New England Center for Sustained Soil and Water Health Laboratory Bldg., Orono, ME
Building organic matter in soil beds for People’s Garden, Orono, ME
Organic vegetable trials evaluating effects of different cover crops and biocontrol amendments, Newport, ME
Long-term potato cropping system trials evaluating effects of different crop management strategies in potato production, Presque Isle, ME
Potato harvest time, Presque Isle, ME
Organic vegetable trials evaluating effects of different mulches and soil amendments, St. Albans, ME
Mission
The mission of the New England Center for Sustainable Soil and Water Health is to provide solutions for protecting agricultural resources from the impacts of anthropogenically-derived chemicals and thereby safeguard the human food chain. The primary focus is studying the chemical, biological, and physical processes that control the transfers of anthropogenically-derived chemicals into soil, crops, feed, and livestock, with a particular emphasis on the development of effective approaches for mitigating these transfers.