Team Members

1-2pm $8 per person Come and make your own herbal tea right here on the farm! Head to the gardens for this workshop with one of our staff educators to learn about the different herbs we grow right here at Wolfe’s Neck Center. We will then use fresh and dried herbs to brew a cup … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/saturday-september-7-herbal-tea-workshop/">Continued</a>

10:30am — 12:00pm $10 per person Join us at Wolfe’s Neck Center for a program celebrating the classic children’s story, “Strega Nona”. We will meet at the Farm Store (184 Burnett Road) where we will read the story. Then we’ll load into the wagon for a ride to our gardens to pick some farm fresh tomatoes. After, … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/monday-september-9-strega-nona-snack-story/">Continued</a>

Dan TerAvest is soil scientist and co-founder of Our Sci, LLC, which supports community-based research through appropriate open source hardware and software and training. Prior to co-founding Our Sci, he was part of the PhotosynQ project at Michigan State University, where he managed international research collaborations in Africa and South America. His duties included building … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/dan-teravest/">Continued</a>

Sieg has been a member of the American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America since 1983, was elected a fellow in 2010, awarded the International Service Award in 2015, and Fulbright Fellowships in 2009 and 2016. She has published two books, 128 journal articles and dozens of extension bulletins as well as … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/sieglinde-snapp/">Continued</a>

Dr. William Salas is President of Applied GeoSolutions, LLC and President of DNDC Application, Research and Training, LLC. He received a Ph.D. Natural resources from University of New Hampshire (UNH). He worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UNH Complex Systems Research Center. His work and research focuses on the use of geospatial technologies for … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/william-salas/">Continued</a>

Chris serves as an agronomist working on sustainable production of feed grains. He is the Director of Research at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) in Goldsboro, North Carolina and Chair of the Southern Cover Crops Council. He serves as a university representative on the Digital Research Stations Committee to prepare a vision for … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/chris-reberg-horton/">Continued</a>

My work is at the intersection of informatics and agriculture. Currently, I’m designing information tools and data pipelines for cover crop research and practice at the Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab at USDA ARS. In the past, I’ve investigated information challenges faced by smaller scale farmers in California and developed a modeling language to capture the … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/ankita-raturi/">Continued</a>

Keith Paustian is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University. A major focus of his work involves modeling, field measurement and development of assessment tools for soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. He has … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/keith-paustian/">Continued</a>

Dr. Steven Mirsky is a research agro-ecologist in the Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (Beltsville, Maryland). His program quantifies how soil and climate interact with cover crop management and genetics to influence crop production and resilience, weeds, economics, soil health, and environmental impact. Dr. Mirsky directs the Northeast Cover Crop Council, an … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/steven-mirsky/">Continued</a>

Zia Mehrabi is a Research Associate at the University of British Columbia, where he works on the food system, climate change, and agricultural technology, and is appointed at The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability, and the Center for Sustainable Food Systems. At UBC he helps teach … <a href="https://www.wolfesneck.org/team/zia-mehrabi/">Continued</a>