People
Project Team
Our team includes organic researchers; faculty who teach undergraduate courses in agronomy, weed science, horticulture, and soil science; Extension staff with education programs across Minnesota; and regional organizations including The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (Wisconsin), Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (Minnesota), and the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (Wisconsin). The people on our team are:
- Craig Sheaffer (Project PI), Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
- Jeff Gunsolus, Professor and Extension Weed Scientist, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
- Tom Michaels, Professor, Vegetable Crop Genetics, Department of Horticulture, University of Minnesota
- John Lamb, Professor, Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota
- Michelle Miller, Associate Director, the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS), University of Wisconsin
- Kristine Moncada, Scientist, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
- Connie Carlson, Specialist, Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, University of Minnesota
- Gigi DiGiacomo, Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
- Adria Fernandez, Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
- Carmen Fernholz, Organic Agriculture Research Coordinator, University of Minnesota
- Harriet Behar, Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service
- Jody Padgham, Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service
- Alice Formiga, eOrganic, Oregon State University
If you have any questions about this project, please contact Kristine Moncada (monc0003@umn.edu).
Our Partners
The Principles for Transitioning project is based at the University of Minnesota and is funded by a grant from the Organic Transitions Program, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Grant number 2013-51106-21005