• Master of Science in horticulture, 1980, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
• Bachelor of Science in horticulture, 1978, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
Upson has been with the Noble Foundation since 1988 and works with both NF-1 and NF-2 cooperators. He oversees Noble Foundation research and demonstration of raised bed gardening techniques and has promoted and implemented community gardening projects. In commercial horticulture, he specializes in modified environmental (hoop house) vegetable and small fruit production.
Before coming to the Foundation, he managed a commercial vegetable farm and was an Extension horticulture agent for Oklahoma State University.
Upson authored the video and publication Permanent Raised Bed Gardening as well as the publication Hit and Miss: The Cumulative Experiences of an Ex-Vegetable Grower.