Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Current Activities: Erin -4th year IOP no till organic rotation with crimped rye and soybean and vetch/corn combo -Collaboration with Midwestern BioAg in Wisc. Trying to improve dialog and collegiality with UW on micronutrient and humics relations. Jennifer Reeve USU Soil Quality -organic peaches 6 trts plus control conventional -testing humics in onions, including thrips responses -compost use in high tunnels combining with legume cover crops to balance N and P -compost carryover in low OM veg systems Kathleen Delate -Integ. Org. Prog. (IOP) project on no till vs. tilling cover crops under Pat Carr -SC0083 outputs  book chapter coming out as a lit review -Renewable Ag and Sustainable Systems will have an article on organics and soil health Bill Evans -summer cover crops, cover crops in high tunnels, organic amendment and fertilizer studies Craig Cogger Pasturing sheep on various cover crop and pasture systems Carl Motsenbocker SSARE Summer Cover Crop Study Charles Shapiro Check presentation Future Work Carl mentioned food safety issues, GAPS, soil contamination, small farms and a possible exemption from some regs. Pat  Need a food quality person active in the committee. Linking organic farming, soils, food safety/quality Michigan State, Nebraska food safely Vicky Schlegal Planning grant proposal idea brought un in 2011 meeting. Craig mentioned working with Chen a bit. WSU Preston Andrews and others working on soil issues - Food chemist too - Karen Killinger Food Sci/Food Safety of meat and veg. Jennifer mentioned Allison Mitchell at UCDavis Pat has 27 1.5 ha plots with no project prepped for grazing beef cattle. Wants collaborators on integrating animals into plant ag research Also 30 60X100 plots in a long term organic tillage systems with sheep (w/ Montana State) as weed control in the perennial pastures. Dry land mostly NDSU does not have people interested in organic food safety issues. Jennifer planning to put in for a climate change cropping systems grant to look at legumes in animal systems; birdsfoot trefoil. We CSU, UWy. UND could be a partner. Jennifer and Pat discussing an organic wheat/animal rotation study Nebraska - Fine tuning the crimper use. No till organics needed. Assessment of ecosystem services to N Tie up with rye residue Compost applications in cover crop systems Would it be useful to have a list of people with relevant expertise? Mary described a high tunnel organic system that might have some good protocols to review for this group: Cary Rivard now at KSU; Suzanne OConnell NCSt. Carl talked of grower using Haygrove high tunnels as rain out shelters then strip till and fert in cover crops. UWash Doug Collins CO2 Evolultion African vegetable cropping systems Soil improvement Pedro Millenium Development Project Multipronged approach Sig Snapp at MSU Uganda Kathleen Delate P loading in organic systems NEED TO GET FOOD SCIENTISTS TO THE MEETINGS AND INVOLVED IN THE COMMITTEE Lipid scientists at USU finding that trefoil improves milk quality Walter Goldstein breeding corn for higher methyonene Mary talked about understanding and manipulating forage quality to alter food quality 2012 Meeting Plans ASA Cincinnati? How to get food sci and nutrition there? Craig Symposium on this topic plus this meeting Proposal due Dec. 2011 for 2012 There will be a soil biology symposium Invite key outsiders Medical Conferences Food Science Conferences Nutrition All Things Organic/OTA Conference Pulll through marketing to food sci from food marketers Georgia Organics ISHS Organic Fruit WG meeting in Washington (w/IFOAM) New England Organic Conf. Med schools Planning grants MOSES in LaCross WI Meet or have e-conference Have quarterly Chats? FB Group? ASA Oct. 21-25, 2012 Cincinnati Planning Grant Invite speaker Wendell Berry inspirational speaker Alison Mitchell UC Davis Penny Perkins-Veazie  NCState Groups S-3, S-4, S-8, Organic CoP could be part of it Preston Andrews (OSU research on food science and human nutrition) Need to attend the ASA Organic Management Systems Community meeting to present to the meeting. Cindy is running the community meeting in San Antonio Proposal due Dec. 15 for a symposium Propose symposium for later in the meeting and the group meeting on the 26th. Elections Decided that no Secretary would be elected so Bill and Jennifer go as Chair and Chair Elect as scheduled. 2012 Outputs and Goals Symposium and meeting at ASA  Publications, too! Complete Application for grant for symposium (ASA and SSSA and CSSA) Jennifer Agronomy OMSC and S-3; S-4 and S-8 Dr. Shapiro; CSSA? C-3(Bill) Increase involvement of food science and nutrition in the committee - ALL Document one or more collaborative proposal(s) is/are submitted by committee members Submit the annual NIMSS report on time Due Dec. 23, 2011. Jennifer and Bill Present poster at ASHS 2011 and ASA 2012  Pat and Bill Print poster as handout for ASHS  Bill