Phd Candidate with UC Davis and the Ecdysis Foundation. Quantifying agroecological/regenerative farming approaches on California’s perennial cropping systems.

Joined July 2011
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12 Dec 2023
Excited to share our publication @isabeltorressci @lumbricid @chuhousen @PattyOikawa. Compost Amendment to a Grazed California Annual Grassland Increases Gross Primary Productivity Due To a Longer Growing Season. #NbCS #eddycovariance #footprint @AmeriFlux
12 Dec 2023
My pleasure to share this pub by grad student Tommy Fenster @tomdf1 on how compost amendment influence grassland primary productivity thru modulating a longer growing season. #NbCS #eddycovariance #footprint @AmeriFlux agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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Much of the food supply in the U.S. goes uneaten, which contributes to climate change. Some states have tried to cut food waste in landfills, but their efforts have fallen short, researchers found. npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-511…
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#Grape can be grown for 🍷 raisins and table grape 🍇! It can also be grown for shade! Very interesting project @ucanr to explore the use of 🍇 and other vine #plants to provide urban cooling. Vigorous and 🍇 producing vines can achieve both shading and urban farming!
UC experts, including Dr. Natalie Levy, are working on a multi-state research project with CDFA, UC Davis, and others. "Climate Ready Vines for the Western U.S." explores using vines as a faster, eco-friendly alternative to trees for cooling buildings and reducing solar loads.
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21 Aug 2024
Replying to @UofCalifornia
@UofCalifornia and @UCANR Cooperative Extension scientists have been investigating the feasibility of growing crops in empty lots and other urban settings. The team has created a small farm to test their ideas with the help of @USDA funding. bit.ly/3yKdWIW
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Just wrapped up veraison sampling for our (@amelie_gaudin & @BugLundgren labs) project studying the effect of grazing & other regenerative practices on soil health, biodiversity, input usage, yield & grape quality. We sampled insects, assessed ground cover & took petiole samples.
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Please consider applying to our AGU session “B070. Model Data Integration to Advance Understanding of Wetland Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Site to Global Scales.” Ben Sulman is our invited speaker. All wetland modelers welcome!!!
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UCCE Soil Carbon Workshop - Shone Farm, Santa Rosa June 12 $15/ticket (free for students) Register here: surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm…
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Awesome! Looking forward to trying out. Thank for putting this together!
The {soils} package enables any scientist, technical assistance provider, or extension staff comfortable with R to create and customize soil health reports. Read and watch more: washingtonsoilhealthinitiati…
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🌾 Seeking solutions beneath our feet - discover how @BerkeleyLab scientists unveil the potential of compost to amplify soil carbon storage, cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions as temps rise. Read more: bit.ly/3xoGbMi #ClimateScience #SoilHealth
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25 Apr 2024
Subsurface banded poultry litter using the subsurfer seems like it could be a great tool in CA cropping systems. Especially for no-till operations, organic ones, and those just looking to reduce synthetic N. attra.ncat.org/blog-47-meet-…
New article alert! Nutrient transformations based on sampling scheme and cropping system following subsurface-banded poultry litter doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20672 #OpenAccess study by A. Ashworth & colleagues @helencamorim @USDA_ARS @bumperscollege
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Last day to register for Sonoma County Organic Crops Day (free to attend). Register at: surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm… More information at: ucanr.edu/sites/chenlab/Even…
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19 Apr 2024
A nice article highlighting a collaborative study @eesalbnl @CalStateEastBay shows how low-cost compost applications can be an effective tool for enhancing carbon sequestration across California rangelands @tomdf1 @PattyOikawa
18 Apr 2024
A nice article on our recent paper which demonstrated how a one time compost addition to rangelands could enhance soil carbon storage through a longer growing season. eesa.lbl.gov/2024/04/04/eesa…
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18 Apr 2024
A nice article on our recent paper which demonstrated how a one time compost addition to rangelands could enhance soil carbon storage through a longer growing season. eesa.lbl.gov/2024/04/04/eesa…

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18 Apr 2024
Wrapped up the third year of bud break sampling for our research (@BugLundgren / Ecdysis & @amelie_gaudin labs) examining how grazing and regenerative management affects soil health biodiversity, input usage, yield, and grape quality. The study now spans 49 sites across N CA.
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It appears that the difference between what Oakland offered and what the A's wanted was about $35 million or so over three years. Or about the same that the Angels are paying reliever Robert Stephenson. Meanwhile, owners overseeing an industry worth many tens of billions of dollars stand by and watch their weakest franchise put on this cheap circus, and do nothing. Incomprehensible. And a terrible business decision.
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Upcoming Organic Crops Day for Mendocino County! Register Here: surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm…
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new Soil Carbon Sequestration Postdoc @BerkeleyLab 🌉join RESTOR-C, a new multidisciplinary @ENERGY Earthshot project to dig deep into soil carbon jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/soil-carbo… Apply by March 20 if you can!
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🚨 Our new paper is out!! 🚨 We developed a conceptual framework to align understanding on the impact of #grazing on soil organic #carbon using a combined lens of plant ecophysiology soil biogeochemistry & a REAL description of grazing management 🐂 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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We are hiring a Junior Specialist: Biometeorology and Ecosystem Fluxes of Mixed Redwoods-Conifer Forests in Northern California recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06252 to work at UC Davis with Holly Oldroyd, Kyaw Tha and myself! Also @lbnl collaborators @chuhousen and others!

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