Professor
University of Rhode Island
State: RI
(w) (401) 874-2755
About
Dr. Brown leads the vegetable program at URI. She has a 3-way appointment with responsibilities for teaching, research, and extension, and the program is fully integrated. The URI vegetable program focuses on peri-urban and direct-market production systems. Dr. Brown was trained in vegetable breeding and genetics at the University of Minnesota and Oregon State University. She has been at URI since 2005. In addition to working on all aspects of vegetable production, Dr. Brown conducts research on cover crops, forage crops, and the use of grasses and forbs native to New England in low-input landscapes, particularly roadsides.
Projects
| ONE17-291 | Testing laser scarecrows for neighbor-friendly bird damage reduction in sweet corn on periurban farms |
| GNE16-136 | Developing production protocols and connecting producers to consumers of vegetable amaranth |
| GNE11-026 | Using green seaweed (Ulva spp.) as a soil amendment: Effects on soil quality and yield of sweet corn (Zea mays L.) |
| LNE10-293 | Cover cropping strategies for year-round weed control on mixed vegetable farms in southern New England |