Windsor Organic Research Team

WORT is an interdisciplinary/interinstitutional team of researchers from the Illinois Natural History Survey and the UI College of ACES, researching organic production issues for Illinois farmers. The team works closely with a farmer advisory committee who guide research objectives and provide feedback on research results for the team. Research is conducted on the Cruse tract of the UI South Farms in Champaign Illinois.

WORT: Contact List — by Dan Anderson — last modified April 17, 2006 11:04 AM

Research and Outreach Participants

WORT: Farmer Advisory Committee — by Dan Anderson — last modified April 17, 2006 11:03 AM

WORT has compiled a committee of extremely competitent organic farmers from around the state to help guide research and provide feedback on evolving results.

WORT: Fertility Philosophy — by Dan Anderson — last modified April 17, 2006 12:16 PM

Managing Organic Fertility; Strategies, Costs and Benefits

WORT: Outreach Philosophy — by Dan Anderson — last modified April 17, 2006 12:23 PM

 

WORT: 2002/2003 Plan — by Dan Anderson — last modified June 21, 2006 07:55 AM

WORT experimental design

WORT: 2004 Plan — by Dan Anderson — last modified April 17, 2006 11:19 AM

Cropping Intensity and Organic Amendments in Transitional Farming Systems: Effects on Soil Fertility, Weeds, Diseases, and Insects

WORT: Year 1 Photos — by Dan Anderson — last modified June 09, 2006 03:43 PM

 

Illinois Organic Production Conference — by Dan Anderson — last modified February 23, 2007 05:14 PM

The Annual Organic Production Conference is typically held in January. This is a link to the latest event or the one currently being planned.

Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children's Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides — by Dan Anderson — last modified May 18, 2006 01:28 PM

By Chensheng Lu, Kathryn Toepel, Rene Irish, Richard A. Fenske, Dana B. Barr, and Roberto Bravo. Environ Health Perspect 114:260–263 (2006). Available via http://dx.doi.org/ [Online 1 September 2005].

Changes in USDA Food Composition Data for 43 Garden Crops, 1950 to 1999 — by Dan Anderson — last modified May 18, 2006 12:08 PM

By Donald R. Davis, PhD, FACN, Melvin D. Epp, PhD and Hugh D. Riordan, MD. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 23, No. 6, 669-682 (2004). Published by the American College of Nutrition. JACN Online, http://www.jacn.org/.

Development of arable weed seedbanks during the 6 years after the change from conventional to organic farming — by Sagra — last modified July 13, 2006 04:51 PM

H. ALBRECHT -- Vegetation Ecology, Department of Ecology, TU Muenchen-Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany

The US Organic Industry: Important Trends and Emerging Issues for the USDA — by Dan Anderson — last modified August 30, 2006 03:44 PM

By Dawn Thilmany, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1172. Appeared in Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, Agribusiness Marketing Report, April 2006. ABMR 06-01.