 Deborah Stinner
Res Scientist and Admin. Coord. OFFER Program
Entomology
201 Thorne Hall
OARDC
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-202-3534
Fax: 330-263-3686
stinner.2@osu.edu
http://oardc.osu.edu/offer/
Area of expertise:
Organic agriculture.
Signature areas: Food Security, Production, and Human Health; Environmental Quality and Sustainability
My current responsibilities include being the Administrative Coordinator of OARDC's Interdisciplinary Organic Food and Farming Education and Research Progam (OFFER). This program involves over 20 OSU researchers and many stakeholders. We have established 50 acres of certified research land and have around 20 organic field experiments with field and horticultural crops. My own research program is focused on soil ecology, including carbon and nitrogen in organic grain farming systems.tainable agriculture. I continue to have a special interest in Amish agriculture and questions of how culture and world views of farmers influence what is happening on the land ecologically.
Key Citations:
Stinner, D.H., M.G. Paoletti and B.R. Stinner. 1989. In search of tradition farm wisdom for a more sustainable agriculture: a study of Amish farming and society. Agric., Ecosys. and Environ. 27:77-90.
Stinner, D.H., I. Glick and B.R. Stinner. 1992. Forage legumes and cultural sustainability: lessons from history. Agric., Ecosys. and Environ. 40:233-248.
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