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The Program Team
The OFFER program team consists of Ohio State University researchers, Ohio farmers, and other stakeholders who share a goal of enhancing the vitality of organic agriculture in Ohio. This interdisciplinary team works together to develop research initiatives to better characterize the principles behind organic agriculture, particularly in terms of underlying crop-soil relationships, pest control, economics, and system management.
Stakeholders:
Ohio farmer stakeholders catalyzed the OFFER program. More than 30 of these stakeholders remain an integral part of the program, providing substantial input into the program's activities, including:
- input and feedback on grant proposals, research topics, experimental design, and plot management
- on-farm trials
- reviewing publications
Research & Extension Personnel:
A dynamic group of Ohio State University researchers collaborate from ten different programs and departments to examine each aspect of the organic farming system, from soil and crop quality to marketing opportunities.
| Name | Department | Phone | Area of Expertise |
Agunga, Robert |
Human & Community Resource Development |
614.292.6321 |
Communication and social impact assessment of knowledge, attitude and behavior studies related to food and health and lifestyle choices |
| Bean, Molly |
Environment & Natural Resources |
614.688.8798 |
Rural sociology; rural-urban interface; food systems; agricultural change
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| Bennett, Mark |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
614.292.3864 |
Vegetable crops/physiology, seed biology, transplant production |
| Cardina, John |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
330.263.3644 |
Weed ecology; invasive plants |
| Clark, Jill |
Center for Farmland Policy Innovation |
614.247.6479 |
Community-based food and agricultural policy, planning and economic development, food security, sustainable food and agriculture markets |
| Dick, Warren |
Environment & Natural Resources |
330.263.3788 |
Microbial ecology, no tillage, coal combustion products, solid waste management, soil microbiology, and soil biochemistry
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| Doohan, Doug |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
330.202.3593 |
Weed ecology, invasive plants, IPM, minor use pesticides |
| Ellis, Mike |
Plant Pathology |
330.263.3849 |
Trees, fruit/diseases, Diseases/fruit trees, Diseases/grapes |
| Ernst, Stan |
Specialty Crop Business Program |
614.937.3740 |
Consumer markets; horticultural economics; rural/small business; technology adoption
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| Fluharty, Francis |
Animal Science |
330.263.3904 |
Ruminant nutrition, animal growth |
| Francis, David |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
330.263.3893 |
Plant breeding and genetics |
| Gardiner, Mary |
Entomology |
614.274.8341 |
Biocontrol and pollination services in vegetable crops |
| Grewal, Parwinder |
Entomology |
330.263.3963 |
Turfgrass insects; biological control; entomopathogenic nematodes; IPM; urban landscape ecology; soil ecology |
| Hall, Denny |
Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center (OBIC) |
614.292.4188 |
Commercial linkages |
| Hammond, Ron |
Entomology |
330.263.3727 |
Field Crop and Forage Entomologist |
| Hogan, Mike |
OSU Extension |
740.264-2212 |
Agriculture and natural resources |
| Hooker, Neal |
Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics |
614.292.3549 |
Food safety and nutrition economics, agri-food policy and international trade, e-agribusiness
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| Hoy, Casey |
Agroecosystems Management Program /Entomology |
330.263.3611 |
Systems analysis and quantitative ecology, agroecosystems management |
| Islam, K. Rafiq |
OSU South Centers |
614.292.4900 Ext 147 |
Soil quality and best managemet practices, Cover crops and nutrient management, Global warming and carbon sequestration |
| Klompen, Hans |
Entomology |
614.292.7180 |
Systematics and evolution of mites |
| Kleinhenz, Matt |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
330.263.3810 |
Vegetable physiology, production, quality, cultural and cropping system management and extension |
| Kovach, Joe |
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program/ Entomology |
330.263.3846 |
IPM, Polyculture systems, Fruit Production and Urban Agriculture
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| LeJeune, DVM PhD, Jeffrey |
Food Animal Health Research Program |
330.263.3739 |
Veterinary epidemiology and bacteriology; pre-harvest control of foodborne diseases; antibiotic resistance related to agriculture; molecular mechanisms of E. coli O157 |
| Lewandowski, Rory |
OSU Extension |
330.264.8722 |
Agriculture and natural resources |
| Lilburn, Michael |
Animal Sciences |
330.263.3992 |
Poultry nutrition, Nutritional physiology |
| Loerch, Steve |
Animal Sciences |
330-263-3900 |
Beef cattle nutrition, Ruminant nutrition, Forage utilization |
| McSpadden Gardener, Brian |
Plant Pathology |
330.202.3565 |
Biological control of plant pathogens; microbial diversity; ecology of plant-associated microbes |
| McCutcheon, Jeff |
OSU Extension |
419.947.1070 |
Agriculture and natural resources |
| Michel, Fred |
Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering |
330.263.3859 |
Composting, Microbial ecology, Biological process engineering, Cellulosic ethanol pretreatment, Corn ethanol process, fermentation
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| Miller, Sally |
Plant Pathology |
330.263.3678 |
Vegetable diseases, Vegetable diagnostic tech
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| Mills-Wasniak, Suzanne |
OSU Extension |
937.224.9654 |
Agriculture and natural resources; commercial agriculture |
| Moore, Richard |
Human & Community Resource Development |
330.202.3538 |
Agroecosystems Management Watershed Social Ecology Ohio and Japan
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| Parker, Jason |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
614.688.4373 |
Sustainability and environment, social aspects of water quality, agriculture, food and food safety, and GMOs |
| Phelan, Larry |
Entomology |
330.263.3728 |
Chemical ecology, metabolomics, insect-plant interactions, biological farming
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| Rajala-Schultz, Paivi |
Veterinary Preventive Medicine |
614.688.0457 |
Dairy production medicine and epidemiology of dairy cattle diseases; bovine mastitis
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| Regnier, Emilie |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
614.292.8497 |
Weed Ecology |
| Roe, Brian |
Agric Environmental & Devlp Econ |
614.688.5777 |
Livestock Economics & Experimental Economics |
| Schuenemann, Gustavo |
Veterinary Preventive Medicine |
614.292.6924 |
Dairy herd fertility, airy records and reproductive management |
| Sharp, Jeff |
School of Environmental & Natural Resources |
614.292.9410 |
Rural Sociology, Sociology of Agriculture, Exurban Community Change, Agricultural Change at the Rural-Urban Interface, Energy and Society
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| Sneller, Clay |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
330.263.3944 |
Wheat breeding and genetics |
| Sundermeier, Alan |
OSU Extension |
419.354.9050 |
Organic grain production |
| Taylor, Robin |
Entomology |
330.263.3961 |
Ecology of migrant insects, ecological modelling, pest management modelling and decision making, sampling theory, computational mathematics |
| Thomison, Peter |
Horticulture & Crop Science |
614.292.6373 |
Corn (field/general), Corn production |
| Vickner, Steve |
Agric, Environmental & Devlp Econ |
614.292.6229 |
Agribusiness management & marketing; economics of organic |
| Vodovotz, Yael |
Food Science and Technology |
614.247.7696 |
Physico-chemical and molecular properties of foods during formulation, processing and storage
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| Wang, Hua |
Food Science & Technology |
614.292.6281 |
Food safety; rapid detection, biofilms, commensal bacteria, antibiotic resistance, gut microbiota |
| Welty, Celeste |
Entomology |
614.292.2803 |
Biology and management of vegetable and fruit pests |
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