WSU's Biologically Intensive Agriculture
and Organic Farming (BIOAg) Program

Accomplishments
  • Ensured WSU commitment to sustainable farming through a precedent-setting "Letter of Mutual Commitment" between the Network and WSU's College of Agriculture
  • Allocation of $700,000 in federal funds for organic research at Washington State University
  • Creation of WSU's Small Farms Program to serve the research needs of small farmers across the state
  • Lead constituent group working with WSU to develop BIOAg program—a comprehensive research, teaching and outreach program on organic and biologically-intensive agriculture
  • Full-time Director for the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at WSU
  • Secured $400,000 in state funding for WSU's Biologically Intensive Agriculture and Organic Farming Program in 2006