjfhG7my7uqyy3c8xfSHVKY3hnEbJR2-Wa-NzXV7ZBaZo?loadFrom=SharedLink  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: https://www.noaa.gov/ National Geographic Society: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com.   Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Field, Lab, Earth is Copyrighted by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Nitrogen is an important nutrient for corn which, when applied as a fertilizer, can increase yields. However, too much nitrogen can lead to negative impacts on human health, water quality, plant health, and the environment. This episode, Carrie discusses her work testing nitrogen rate recommendation tools and how we can best balance profitability, plant health, and the environment. Tune in to learn: What goes on the scales to determine a profitable rate What kinds of tools can be used to recommend Nitrogen fertilizer rates Which tools work best for recommending Nitrogen fertilizer rates How the research team was able to test across eight midwestern states If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Carrie, you can find her here: laboski@wisc.edu Twitter: @NPKetc Website: NPKetc.soils.wisc.edu Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b7D2E93BA-187A-EC11-813E-9EA8B7C5905F%7d  Introduction to Nitrogen Management YouTube Video, Part 1/4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moBEp69PsYY Introduction to Nitrogen Management YouTube Video, Part 2/4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YgHfsvaODc Introduction to Nitrogen Management YouTube Video, Part 3/4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItaYO9Phydo Introduction to Nitrogen Management YouTube Video, Part 4/4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE_eAoC6jiY Related Papers Ransom, C.J., N.R. Kitchen, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernandez, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, D.B. Myers, E.D. Nafziger, J.E. Sawyer, P.C. Scharf, J.F. Shanahan. 2020. Corn nitrogen rate recommendation tool's performance across eight US Midwest corn belt states. Agron J. 2020;112:470-492. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20235 Bean, G.M., N.R. Kitchen, K.S. Veum, J.J. Camberato, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernandez, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, J.E. Sawyer, M. Yost. 2020. Relating Four-Day Soil Respiration to Corn Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs Across 49 U.S. Midwest Fields. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2020; 84:1195-1208. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20091 Clark, J.D., K.S. Veum, F.G. Fernandez, , N.R. Kitchen, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, D.W. Franzen, D.E. Kaiser, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, C.J. Rosen, J.E. Sawyer, J.F. Shanahan. 2020. Soil sample timing, nitrogen fertilization, and incubation length influence anaerobic potentially mineralizable nitrogen. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2020;84:627-637. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20050 McDaniel, M.D., D.T. Walters, L.G. Bundy, X. Li, J.E. Sawyer, M.J. Castellano, C.A.M. Laboski, P.C. Scharf, R.A. Drijber, W.R. Horwath. 2020. Combination of biological and chemical soil tests best predict maize nitrogen response. Agron. J. 2020;112:1263-1278. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20335   Bean, G.M., C.J. Ransom, N.R. Kitchen, P.C. Scharf, K.S. Veum, J.J. Camberato, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernandez, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, and J.E. Sawyer, J. 2021. Soil hydrologic grouping guide which soil and weather properties best estimate corn nitrogen need. Agron. J. Accepted. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20888 Ransom, C.J., J. Clark, G.M. Bean, C. Bandura, M.E. Shafer, N.R. Kitchen, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, F. Fernandez, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, D. B. Myers, E.D. Nafziger, J.E. Sawyer, J. Shanahan. 2001. Data from a public-industry partnership for enhancing corn nitrogen research. Agron. J. 2021;1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20812 Ransom, C.J., N.R. Kitchen, J.E. Sawyer, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernandez, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, D.B. Myers, E.D. Nafziger, P.C. Scharf, J.F. Shanahan. 2021. Improving publicly available corn nitrogen rate recommendation tools with soil and weather measurements. Agron. J. 2021;113:2068–2090. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20627 Clark, J.D., F.G. Fernandez, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, D.W. Franzen, N.R. Kitchen, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, J.E. Sawyer, J.F. Shanahan. 2020. Weather and soil in the US Midwest influence the effectiveness of single- and split-nitrogen applications in corn production. Agron. J. 2020;112:5288-5299. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20446. Clark, J.D., F.G. Fernandez, K.S. Veum, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, D.W. Franzen, D.E. Kaiser, N.R. Kitchen, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, C.J. Rosen, J.E. Sawyer, J.F. Shanahan. 2020. Soil-Nitrogen, Potentially Mineralizable-Nitrogen, and Field Condition Information Marginally Improves Corn Nitrogen Management. Agron. J. 2020;112:4332-4343. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20335 Clark, J.D., F.G. Fernandez, K.S. Veum, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, D.W. Franzen, D.E. Kaiser, N.R. Kitchen, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, C.J. Rosen, J.E. Sawyer, J.F. Shanahan. 2020. Adjusting Corn Nitrogen Management by Including a Mineralizable-Nitrogen Test with the Preplant and Presidedress Nitrate Tests. Agron. J. 2020;112:3050-3064. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20228 Clark, J.D., F.G. Fernandez, K.S. Veum, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, D.W. Franzen, D.E. Kaiser, N.R. Kitchen, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, C.J. Rosen, J.E. Sawyer, J.F. Shanahan. 2019. Predicting Economic Optimal Nitrogen Rate with the Anaerobic Potentially Mineralizable Nitrogen Test. Agron. J. 111:3329-3338. Ransom, C.J., N.R. Kitchen, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernandez, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, D.B. Myers, E.D. Nafziger, J.E. Sawyer, J.F. Shanahan. 2019. Statistical and machine learning methods evaluated for incorporating soil and weather into corn nitrogen recommendations. Computers Electronics Ag 164:104872. Clark, J.D., K.S. Veum, F.G. Fernandez, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, D.W. Franzen, D.E. Kaiser, N.R. Kitchen, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, C.J. Rosen, J.E. Sawyer, J.F. Shanahan. 2019. United States Midwest Soil and Weather Conditions Influence Anaerobic Potentially Mineralizable Nitrogen. Soil Sci. Am. J. 83:1137-1147. Qin, Z., D.B. Myers, C.J. Ransom, N.R. Kitchen, S. Liang, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernández, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, B.D. Malone, E.D. Nafziger, J.E. Sawyer, J.F. Shanahan. 2018. Application of Machine Learning Methodologies for Predicting Corn Economic Optimal Nitrogen Rate. Agron. J. 110:2596-2607. Yost, M.A., K.S. Veum, N.R. Kitchen, J.E. Sawyer, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernández, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, and E.D. Nafziger. 2018. Evaluation of the Soil Health Nutrient Tool for Corn Nitrogen Recommendations Across Eight Midwest States. J. Soil Water Conserv. 75(5)587-592. Bean, G.M., N. Kitchen, J.J. Camberato, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernández, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, and E.D. Nafziger, J.E. Sawyer, P.C. Scharf, J.S. Schepers, J.F. Shanahan. 2018. Improving an Active-Optical Reflectance Sensor Algorithm Using Soil and Weather Information. Agron. J. 110:2541-2551.  Bean, G.M., N. Kitchen, J.J. Camberato, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernández, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, and E.D. Nafziger, J.E. Sawyer, P.C. Scharf, J.S. Schepers, J.F. Shanahan. 2018. Active-Optical Reflectance Sensing Corn Algorithms Evaluated over the US Midwest Corn Belt. Agron. J. 110:2552-2562.  Kitchen, N.R., J.F. Shanahan, C.J. Ransom, C.J. Bandura, G.M. Bean, J.J. Camberato, P.R. Carter, J.D. Clark, R.B. Ferguson, F.G. Fernández, D.W. Franzen, C.A.M. Laboski, E.D. Nafziger, Z. Qing, J.E. Sawyer, and M. Shafer. 2017. A Public-Industry Partnership for Enhancing Corn Nitrogen Research and Datasets: Project Description, Methodology, and Outcomes. Agron. J. 109:2371-2388. Morris, T.F., T. S. Murrell, D.B. Beegle, J. Camberato, R. Ferguson, J. Grove, Q. Ketterings, P.M. Kyveryga, C. Laboski, J. McGrath, J. Meisinger, J.J. Melkonian, B.N. Moebius-Clune, E. Nafziger, D. Osmond, J. Sawyer, P. Scharf, W. Smith, J. Spargo, H. Van Es, and H. Yang. 2018. Strengths and Limitations of Nitrogen Recommendations, Tests and Models for Corn. Agronomy J. 110:1-37. Laboski, C.A.M., J.E. Sawyer, D.T. Walters, L.G. Bundy, R.G. Hoeft, G.W. Randall, and T.W. Andraski. 2008. Evaluation of the Illinois soil nitrogen test in the North Central region of the United States. Agron. J. 100:1070-1076. Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at www.metergroup.com/fieldlabearth Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Check out more information at www.gasmet.com. See the GT-5000 Terra in action and the quick setup video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGgWkokLN10. Contact for more information at sales@gasmet.com. Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Review of cool-season turfgrasses for salt-affected roadsides in cold climates” with Dr. Eric Watkins. Salt is commonly spread on roads in colder regions to help keep them clear of dangerous ice. However, salted roads can pose some environmental risks. Roadside turfgrasses can help alleviate some of those problems, but drought, heat, salt, ice, and more can mean a roadside is not always the happiest place for grass to grow. This episode, Dr. Eric Watkins walks us through some of the harsh conditions roadside turfgrasses face, the pros and cons of several popular grasses, and how we can wisely mix them for resilient roadside spaces. Tune in to learn: Why roads in Northern Climates get salted What ecosystem benefits roadside turfgrasses provide Which grasses perform best in roadside conditions What are some tips for designing a healthy turfgrass mix If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20326 This paper is always freely available. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Eric, you can find him here: ewatkins@umn.edu Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b7C194A96-B95E-EC11-813B-005056A7AFA5%7d  University of Minnesota Turfgrass Science Program Twitter: https://twitter.com/UMNTurf University of Minnesota Turfgrass Science site: https://turf.umn.edu/ University of Minnesota Roadside Turf site: https://roadsideturf.umn.edu/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Gasmet Technologies range of portable analyzers are used for environmental research measuring CO2, CH4, N2O, NH3 & H2O gas fluxes simultaneously at sub-ppm levels. Check out www.gasmet.com for more information and to request a quotation.  Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at www.metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Greenhouse gas fluxes from turfgrass systems: Species, growth rate, clipping management, and environmental effects” with Drs. Quincy Law and Jon Trappe Greenhouse gases are naturally occurring gases that contribute to climate change. These gases, like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane, are both absorbed and produced by turfgrasses; however, it is possible that choosing the right grass species and management practices can help reduce emissions. In this episode, Drs. Quincy Law and Jon Trappe discuss two experiments in which they tried to pinpoint which grass species and management practices are most effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from turfgrasses. Tune in to learn: How grass growth rates can impact emissions Which grass species are best to plant for reduced emissions Which other factors could impact turfgrass managers' planting decisions What future turfgrass and greenhouse gas research is needed If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20222 It will be freely available from 19 November to 3 December, 2021. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Quincy, you can find him here: quincy.law@ndsu.edu If you would like to reach out to Jon, you can find him here: jontrappe@gmail.com Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b674B65AF-FF47-EC11-813A-005056A7AFA5%7d  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): https://www.ipcc.ch/ Sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chance Assessment Report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Gasmet Technologies range of portable analyzers are used for environmental research measuring CO2, CH4, N2O, NH3 & H2O gas fluxes simultaneously at sub-ppm levels. Check out www.gasmet.com for more information and to request a quotation.  Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at www.metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Macadamia intercropping into an inefficient adult coffee plantation is economically advantageous” with Rogério Soratto. Macadamia nuts are a lucrative crop for Brazilian farmers, but long wait times from planting to production can cause financial strain when first planting them. This episode, Rogério Soratto discusses his work researching intercropping coffee and macadamia nuts, which can help ease financial stress and lead to higher economic efficiency for both crops. Tune in to learn: What are the barriers to macadamia nut farming How can intercropping these two plants ease financial strain How can intercropping these two plants benefit both crops How pruning patterns and planting arrangements can affect future growth If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20555 It will be freely available from 15 October to 31 October, 2021. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Rogério, you can find him here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogério-p-soratto-91754b24/ https://www.instagram.com/grupo_batata.cafe.feijao/ https://twitter.com/RogerioSoratto Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b917E1B2C-9A27-EC11-8138-005056A7AFA5%7d  “Arabica coffee–macadamia intercropping: Yield and profitability with mechanized coffee harvesting” Agronomy Journal article: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20016 “Irrigation and Intercropping with Macadamia Increase Initial Arabica Coffee Yield and Profitability” Agronomy Journal article: https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj14.0246 “Arabica Coffee–Macadamia Intercropping: A Suitable Macadamia Cultivar to Allow Mechanization Practices and Maximize Profitability” Agronomy Journal article: https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2016.01.0024 “Higher yield and economic benefits are achieved in the macadamia crop by irrigation and intercropping with coffee” Scientia Horticulturae article:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304423815000175 Department of Crop Science, São Paulo State University: https://www.fca.unesp.br/#!/international/eng/departments/production-and-plant-breeding/ São Paulo Agency of Agribusiness Technology: http://www.aptaregional.sp.gov.br/acesse-os-artigos-pesquisa-e-tecnologia/edicao-2013/julho-dezembro-1/1470-cultivo-consorciado-de-cafe-e-macadamia/file.html Global Rural Talk on Coffee-Macadamia Intercropping (in Portugese): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0A7aqdh08c University of Hawaii: https://www.hawaii.edu/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Gasmet Technologies range of portable analyzers are used for environmental research measuring CO2, CH4, N2O, NH3 & H2O gas fluxes simultaneously at sub-ppm levels. Check out www.gasmet.com for more information and to request a quotation.  Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at www.metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Harlan's Crops and Man with Drs. Thomas Stalker and Marilyn Warburton Humans and the crops they use have co-evolved across the centuries. This episode, Drs. Thomas Stalker and Marilyn Warburton discuss three major periods of time within this relationship as well as misconceptions we might have about our predecessors and where we're headed next. Tune in to learn: How hunter gatherer societies interacted with the plants around them How hunters and gatherers differ from our usual expectations How humans transitioned from hunter gatherer to more industrialized societies What our relationships with crops look like today If you would like more information about this topic, Tom and Marilyn's book is available here: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Harlan%27s+Crops+and+Man%3A+People%2C+Plants+and+Their+Domestication%2C+3rd+Edition-p-9780891186366 Use discount code HCM35 for 35% off. This code will be valid through Dec. 15, 2021. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Tom, you can find him here: tom_stalker@ncsu.edu If you would like to reach out to Marilyn, you can find her here: marilyn.warburton@usda.gov Resources CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7B9F5A9751-9D11-EC11-8137-005056A7AFA5%7D  CSSA website: www.crops.org Crop Science: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14350653 Crop Wild Relative Week: https://www.crops.org/crop-wild-relative/ Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species by James F. Hancock: https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Evolution-Origin-Crop-Species/dp/1845938011 USDA-ARS: National Lab for Genetic Resource Preservation: https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/fort-collins-co/center-for-agricultural-resources-research/paagrpru/docs/plants/plant-science-at-the-national-laboratory-for-genetic-resources-preservation/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Gasmet Technologies range of portable analyzers are used for environmental research measuring CO2, CH4, N2O, NH3 & H2O gas fluxes simultaneously at sub-ppm levels. Check out www.gasmet.com for more information and to request a quotation.  Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to METER Group's new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth.  Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

The Living Soil Handbook with Jesse Frost. Regenerative agriculture focuses on improving soil health by disturbing the soil as little as possible, keeping the ground covered as much as possible, and keeping the ground planted as much as possible. In this episode, farmer Jesse Frost of the No-Till Market Garden podcast walks us through these three tenets, how they can help farmers, and how researchers and growers can better connect. Tune in to learn: How we can better define tillage Why farming is like a choose-your-own adventure How these three tenets can help improve soil health How researchers can better communicate their research If you would like more information about this topic, Jesse's book is available here: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-living-soil-handbook/ Use discount code POD35 for 35% off. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Jesse, you can find him here: notillgrowers@gmail.com www.Notillgrowers.com www.Instagram.com/notillgrowers Resources CEU Quiz: https://www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/1019 No-Till Market Growers: www.Notillgrowers.com No-Till Market Garden Podcast: https://www.notillgrowers.com/podcast No-Till Flowers Podcast: https://www.notillgrowers.com/new-page-4 Winter Growers Podcast: https://www.notillgrowers.com/winter-growers-podcast The Collaborative Farming Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-collaborative-farming-podcast/id1570007965 No-Till Growers YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLhu5JoRWPgEGDoUFfQHTPQ Gardening for Business podcast (I think you mentioned a resource like this, but I couldn't figure out if it's a podcast, book, etc. or just a general category of thing to look at. Please let me know if there's a link or not. Farmer 2 Farmer podcast: https://www.farmertofarmerpodcast.com/ Regenerative Agriculture Podcast: http://regenerativeagriculturepodcast.com/ Nutrition Farming Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nutrition-farming-podcast/id1500903366 Jeff Moyer, Rodale Institute: https://rodaleinstitute.org/about/staff/ Charles Dowding: https://charlesdowding.co.uk/ Charles Dowding YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg Richard Perkins, Ridgedale Farm: https://www.ridgedalepermaculture.com/about-us.html Richard Perkins YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/mrintegralpermanence Daniel Mays, Frith Farm: https://www.frithfarm.net/crew.html Singing Frogs Farm: http://singingfrogsfarm.com/ Scholarly Kitchen Jargon article: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/06/18/jargon/ Chelsea Green Publishing: https://www.chelseagreen.com/ Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Gasmet Technologies range of portable analyzers are used for environmental research measuring CO2, CH4, N2O, NH3 & H2O gas fluxes simultaneously at sub-ppm levels. Check out www.gasmet.com for more information and to request a quotation.  Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to their new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Assessing the Effects of Lake-Dredged Sediments on Soil Health: Agricultural and Environmental Implications on Northwestern Ohio” with Angélica Vázquez-Ortega and Russell Brigham Shipping accounts for a large portion of the Ohio economy. Channels therefore need regular dredging to keep shipping channels clear. In the past, such sediments were often released back into Lake Erie. However, as this can cause environmental problems, the Ohio legislature banned the practice of open dumping in Lake Erie in 2020, creating quite the sticky situation for dredging teams. Enter Dr. Angélica Vázquez-Ortega and Russell Brigham, two researchers working to find new uses for these sediments. In this episode, we discuss their work testing the efficacy of lake-dredged sediments as farm amendments. Tune in to learn: How lake-dredged sediments are processed for further use Ways in which sediments can improve soil health The relationship of sediments with Legacy P Future research areas for sediment use If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20199 It will be freely available from 2 July to 16 July, 2021. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Angélica, you can find her here: avazque@bgsu.edu If you would like to reach out to Russell, you can find him here: russbrigham@gmail.com Resources CEU Quiz: https://www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/1009 “Beneficial Use of Lake Erie Dredged Material as Farm Soil Amendment” Fact Sheet 1 (posted with permission of Angélica Vázquez-Ortega): https://www.agronomy.org/files/publications/podcast/episode-061-vazquez-ortega-dm-fact-sheet1.pdf “Beneficial Use of Lake Erie Dredged Material as Farm Soil Amendment” Fact Sheet 2 (posted with permission of Angélica Vázquez-Ortega): https://www.agronomy.org/files/publications/podcast/episode-061-vazquez-ortega-dm-fact-sheet2.pdf Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dredging Page: https://lakeerie.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/lec/programs-and-projects/dredge-material-program/dredge-material-program Great Lakes Dredging Team: https://greatlakesdredging.net/ Bowling Green State University Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBGSU/ Bowling Green State University School of Earth, Environment, and Society Twitter: https://twitter.com/BGSU_SEES Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Gasmet Technologies range of portable analyzers are used for environmental research measuring CO2, CH4, N2O, NH3 & H2O gas fluxes simultaneously at sub-ppm levels. Check out www.gasmet.com for more information and to request a quotation.  Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to their new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

Happy birthday, everybody! Today is our third birthday, and we couldn't be happier. We're so grateful to all of our guests and to you, dear listener! Whether you're brand new or have been with us since the beginning, we're so grateful for all of your listening and support over the years. Thank you for listening! Please note, we've also put together a brief listener survey, located here. Tell us all about the things you like, the things you don't like, and where you'd like to see the show go in coming years. It would really help us out. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Abby, you can find her here: podcast@sciencesocieties.org Twitter: @fieldlabearth Resources Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/mkLjyUG24amV7wkn8 Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to their new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Gasmet Technologies range of portable analyzers are used for environmental research measuring CO2, CH4, N2O, NH3 & H2O gas fluxes simultaneously at sub-ppm levels. Check out www.gasmet.com for more information and to request a quotation.  Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.

“Earthworm density differences over time among a native tallgrass prairie and chronosequence of tallgrass prairie restorations in the Ozark Highlands” and “Seasonal earthworm density differences among mound positions and soil moisture regimes in native tallgrass prairies in the Ozark Highlands” with Dr. Kristofor Brye Earthworms are praised as environmental engineers and their health can be tightly linked with both soil health and soil benefits like carbon sequestration, attributes which are of crucial importance when taking on projects like prairie restoration. It is therefore key to understand the soil properties and environments which are most beneficial to earthworm health. In this episode, Kris will walk us through his research, including how he got started in prairie restoration, the role of earthworms in soil health, and just what kinds of conditions these underground allies crave. Tune in to learn: What it's like working in a tallgrass prairie How to distinguish between adult and juvenile earthworms If worms show preferences between mound and inter-mound areas How earthworms react to various soil conditions If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's papers are available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20136 and https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20150. These papers are always freely available. If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you would like to reach out to Kristofor, you can find him here: kbrye@uark.edu https://crop-soil-environmental-sciences.uark.edu/people/faculty-directory/uid/kbrye/name/Kristofor+R.+Brye/  Resources CEU Quiz: https://www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/994  Audubon Society: https://www.audubon.org/ The Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/ Co-Op Research and Extension Services: https://www.usda.gov/topics/rural/cooperative-research-and-extension-services Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission: https://www.arkansasheritage.com/arkansas-natural-heritage/anhc-home Sponsored by METER Group. METER sensors deliver real-time, plant, soil, and atmospheric data that fuels environmental research. Listen to their new podcast We Measure the World to hear how innovative researchers leverage environmental data to make our world a better—and more sustainable—place at metergroup.com/fieldlabearth. Sponsored by Gasmet Technologies. Gasmet Technologies range of portable analyzers are used for environmental research measuring CO2, CH4, N2O, NH3 & H2O gas fluxes simultaneously at sub-ppm levels. Check out www.gasmet.com for more information and to request a quotation.  Field, Lab, Earth is copyrighted to the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.