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Ferrum College professor reflects on time in Brussels

Tim Durham
Tim Durham
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After recently spending time with farmers from a dozen countries representing five continents, Tim Durham, an agriculture professor at Ferrum College, has a better sense of the issues affecting farmers throughout the rest of the world. Read more about Durham’s experience as he and his cohort became members of the Global Farmer Network, in this article by Leigh Prom, The Franklin News-Post.

නාම යෝජනා සඳහා අපේක්ෂකයින් සඳහා පිළිගනු ලැබේ 2022 ගෝලීය ගොවි ජාල වට මේස සහ නායකත්ව පුහුණුව. සිදුවීම ගැන වැඩිදුර ඉගෙන ගන්න මෙහි.

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ටිම් 5 වන පරම්පරාවේ ගොවියෙකි, educator, and agvocate. His family operates Deer Run Farm – a 30 acre
“truck” farm on Long Island, New York – where they grow leafy greens, සහ නිව් යෝර්ක් නගරයට ආසන්න ඖෂධ පැළෑටි, and herbs. Though conventional, the farm fashions itself biointensive, using Integrated Pest Management, naturally-derived biorationals, and organic amendments. Fractional monoculture is also a focus: small-scale, intensive cropping punctuated by rotations and cover crops. ප්රතිඵලයක් වශයෙන්, Deer Run Farm was hailed as a “national model” by the New York State Agricultural Environmental Management program for its stewardship. As one of a handful of farms outside of New York City, it faces unique challenges, especially those associated with urban-edge agriculture.
තුළ 2005, he enrolled in the University of Florida’s Plant Medicine Program – an interdisciplinary “plant doctor” degree that parallels an M.D. or D.V.M. In the offseason, he’s an Associate Professor of Crop Science at Ferrum College, VA.

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