Kate Cassity-Duffey is looking into ways to repurpose fallowed pastureland into suitable organic vegetable land for the benefit of Southeast growers. Photos courtesy of the University of Georgia.
Kate Cassity-Duffey, UGA assistant professor of organic horticulture, is studying ways to help new organic growers overcome weed challenges.
Kate Cassity-Duffey studies soil in a pasture for organic transition
Kate Cassity-Duffey is examining ways to help transition derelict pastureland that has remained fallowed for years to organic production.
In the Organic Farming and Research Foundation’s 2022 National Organic Farmer Survey, growers ranked controlling weeds and nutrient management as top production challenges. Insect and disease control, particularly in the South, were other obstacles listed.
