INTEGRATED PLANT PROTECTION CENTER

EDUCATION

2002

Farm Business Management, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR - 2002 Small Business Management, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR - 2001
B.S. Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 1980
French Language Diploma, First Level, Universite, d’Aix-Marseille, France 1978
General Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 1972-1973

EMPLOYMENT

July, 2003-present

Research Associate, Integrated Plant Protection Center, Farmscaping for Beneficials Project, OSU, Corvallis, OR

Feb, 2000 – present

Owner/Manager, As the Crow Flies Organics, Crow, OR

Feb, 2000- Dec 2002

Manager, Jubilee Cooperative Farm Stand, Veneta, OR

Feb, 1998- Aug, 1999

Market Director, Lane County Farmers' Market, Eugene, OR

May, 1991- May,1997

Agricultural Program Associate, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, Eugene, OR

Feb, 1991- Mar, 1992

Owner/Manager, Ruth and Ruby's Greenhouse, Corvallis, OR

May, 1989- May,1991

Research Assistant, Dept of Soils & Dept of Entomology, OSU, Corvallis, OR

May, 1988- Oct, 1990

Biological Pest Management Consultant, Philomath, OR and Ft. Collins, CO

Feb, 1985-April, 1988

Assistant Greenhouse Manager, Tissue Culture for Crops Project, Botany Dept., CSU

April, 1977-Oct, 1985

Research & Field Technician, Field and Greenhouse Laborer, Plant Pathology Dept., OSU, Ft Collins, CO, Plant Pathology Dept., KSU, Manhattan, KS, San Juan Basin Research Center, OSU, Cortez, CO and Cereprim Farm, Aix-en-Provence, France

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

• President, Corvallis Tilth Chapter, Corvallis, OR Jan, 1990- Dec 1991
• Chair, TilthFest Steering Committee, Corvallis, OR Jan, 1989-Dec, 1990
• Chair, Colorado Agricultural Marketing Coop, Ft. Jan, 1984-Dec, 1987 Collins, CO

 RESEARCH

Intercropping Organic Sweet Corn with Alfalfa, Independent Study, CSU 1981

GRANTS AWARDED

• 2000 USDA, SARE Producers-Marketing Grant, Jubilee Farm Stand, (Cooperative Farm Stand), $5,000
• 1996 Organic Farming Res Foundation,(Develop organic pest management model to exempt certified of growers in state quarantine districts), $5,000
• 1994-6 Wallace Genetic Foundation NCAP, (Reducing Pesticides in Red Raspberry Production-Farm Clubs), $30,000
• 1990 Sustainable Ag Research and Education Program, UC Davis, (Farmer to Farmer Program-TilthFest), $1,500

PUBLICATIONS

Book contributions

Bane, G., Dick, R., and Murray, H. A Sustainable Agriculture Resource Guide for Oregon and Washington. OSU Extension Publication 8531, 1992.