Whole-Farm Planning and Holistic Management - Phase II

2003 Annual Report for ENE03-081

Project Type: Professional Development Program
Funds awarded in 2003: $87,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2007
Region: Northeast
State: New York
Project Leader:
Phillip Metzger
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Whole-Farm Planning and Holistic Management - Phase II

Summary

Using case studies to guide farm decision-making is one of the educational tools used by extension. This project, which continues ENE01-061, will use materials developed in phase I to educate extension personnel and farmers on approaches to holistic management. Both printed and electronic copies of case studies will be distributed, and the project leader will analyze the outcomes in the target farming community.

Collaborators:

Steve Ritz

steve.ritz@wv.usda.gov
District Conservationist
USDA - NRCS
Romney, WV
Vivianne Holmes

vholmes@umext.maine.edu
Extension Educator
University of Maine
Buckfield, ME
John Thurgood

jmt20@cornell.edu
Extension Educator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware Co.
Walton, NY
Peter Sauer

phsauer@verizon.net
Writer
Orion Magazine
86 Pitts Hill Lane
PO Box 638
Salem, NY 12865-0638
Office Phone: 5188549385
Seth Wilner

seth.wilner@unh.edu
Extension Educator
UNH Extension
Newport, NH
John Gerber

jgerber@umext.umass.edu
Professor
UMASS
Amherst, MA
Margaret Smith

mrgsmith@iastate.edu
Educator
Iowa State University
972 110th Street
Hampton, IA 50441
Office Phone: 5152940887
Mary Child

maryc@mountain.net
Educator
Mountain Farm
Moyers, WV
Karl North

northsheep@juno.com
Farmer Educator
Northland Sheep Dairy
Marathon, NY
Jim Weaver

jaweaver@epix.net
County Planner
Tioga Co. Planning
Wellsboro, PA
Erica Frenay

efrenay22@yahoo.com
Educator
Cornell Small Farms Program
Ithaca, NY