I just submitted a grant proposal, and have another to finish by midnight tonight… Reinvest in the American Society of Agronomy.

It is for $10,000 and is a Girl Scout Program in Agronomy, run in conjunction with Durham Hub Farm (I hope!). I am really excited about this prospect with industry and nonprofits. Collaborations are fun!

This is my program description.

Session 1 (April 2014):  Introductory session.  North Carolina Museum of Natural Science.

• What is Agronomy?
• What is sustainability?
• What is research?
• What types of food are grown in the world?
• Where can we find them?
• Designing a research plan for the Farm.

Session 2:  (April 2014): Crops, food, and Us. Durham Hub Farm

• Initial planting of the site.
• Agronomy and Art project.
• DNA extraction,
• Field trip to Industry Site

Session 3: (May 2014): Soils. Durham Hub Farm

• What is soil?
• Why do we need soil?
• What is soil testing, why is it done?
• Taking soil samples for analysis at our site.
• Measuring soil physical properties.

Session 4:  (May/June 2014) Environmental Agriculture, Durham Hub Farm

• soil water status,
• emergence counts,
• Plant height and characteristics.
• Environmental measurements near the farm

Session 5: (July 2014) Soil nutrition and us. Durham Hub Farm

• Plant Height measurement,
• soil water status
• photographs,
• Cultural Cooking around the world.

Session 6: (August 2014) Durham Hub Farm.

• plant height measurement,
• photographs.
• Field trip to agricultural technology center.

Session 7: (Harvest, August 2014/September) Durham Hub Farm.

• Final height,
• Total yield data,
• Program Wrap Ups