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Author:: Trauger, Amy Kathryn
Title:: Social, Economic and Environmental Justice: A Network Analysis of Sustainable Agriculture in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: sustainable agriculture
social justice
networks
File:: Download final_dissertation_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Melissa Wright, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Mc Carthy, Committee Member

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Author:: Jacobs, Allyson Rose Gatski
Title:: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF SUSTAINABLE AND CONVENTIONAL FARMERS AS THEY NAVIAGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Climate change
sustainable agriculture
risk society
autonomous adaptation
File:: Download AllysonJacobs_FinalThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: William Ewart Easterling Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Cook, Justine Cecilia
Title:: Improving the synchrony of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) nitrogen release for corn (Zea mays) growth
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: fertility management
nitrogen loss
cover crop
green manure
sustainable agriculture
no till
File:: Download JCC_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Moschera, Misha Caroline
Title:: A Case Study of a Family Based Intervention for Introducing Sustainable Agriculture into Limited-Income Communities
Graduate Program:: Applied Youth, Family, and Community Education
Keywords:: family based intervention
sustainable agriculture
limited-income communities
File:: Download Moschera_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew Kaplan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Kaplan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Mirsky, Steven Brian
Title:: EVALUATING CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MANAGING WEED POPULATIONS WITH COVER CROPS
Graduate Program:: Agronomy
Keywords:: cover crops
population dynamics
weed seedbanks
no till
sustainable agriculture
File:: Download Final_DISSERTATION111.pdf
Committee Members:: William Curran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

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Author:: Douglas, Margaret Rose
Title:: The influence of farming practices on slugs and their predators in reduced-tillage field crops in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: slugs
Deroceras reticulatum
conservation tillage
no-till
biological control
Carabidae
sustainable agriculture
File:: Download Margaret_Douglas_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Wood, Kathleen Faye
Title:: Laboring to Learn and Learning to Labor: experiences Of Farm Interns On Sustainable Farms
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology
Keywords:: Internships
agricultural labor practices
sustainable agriculture
vocational training
File:: Download ThesisFinal_KFW.pdf
Committee Members:: Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Cheesman, Hilary Kessler
Title:: Plant-associated Microbes For The Sustainable Production Of Faba Bean (vicia Faba L.) With Applications In South America
Graduate Program:: Plant Pathology
Keywords:: faba
sustainable agriculture
plant-associated microbes
Bacillus
Andes
Botrytis
faba
sustainable agriculture
plant-associated microbes
Bacillus
Andes
Botrytis
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Hilary_Cheesman_July_24_etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Beth Krueger Gugino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Anthony Backman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Babbie, Kristin Barbara
Title:: Intersections of Knowledge, New Information Technologies, and Ideas of Good Farming in Southeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Italy
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology
Keywords:: sustainable agriculture
good farming
information communication technology
Pennsylvania
Italy
farming
sociology
rural
File:: Download BabbieKristin_FinalThesis_MSRuralSociology.pdf
Committee Members:: Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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