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Participants from across WA and beyond are building piles, learning from CSANR’s Doug Collins and other experts, and touring sites like Silver Springs Organics at the Compost Facility Operator Training with WSU and WORC.
#HotCompost #WSU
Rangelands field trip > spreadsheet

Last week, students, postdocs, faculty, and staff from SEAS⁺ and CSANR saw the system behind the models.

Swipe to see the view.
#KnowYourGrasses #Rangelands #WSU
What happens when kids shop for their own produce? 🥕🍎

Researchers Annie Salafsky & Amanda Musser created a Youth Farmers Market with BIOAg funding—students chose local veggies over sweets!

🔗 csanr.wsu.edu/youth-farmer...

#FarmToSchool #LocalFood #WSU
🪰Why hesitate on IPM?

WSU PhD student Molly Sayles studies how people—not just insects—shape pear psylla management in Wenatchee Valley orchards.

🔗 csanr.wsu.edu/why-growers-...

#WSU #NeighborEffect #Wenatchee
From fields to fuel: Cover crops like triticale + hairy vetch could become biofuel, cutting emissions 70%+.

🔗 Open access: bit.ly/CoverCropBio...

#WSU #VeryHairyVetch
🐄 Bad Guts → Good Compost 🌱

With rendering plants closing and costs rising, slaughter byproducts are a problem. CSANR-funded research offers a solution.

🔗 csanr.wsu.edu/composting-o...

#GutFeeling #OffalNotAwful #WSU
🌨️💰Get up to $5K for projects that teach soil conservation to K–college students in the Palouse & Inland Empire region.

WA/ID colleges, NRCS, and Conservation Districts: apply by Oct. 31.

🔗 csanr.wsu.edu/kaiser

#Palouse #Spokane #Moscow #Pullman #NiceDirt
CSANR announces BIOAg awards!
Since 2020, researchers have turned $1.46M in investments from BIOAg grants into $20M+ in extramural funding.

Projects:🔗https://csanr.wsu.edu/news

#KillerROI #BIOAg #WSU

📸 Seedcorn maggot: Whitney Cranshaw, CSU, bugwood dot org
🚛 Transport, diet & food waste. Ag’s climate impact goes beyond the field.

A report from CSANR, @scc_gov & KR Creative Strategies calls for whole-system thinking.

🔗 csanr.wsu.edu/organic-clim...

#DontAskMeToPullOverSoYouCanTakeAPicture #WSU
🌱 Ag tools for climate resilience:

✅Cover crops
✅ Compost & manure
✅ No/reduced tillage
✅ Perennial crops
✅ Biochar/soil amendments
✅ Double cropping/no fallow

🔗 csanr.wsu.edu/organic-climate-smart-report

📸 Leslie Michel #CoverCrops #SoilHealth #WSU
This free WSU Extension book now features a new chapter on Climate Change & Gardening, brought to you by CSANR.

#MyGardenIsOnFire #WSU
On the compost scene since before compost was cool.

🔗https://csanr.wsu.edu/the-dirt-on-compost

#DecadesOfDirty #HotCompost #WSU
Mt. Vernon NWREC hosted its annual Field Day last week. Topics ranged from establishing tea production in WA to managing wilt in seed crops, sparking plenty of conversations between presentations.

#WSU #CropCurious #BringBackBuckwheat #PNWTea
WA dairies can lead on climate action.

✅ Cut methane with digesters & feed additives
✅ Boost soil health with compost
✅ Keep farmland working = lower emissions

Read the new report on organic and climate-smart ag: csanr.wsu.edu/organic-clim...

#LessMethaneMoreMilk #WSU
Raised on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, these cherries could be "climate smart."

Range of practices = more tools to fight climate change.

Read the "Organic and Climate-Smart Ag Report"
🔗 csanr.wsu.edu/news

#GrandpasCherriesTakeOnClimateChange #Organic #WSU
How long can the wells reach the water?
WSU's Sasha McLarty shows that in eastern Washington...it depends. The amount of accessible groundwater left in the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System varies depending on where you are.
📖bit.ly/44THlxw
CSANR's Alex Kirkpatrick shows that the knowledge deficit hypothesis (KDH) is not supported. KDH = If only they knew the facts, they would support xyz.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/HowToShareSc...

#HardToShareWithThatPaywall #DialogNotData #WSU
New study from CSANR’s Alex Kirkpatrick shows video & audio are more effective than text for building trust. Surprisingly, video did not outperform audio alone.
📖 Publication: bit.ly/AgAIDcommunication
💻 Video used in study: bit.ly/AgAID_video
#WayMoreWork #WSU #AgAID
Is experimenting on baby trees even ethical?

CSANR's Chris Benedict shares a summer update about long-term agroecological research sites.

Read more: 📖 washingtonsoilhealthinitiative.com/2025/06/ltar...

#MyDirtHasWorms #WSU #Wenatchee
Work on CSANR initiatives as WSU's Endowed Chair in Tree Fruit Soil and Rhizosphere Science.

🍒Details & Apply: bit.ly/TreeFruitSoil

#MyRootsHaveHairs #SoilScience #WSU
No awards for signage here, but WSU's Institute for NW Energy Futures is a finalist for the 2025 North American #Agrivoltaics Awards! 🍎☀️

At Sunrise Orchard, we’re testing solar arrays to shade trees and power operations.

Vote 👉https://agrivoltaicsawards.com/2025-plan-finalists

#MyApplesMakePower