Research
—Defining the Agricultural Landscape of the Western Lake Superior Region – Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute, U of MN (Abazs, Syring, Stark)
—‘Food, Food Systems, and the New Regionalism at UMD’, Faculty Seminar at UMD, Spring Semester, 2011, Institute for Advanced Studies, UM Twin Cities (Hanson, Farrell, Syring)
—Eating is an Agri-cultural Act: Understanding Food Systems from the Perspective of Citizens Who Eat and Exploring Policy Possibilities for Local Units of Government – Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, UM Twin Cities (Syring)
—Workshopping the Renovation of the Old South Orchard on the UMD Farm, Duluth, Minnesota, Center for Community and Regional Research, UMD (Hanson, Hale)
—The UMD edible landscapes initiative: engaging the community in the reclamation and restoration of heritage tree fruits on campus (Hale)
Proposals in Development
—Identification of strategies for implementation of a healthy local food system for healthy people in the Western Lake Superior Region - Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute, U of MN
—‘Specialty Crop Grant’ – Cold Hardy Apples, MN Department of Agriculture
UROPs
—Sam Giebner: Let it Rot: Determining the Environmental Conditions Necessary to
Maintain a Good Compost Pile in a Northern Climate
—Allison Tubbesing: Let It Rot: Examining the Biological Parameters of a Compost Pile
UMD Heritage Orchard Project
- Heritage fruit recovery
- Establish UMD trial orchard
- Increase the number of growers using cold-hardy, heritage tree fruits
- Growers education, training and access to data and resources
- Increase consumer access and demand for heritage fruit products
- Conduct public tree fruit workshops
CLA Technology Grant
Marcie Powers (2011) - Establishing an Integrated Pest Monitoring Program at the UMD Orchard more...WDIO interview 100 Percent Local Food Possible in the Northland