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Recorded Presentations from the Organic Agriculture Research Forum at the SSAWG Conference on January 23, 2020

The Organic Agriculture Research Forum, organized by Tuskegee University and the Organic Farming Research Foundation research forum featured oral presentations, facilitated round table discussions, and a robust joint poster session with SSAWG. Many of the presentations and posters are by researchers and collaborating students in the Southeast Partnership!

Watch the recordings as a playlist on YouTube here

Learn more about the conference and download the proceedings here

The following presentations and posters from the conference were from the Southeast Partnership research project:

• Kokoasse Kpomblekou-A, Professor, Tuskegee University Welcome remarks and program overview: Status of organic farming research in the Southeast.
• Desmond Mortley, Professor, Tuskegee University. Participatory vegetable crop variety trials in the Southeast: Biomass yields.
• Franklin Quarcoo, Assistant Professor, Tuskegee University. Organic pesticide trials in the Southeast: How to manage pests in the Southeast.
• Adelia Bovell-Benjamin, Professor, Tuskegee University. Nutritional quality of selected organic vegetables: A review.
• Julian Jones, Graduate Student, Tuskegee University. Attributes of organically grown squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum).
• Keniya Davis, Graduate Student, Tuskegee University. Consumers hedonic liking of organic squash (Cucurbita pepo L.).
• Keniya Davis and Julian Jones, Tuskegee University. Organic pesticides influence the nutritional and physical properties of organically grown sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam). Poster.
• Sonu Koirala BK, Tuskegee UniversityTomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata) management in organic tomato production in Alabama: Performance of selected biopesticides and host preference of the insect pest. Poster.
• Caitlin Skinner, Tuskegee University. Effects of thermal pretreatment on anaerobic methane production from a belowground cocktail of cover crops. Poster.
• Andreka Wills, Tuskegee University. Storage root yield and elemental leaf concentration of three sweet potato varieties in response to organic fertilizer. Poster.

Integrated Pest Management Tips by Dr. Franklin Quarcoo, Tuskegee University

Tomato Hornworm*

Dont Kill Every Single Pest!*

Videos on Organic Certification

• Organic Certification Made Simple by Florida Organic Growers and USDA
• The Road to Organic Certification by WILL and Carolina Farm Stewardship

Alabama Grower Spotlights

Sheila Dicks, Joy Haven Farm in Shorter, Alabama*

Yawah Awolowo, Mahalah Farms in Cuba, Alabama*

*Produced by Leslie Anne Grill