Backyard Orchard News
Jeff Mitchell receives grant funds for new high school ag sustainability courses.
Jeff Mitchell, Cooperative Extension Cropping Systems Specialist at the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences and Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center, recently received a $5000 grant from the agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto to support a program of high school activities aimed at Ag sustainability.
Mitchell will work with the Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) Center, which promotes the principles of conservation agriculture, which include reduced soil disturbance, permanent soil cover cropping, and crop rotation practices.
Jeff Mitchell receiving a $5000 grant from Monsanto.
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