“Better on-farm research for better organic farming” is the theme of a panel discussion set for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s (OEFFA) annual conference. The conference is Feb. 15-17 in Dayton.
“On-farm research places farmers in the driver’s seat of the agricultural research agenda,” says a guide by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s sustainable agriculture program.
The discussion, slated from 10:30 to noon Feb. 16, includes Douglas Jackson-Smith of CFAES’s School of Environment and Natural Resources, who’s pictured; Liz Maynard of Purdue University; Jeff Moyer of the Rodale Institute, who is one of the conference’s keynote speakers; and Jordan Settlage, an organic dairy farmer in western Ohio.
One of Jackson-Smith’s research projects, according to his faculty bio, explores “the dynamics and impacts of participatory and on-farm research methods on farmer understanding, ownership and trust in science on environmental problems.”
Check out the full conference schedule. (Photo: SENR.)