Thank you to all who attended the 2019 Symposium.
Due to COVID-19, we were unable to hold a Symposium in 2020. We hope to see you in 2021!
2019 Organic Symposium
The 2019 symposium had a weed management theme and featured weed ecologist Chuck Mohler as keynote speaker, a panel discussion on on-farm research best practices and a poster session with networking.
SIPS Director Chris Smart welcomes attendees to the 2019 Organic Symposium.
Chuck Mohler, senior research associate in Soil and Crop Sciences, delivers the keynote presentation on ecological weed management.
Bryan Brown of the New York State Integrated Pest Management program presents his research on contrasting weed management philosophies of successful organic vegetable growers.
Laurie Drinkwater, in the Horticulture section, SIPS, leads the panel discussion on best practices for on-farm research.
Attendees participating during the group discussion on how to engage farmers in critical thinking to solve problems or evaluate opportunities on the farm.
Poster presenter Joseph Amsili of the Cornell Soil Health Team discusses his poster with Chris Pelzer of the Sustainable Cropping Systems Lab during the poster session.
An undergraduate student in PLSCS 1900 - Sustainable Agriculture: Food, Farming, and the Future presents her poster to fellow students during the poster session.
Organic farmer Lou Lego of Elderberry Pond discusses his poster with attendees during the poster session.
Thank you to all who attended the 2019 Symposium.
2019 Posters
Twenty-six posters were presented by undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers, extension educators, and growers at the inaugural Cornell Organic Symposium. Below is a list of the posters and their main authors.
These PDFs are currently in a process to bring them up to our web accessibility standards. If you would like one of these posters before this process is completed, please contact jnt3 [at] cornell.edu (Jenn Thomas-Murphy).
List of Posters
Allora Atiyeh
Can organic agriculture feed the world?
Fay Benson
Assisting Organic Dairy Producers to Meet the Demands of Emerging Markets
Thomas Björkman
- A biocontrol fungus that colonizes roots consistently
- The Optimal Time to Establish Late-Summer Crucifer Cover Crops
- Cover Crop Value as Perceived by Organic Vegetable Growers
Lauren Brzozowski
Participatory breeding of downy mildew resistant pickling cucumbers
Maggie Burke
Is Organic Farming Better for the Environment than Conventional Farming?
Ann Bybee-Finley
Building Resilience in the Northeast Through Double Cropping and Forage Diversity
Hannah Cai
"Is organic food more healthful than conventional food?"
Jennifer Grant
Minimum Risk Pesticide Active Ingredient Profiles
Dan Hawes
Is organic farming more profitable than conventional farming?
Christy Hoepting
New Developments for Managing Invasive Insect, Swede Midge in Small-Scale Organic Brassica Production
Ashley Jernigan
Soil Health and Mesofauna Following a Long-Term Organic Grain Cropping Systems Experiment
Julie Kikkert
Organic Management of Foliar Diseases in Table Beets to Support the Expanding Industry In New York State
Eugene Law
Developing Perennial Grain Cropping Systems and Market Opportunities in the Northeast
Louis Lego
Wicking Hills- Managing Water Run-Off on an Organic Vegetable Farm
Jeff Liebert
Tradeoffs among winter cereal species, cultivars, and termination timing in cover crop-based organic no-till—planted soybean systems
Cedric Mason
New York Soil Health Initiative
Sarah Murphy
Milk quality challenges for the organic dairy industry: Grass to glass
Emily Rodekohr
Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Collaborative: Developing and testing new cultivars for organic farms.
Haley Rylander
Opaque plastic tarps suppress weeds and increase yields in organic reduced tillage systems for beets
Abby Seaman
Trichogramma ostriniae takes on a new challenge: Western bean cutworm, an invasive pest in NY
Crystal Stewart
Development of Disease Management, Fertility, and Weed Control Best Practices for Northeast Garlic Production
Kate Woods
Mellow Yellow Greenhouse: Creating a Four-Season Organic Classroom
Gia Yao
Is organic agriculture science based?
David Zakalik
Organic Weed Control Methods in a Honeycrisp Orchard