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Alabama

Ken Aycock shows off the 18 pound cabbage (12.5 inch head) that he grew this year in his backyard garden using micro-irrigation (NRCS photo)Micro-Irrigation Meets Plasticulture
Alabama NRCS hydraulic engineer Ken Aycock practices what he preaches.  Ken is involved in the EQIP Limited Resource Farmer (LRF) Micro-irrigation/Plasticulture Project.  Ken has worked on projects like this before. In 1988, NRCS cooperated with local sponsors to develop the Chandler Mountain Watershed Project.

 

 

New Jersey

soil scientists from the 18th World Congress of Soil Science at the Phillip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research in Washington Township, New JerseySoil Scientists Studying Area
Fifty soil scientists from the 18th World Congress of Soil Science (see Word from Washington)  took a bus trip to the Phillip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research in Washington Township, New Jersey.  "New Jersey is probably one of the best places in the world to study soil because within a few miles you can get such a variety," said New Jersey NRCS soil scientist Chris Smith.

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NRCS was one of two major sponsors at the 18th World Congress of Soil Science held this week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  This unique international event, held in a different city every four years (last held in the U.S. in 1960), featured presentations by thousands of soil scientists from around the world on such topics as climate change, soils and health, urban planning, crop production, hazardous waste, and more.  NRCS Chief Bruce Knight offered welcoming remarks at the opening ceremony on Monday.  The NRCS Soils Division staffed a booth and organized poster presentations at the event where agency soils experts from across the U.S. spoke.  A special exhibit, Soils — the Foundation of Life, was produced by NRCS Legislative and Public Affairs Division designers Bob Gresh and Jennifer Oh especially for the event.

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18th World Congress of Soil Science Program Booklet

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the many faces of ethnic diversity among NRCS employees and those they serveIncreasing Board and Customer Diversity
NRCS Social Sciences Team Leader Frank Clearfield recently gave a presentation to attendees at the Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) annual meeting in Savannah, Georgia.  During the presentation, Increasing Council and Customer Diversity, draft recruitment and outreach publications were provided to attendees.
 

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