Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17
Outputs Target Audience:Food Systems and Food Safety: Farmers, brokers, distributors, aggregators, processors, buyers, consumers, policy makers, creditors, farmers market managers, county and city officials, state agencies responsible for food trade, processing and service activities. When schools are involved as buyers, there is an emphasis on those schools with 51% or greater participation in the National School Lunch program Organic/Sustainable Horticulture: Farmers, consumers, buyers, technical service providers and NRCS staff in particular, community and school gardens leads and practitioners Changes/Problems:No major changes or problems to report. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?1. Improving Production, Distribution and Diversification in Florida's Food System Provided leadership for the Farm to School team as their faculty advisor. I receive no funding in this role, yet I remain very active in program planning, development, and mentoring the staff of ten who serve as Regional Farm to School Coordinators (now referred to as Food Systems Specialists). Nominated Farm to School Statewide Coordinator (under my supervision) for Superior Accomplishment Award. He won. Interviewed for his replacement (he is now my PhD student) and helped to hire/train new State Coordinator. Wrote letters of recommendation for F2S staff seeking other employment (moving on) or graduate school. (One staffer received dream job offer at CCOF, one other began graduate school). Member of Central District Food Systems Advisory Board. Co-led Central District training. Assisted in the design of educational programming including a food systems wheel and learning objectives needed for desired outcomes. Food Systems In-Service Training for Service Providers, including Extension. (Lead organizer and recipient of internal competitive award ($6,000, Extension Administration) to fund Food Systems Think Tank March 20-22, 2017 in Apopka. Trained 25 participants over 1.5 days; the format included presentations, group exercises, farm tours. Developed extensive food systems resource notebook for each participant. In addition, I served as co-organizer for: Using the USDA Impact Toolkit, a training that immediately preceded mine to 35 attendees. March, 2017 2. Food Safety A new project was awared. Co-PI on USDA NIFA award Build Your Own Farm Food Safety Manual, the award will fund staff supervised by me to create colorful, professional educational content on farm food safety and will be specifically targeted to small farm operators. 3. Sustainable/Organic Horticulture Provided undergraduate instruction on sustainable and organic farming to approximately 350 students (total) in the following courses: FRC 1010 Fruit for Fun and Profit, and HOS 3420/6932 Nutrition of Horticultural Crops. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?1. Improving Production, Distribution and Diversification in Florida's Food System Invited panelist to the UF/IFAS Extension Symposium's Food System Plenary. One of 5 to answer food systems questions from Florida Extension. 350 attendees. Invited keynote speaker to the Florida EFNEP Annual Meeting. Presentation titled Myth-Busting Your Food. June 2017. 75 attendees. 2. Food Safety FInvited to give the presentation Food Safety at Farmers Markets Sin Sarasota County at the Farmers Market Manager Training. September (30 attednees) 3. Sustainable/Organic Horticulture Twilight Carrot Field Day, Live Oak, March 2017. Presented carrot findings from 2016 to 50+ producers, agency staff and industry representatives. Invited speaker SE Fruit and Vegetable Conference Organic Carrot Production to be presented in January 2018 in Savannah, GA. National Cover Crop Conference - Invited Speaker: Reduced Tillage in Organic Vegetable Systems Invited to give the following educaitonal sessions (n=attendee number) Organic Farming - Certified Crop Advisor Training, Oct 2017. (75) Resources for Organic Farmers - FOG Food and Farming Summit Sept 2017 (30) Vegetable Production for Small Farms - Marion County Beginning Farmers March 2017 (10) Cover crops for Florida Gardens - Master Gardener State Conference October 2017 (30) What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?2018 begins the final year of this HATCH project. A few grant projects will be finalized this coming year, and I will be reflecting upon accomplishments, emerging research needs and Extension education needs as I begin writing a new 5-year HATCH proposal. There are sufficient funds and personnel resources to meet current commitments.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Improving Production, Distribution and Diversification in Florida's Food System This project has supported an increase in market opportunities this year by finalizing an advanced draft of the Florida DIrect Marketing Handbook. This 88pp color handbook is designed for specialty crop producers seeking information on best practices, polies and procedures of selling direct to consumer. Print copies are planned for spring 2018. 2. Food Safety The School Garden Food Safety online training was completed with the support of staff and colleagues. The Florida Dept of Agric. Division of Food Nutrition and Wellness will oversee the administration of the training and it will be required of every school that desires to have their garden certified (verification of the pledge of adoption of best practices, including record keeping and maintaining current on new food safety information). 3. Sustainable/Organic Horticulture 3.1 Co-PI (Florida lead) for the four-year USDA OREI grant "Evaluating Paper Bags for Pest Management in Organic Peaches". I recruited a graduate student (PhD) and farmer cooperator for the research. Student was invited to Alpha Epsilon Lambda Nov 2017. Research plan for Spring 2018 was completed for work to be held on a USDA certified organic family farm located in central Florida. The student's committee is complete. This is a new project and there is not data to report yet. 3.2 Co-PI FDACS Office of Ag and Water Policy grant Organic and Conventional BMPs for Carrot in Northeast Florida. Completed second year of research. . 3.3 Small Farms BMP Manual (@ request of FDACS) team member to write and review manual prior to final adoption and publication. This is a new manual and will be added to the FDACS BMP Series specifically designed to protect water quality and reduce water use in agriculture. Manual is in final draft form.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Treadwell, D. 2017. Carrot Industry Emerging in Florida. Vegetable and Specialty Crop News. July 6, 2017. http://vscnews.com/carrot-industry-emerging-florida/
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Perez, J., Treadwell, D., Hochmuth, R., Broughton, B., Boyette, M. and D. Campbell. Nitrogen Management in Organic Carrot Production in North Florida. Southeastern Fruit and Vegetable Association Annual Meeting. Poster (Abstract) January 2018.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Treadwell, D., Hochmuth, R., Zampieri, L. and Perez, J. 2018. Developing Nitrogen Best Management Practices to Reduce Risk to Water Quality in Organic Carrot in Florida. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Annual Meeting. Oct. 21-26, Tampa, FL. (Oral Presentation) Electronic Abstract: https://scisoc.confex.com/crops/2017am/webprogram/Paper107430.html
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Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16
Outputs Target Audience:Food Systems: Farmers, brokers, distributors, aggregators, processors, buyers, consumers, policy makers, creditors, farmers market managers, county and city officials, state agencies responsible for food trade, processing and service activities. When schools are involved as buyers, there is an emphasis on those schools with 51% or greater participation in the National School Lunch program Organic/Sustainable Horticulture: Farmers, consumers, buyers, technical service providers and NRCS staff in particular, community and school gardeners Changes/Problems:Convincing growers to attend and follow food safety trainings and best practices continues to be a vexing challenge. We have been successful in recruiting our highly visible farmers to participate and adopt food safety practices, but there are many more in the state that still need training. Disappointingly, attempts to engage farmers to attend farm food safety training through farmers' market networks has been met with a degree of contempt. Farmers and market managers do not agree with our team's encouragement and concern for possible libel should something happen down the road. We were successful at meeting our goals in our FDACS Specialty Crop Block grant, but recognize that training these farmers is still our responsibility at the moment, in the absence of other venues or partners. We will continue our efforts to strategize about effective communication strategies and will try new approaches to reach the segments of our clientele that for now seem unwilling to participate in farm food safety training. No other problems or challenges to report in terms of fulfilling objectives in competitive awards. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?1. Improving Production, Distribution and Diversification in Florida's Food System Two invited presentations were delivered to the beneficiaries listed for the production and distribution objectives. Developed specifically for an audience of farmers and chefs in Florida's panhandle, the 30 minute presentation titled "Hot Topics in Food and Farming" reviewed green labels including the National Organic Program, discussed genetically modified crops and their perceptions (and misperceptions) by the buying public, and proposed a framework for discussing emotionally charged topics in our food system. Slide presentation followed by discussion. May 20, 2016. Participants = 19. UF/IFAS Extension Escambia County, Cantonment, FL. A 15 minute presentation to farmers and local decision makers interested in expanding local food economies titled "Fruit and Vegetable Marketing" was one of eleven presentations at the day long program UF/IFAS Tampa Bay Cottage Industry Expo. Participants = 45. Wesley Chapel, FL. July 30, 2016. 2. Food Safety A 30 minute presentation titled "Overview of Farmers' Markets: Current Status and Future Opportunities" was presented to an audience primarily of farmers' market managers and vendors at the program Best Practices at Farmers' Markets - Improving Food Safety and Market Growth, led by collaborator S. Ahn. Participants = 38. August 16, 2016. Orlando, FL. 3. Sustainable/Organic Horticulture Six invited presentations were delivered to the beneficiaries listed for the organic and sustainable horticulture objectives. A three hour program titled "All about Soil" was developed to teach advanced gardeners the underlying mechanisms important for a healthy soil and the best practices necessary to optimize plant health and crop yield. Participants were adults active in the Grow Gainesville community organization. A slide presentation, demonstrations, and visual aids including microscopes, plants, roots, soil, and soil organisms were included in the program. Participants = 29. June 16, 2016. Gainesville, FL. With collaborator S. Weiss, an in-field demonstration on termination of tropical cover crops was given to farmers, academics, students and technical service providers at the SARE-sponsored Southeast Cover Crops Conference. The demonstrations were planned and planted three months in advance, and special equipment was provided. The work reflected our research findings from our SR SARE grant. Participants who came to our demonstration = 125. July 18-19, 2016. Goldsboro, NC. This demonstration was recorded and published. https://www.southernsare.org/News-and-Media/Regional-Resources/Regional-Videos/Southern-Cover-Crop-Conference-Videos A 30 minute presentation was given with J. Love titled "at the Southeast Cover Crops Conference, July 18-19, 2016. Goldsboro, NC. Participants = 20 A 30 minute presentation titled "Overview of Soil Health" was shared with farmers and technical service providers at Florida A&M University's Soil Health and Quality Workshop. August 31, 2016. Participants = 11. Keynote speaker for the Northeast Florida Master Gardener Association titled "Vegetable and Cover Crop Varieties for Northeast Florida Gardens. The presentation was 45 minutes and included a question and answer session. September 8, 2016. Participants = 280. Jacksonville, FL A 15 minute presentation was delivered to water quality stakeholders including land owners, farmers, agency personnel, members of the High Springs Water Alliance and technical service providers titled "UF/IFAS Programs for Resource Conservation on Small Farms". A short discussion followed. October 27, 2016. Participants = 55. High Springs, FL. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?1. Improving Production, Distribution and Diversification in Florida's Food System Face to face conversations, informally as well as in a formal program, oral presentations, visual aids, handouts, newsletter articles, blogs, web-based training. 2. Food Safety Face to face conversations, informally as well as in a formal program, oral presentations, visual aids, handouts, newsletter articles, blogs. 3. Sustainable/Organic Horticulture In addition to the methods previously described, program results have been disseminated in the classroom to graduate and undergraduate students during invited guest lectures including FRC 1010 ("Organic Fruit Production" Growing Fruit for Fun and Profit, 1 CR elective, enrollment = 275), as well as student groups ("The Science of Sustainable Agriculture" Sigma Alpha n=50). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?1. Improving Production, Distribution and Diversification in Florida's Food System A full proposal was submitted to FDACS' Specialty Crop Block Grant Program to request funding to develop educational content based on research for small farm operators, including revisions to the specialty crop portion of the website. Assist my recent PhD graduate in publishing his papers from his dissertation. Continue to develop relationships and look for funding opportunities to address objectives. Complete the competency based PSE web-based training for SNAP-Ed and EFNEP networks. 2. Food Safety I will participate in the Train the Trainer course: Produce Safety Alliance's Produce Food Safety Training scheduled for early 2017. Four grower PSA trainings are planned thus far for 2017. Continue to mentor agents and as co-PI of the Southern Center grant facilitate opportunities for agent food safety training. 3. Sustainable/Organic Horticulture To advance the nitrogen use efficiency in organic vegetable production systems and reduce risk to groundwater quality, a proposal was submitted to FDACS Office of Agriculture and Water Policy to update best nitrogen management practices for organic carrot and conventional carrot from previous recommendations written 30+ years prior. The Southern Cover Crop Council board has prioritized the development of a cover crop decision tool, and we will begin working on that in 2017. I will seek external funding to assist with this development. Continue to mentor PhD student and refine his course of study in organic specialty crop systems.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Improving Production, Distribution and Diversification in Florida's Food System 1.1 Provided leadership for the Florida Farm to School (F2S) team (FTE 10.0). The team trained 103 farmers, established or enhanced 64 school and 10 community gardens, provided opportunities for 287 students who tried a new healthy produce item, and received and/or processed 60,746 lb of produce from local farms for school consumption. 1.2 The F2S Team published two Newsletter Issues, one for spring and one for late summer. Each issue (6-8 pp) contained several short articles, photographs, tips and additional resources, and a calendar. Recipients (n=250) include program partners and beneficiaries. http://uffnp.org/farm-to-school-and-community/ 1.3 Co-authored a food systems poster: Torres, T., Korman, D. Treadwell & D. Campbell. 2016. Training the Trainer: Sustainable Professional Development Opportunities for School Garden Coordinators. National Farm to Cafeteria Conference. June 2-4, 2016. Madison, WI. 1.4 The Small Farms Program hosted 2 regional conferences to strengthen local food networks (N= 310). Participants (66%) self-identified as farmers or prospective farmers. 90% of respondents would attend the conferences again, and 95% planned to share new information with another farmer. 79% of respondents acquired the skills to diversify their operation with a new crop or service. 49% were completely confident they would apply new knowledge gained from the event. 1.5 I led the design, funding effort, and implementation of a two-day food systems retreat for faculty.The 34 attendees included State Specialists, RSAs, and county agents from 23 academic departments or UF/IFAS Extension county offices who developed short and long-term programming plans, new content and T4 platform for our website and an executive summary for UF/IFAS administrators and attendees. 1.6 Participated in 2 day PI meeting in Atlanta, GA January 2016 for project managers for the National Center for Obesity Prevention. We planned a DACCUM process to evaluate stakeholder's opinions on policy systems and environmental (PSE) changes most likely to impart change, and an interactive website to train SNAP-Ed staff responsible for PSE programming on PSEs. 1.7 Co-Chair of a PhD student who completed his dissertation "Creating Successful Farm to School Programs in Florida: A County-Wide Feasibility Study of Direct Procurement". The project documented needs of farmers and school food buyers and proposed solutions. The student graduated with a degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering with a minor in Horticultural Sciences. I supported this student's stipend and tuition for 4 years. 1.8 Co-PI of USDA award SNAP and EFNEP Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Center of Excellence. I provided expertise about developing relationships with community partners and establishing program infrastructure necessary to include food systems work as a PSE approach for SNAP-Ed. I was also involved in the development and dissemination of competency based PSE web-based training for SNAP-Ed and EFNEP networks. The web-based training is on target for completion early in 2017. 2. Food Safety 2.1 Presented poster (competitive, selected) in the Farm to Cafeteria Conference titled "Food Safety Partnerships Benefit Florida's Farms and Schools". Approximately 2,800 participants at the event. Treadwell, D. D. Campbell, J. Perez, B. Owens, K. Korman, N. Parkell, L. Davis, and R. Hochmuth. 2016. UF/IFAS's Food Safety Partnerships Benefit Florida's Farms and Schools. National Farm to Cafeteria Conference. June 2-4, 2016. Madison, WI. 2.2 Served as co-PI for the NIFA-funded project Southern Center for Food Safety Education, Training, Extension, Outreach and Technical Assistance (M. Danyluk, PI, UF/IFAS). I will serve as a liason to Extension agents serving small farm operators and engage them in food safety training. Funds will support agent travel to the train the trainer of the Produce Safety Alliance's (PSA) Produce Food Safety Training for Growers. 2.3 Served as PI for the FL Specialty Crop Block Grant titled "Educational Teams, Training, and Technical Assistance on Food Safety and Farm Establishment for Small, Specialty Crop Producers" that supported regional conferences, food safety training, and development of educational materials for small farm operators. Co-PIs include S. Ahn (food safety in farmers' markets) and S. Galindo (project evaluator). Co-authored the poster: Food Safety Response Team: Extension Agents Helping Small Farms with FSMA Compliance. 2016 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference. N. Parkell, R. Hochmuth, D. Toro, and D. Treadwell. Extensional Prof. Assoc. FL Annual Meeting. 2.4 Led a contract funded by FDACS Division of Food Nutrition and Wellness titled "Healthy School Environments" to develop a curriculum for teachers and other school garden champions to teach them food safety best practices for the garden. Outputs included an hour-long interactive e-training, garden checklists, and fact sheets for garden users. 3. Sustainable/Organic Horticulture 3.1 At the Southern Cover Crop Conference, I will serve as a Florida representative and Board Member for the Southern Cover Crop Council. Treadwell and Weiss collaborated on 2 in-field demonstrations that replicated their SARE-funded research on conservation tillage of vegetables. A video of our presentation has been viewed 225 times since September 2016. Treadwell, D, S. Weiss, and R. Archuleta. 2016. Mechanical termination of threephysiologically distinct cover crop species, and Weiss, S, D. Treadwell, and R. Archuleta. 2016. Cover crop surface mulch for conservation-tillage vegetable cropping systems. Southern Cover Crop Conference, July 18-19, 2016. Goldsboro, North Carolina:https://www.southernsare.org/News-and-Media/Regional-Resources/Regional-Videos/Southern-Cover-Crop-Conference-Videos One poster academic annual meeting: Weiss, S.A., D.D. Treadwell, R.S. Ferrarezi, K.P. Beamer, and T. Geiger. 2016. Primary Macronutrient Dynamics of Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) Residue in Different Mulching Strategies for Organic Tropical Cropping Systems. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI. 3.2 Treadwell helped a Northwestern SARE film crew to film 6 farmers using cover crops in Florida; 5/6 have worked directly with Treadwell: https://www.sare.org/Events/Cover-Crop-Conferences/National-Conference-on-Cover-Crops-and-Soil-Health/Cover-Crop-Innovators-Video-Series 3.3 I was awarded (competitive) a summer Extension intern (400+ hours total). The stipend was paid by the Dean's office. ($12/h = $4,800+). The student helped to develop the framework for a Beginning Farmer and Rancher statewide Extension program by interviewing beginning farmers in Florida and program leads from ten of the strongest beginning farmer programs in the country to determine best practices & local needs. 3.4 I served as the state leader, with my co-leader MB Henry (Polk County Extension) of the Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises program. I support staff and project development through grants. I lead internal communications including annual meetings, project updates, and social media (Facebook, Blog, and Newsletter The Cultivator). Presented a poster: Treadwell, D., M. Henry, J. Perez, and S. Galindo. 2016. Farmers Value Networking Opportunities at Florida Regional Small Farms Conferences. American Society for Horticultural Sciences Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA 8/15-18, 2016. HortScience 51(9): 346 (Supplement) 3.5 Small farms Facebook page covering research reports, event announcements, and important news relevant to small farm operators. 222 posts with an average reach of 320 viewers per post. In 2016, the site had 90,637 engaged users, a metric used by Facebook to describe visitors that read, liked, or shared a post. The site has 1,660 unique followers: www.facebook.com/FL.SFAEC
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Cho, A*. H., Chase, C. A., Koenig, R. L., Treadwell, D. D., Gaskins, J., Morris, J. B., & Morales-Payan, J. P. (2016). Phenotypic Characterization of 16 Accessions of Sunn Hemp in Florida. Agronomy Journal, 108(6), 2417-2424. doi:10.2134/agronj2015.0531
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Treadwell, D., D. Campbell, and K. Shelnutt. 2016. SNAP-Ed Food Systems District Coordinators Focus on Policy, System, and Environmental Changes to Support SNAP-Eligible Residents in Florida. American Society for Horticultural Sciences Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA 8/15-18, 2016 HortScience 51(9): 346 (Supplement)
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Treadwell, D., M. Henry, J. Perez, and S. Galindo. 2016. Farmers Value Networking Opportunities at Florida Regional Small Farms Conferences. American Society for Horticultural Sciences Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA 8/15-18, 2016. HortScience 51(9): 346 (Supplement)
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Weiss, S.A., D.D. Treadwell, R.S. Ferrarezi, and K.P. Beamer. 2016. Mulching Strategies using Conservation Tillage for Weed Management in Tropical Organic Hot Pepper Cropping Systems. HortScience 51(9):243 (Supplement).
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Simonne, A., Ozores-Hampton, M., Treadwell, D. and L. House. 2016 (published). Organic and conventional produce in the US: Examining safety and quality, economic values, and consumer attitudes. Horticulturae. Proc. First Int. Symp. Qual. Mngmt. Organci Hortic. Prod. ISSN 2311 7524.
- Type:
Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
J.A. Watson. Creating Successful Farm to School Programs in Florida: A County-Wide Feasibility Study of Direct
Procurement. Doctoral Dissertaion. Dept. Agricultural and Biological Engineering. University of Florida.
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Progress 03/01/15 to 09/30/15
Outputs Target Audience:Food Systems: Farmers, brokers, distributors, aggregators, processors, buyers, consumers, policy makers, creditors, farmers market managers, county and city officials, state agencies responsible for food trade, processing and service activities. When schools are involved as buyers, there is an emphasis on those schools with 51% or greater participation in the National School Lunch program Organic/Sustainable Horticulture: Farmers, consumers, buyers, technical service providers and NRCS staff in particular, community and school gardeners Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Production and Distribution.The F2SC team supported local food procurement at all levels, from small-scale gardens to large-scale school food purchasing.Over 100 gardens were installed and maintained with 4,209 beneficiaries enjoying 80,811 active hours in the gardens.School gardens were designed with 85% having 4 of the 5 vegetable sub groups from the new meal pattern and produce was enjoyed as taste tests, in cafeteria lunches, and taken home to be eating with the family.Community gardens around the state covered around ½ acre and had the potential to produce enough food for 65 adults estimated to have a $33,106 retail value during the growing season. 881 or 21.0% of the schools in Florida purchased food from Florida farmers (a total of 409,744 pounds) as a result of direct actions made by the F2SC team.As a testament to the impact F2SC is creating in farm to school procurement, Beverly L. Girard Ph.D., M.B.A., R.D., Director of Sarasota Food Nutrition Services, said "We would not have been successful without Zach Glorioso (F2SC South Central DC)." Food Safety. In addition to the Build your own Farm Food Safety Manual classes, The Florida Small Farms Food Safety Implementation Team taught at several other meeting in July- December, 2015. These included: Local Foods Summit, September 20 in Gainesville, FL with 8 attendees for this session on training programs offered by this UF/IFAS team Florida Farmers Market Managers Food Safety Training, November 9 in Gainesville, Fl with 48 attendees for the session on Farm Food Safety GAPs and how UF/IFAs can help train farmers Watermelon Farmers Food Safety Update including HACCP and FSMA, December 1 in Gainesville, FL with 28 attendees. This session was organized by this team. Organic and Sustainable Horticulture. UF hosted a field day for farmers that attracted over 40 participants. The program included classroom style presentations, a farm tour, and activities in teh field designed to help farmers identify benefits of cover crops. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Production and Distribution.The team used a variety of media outlets and face to face educational programs to communicate findings to stakeholders and the general public. Members of the F2SC team were honored with the 2015 Southern Region as well as National American Society for Horticultural Sciences-Outstanding Educational Materials Award during annual meetings in February and August. In addition, the F2SC team was also honored with a University of Florida Champions for Change Award for their contributions to improving the school and community food environments. Team members were interviewed, photographed, and/or mentioned in the media ten times for a variety of additional accomplishments. Each District Coordinator was awarded a competitive scholarships to attend farmer conferences and food safety and smarter lunchroom trainings valued at an estimated $2,474. Food Safety. Results are disseminated to farmers typically in face to face settings, although we do use social media and our team's webiste (Small Farms and ALternative Enterprises). Organic and Sustainable Horticulture. Results are shared during edcuational programs, our peer-reviewed electronic fact sheets, and on our Facebook page. I work with NRCS to communicate findings. i support NRCS nationally by idenitifying expert farmers to serve as mentors for others. I give guest lectures to undergraduate and graduate students. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Production and Distribution.The team used a variety of media outlets and face to face educational programs to communicate findings to stakeholders and the general public. Members of the F2SC team were honored with the 2015 Southern Region as well as National American Society for Horticultural Sciences-Outstanding Educational Materials Award during annual meetings in February and August. In addition, the F2SC team was also honored with a University of Florida Champions for Change Award for their contributions to improving the school and community food environments. Team members were interviewed, photographed, and/or mentioned in the media ten times for a variety of additional accomplishments. Each District Coordinator was awarded a competitive scholarships to attend farmer conferences and food safety and smarter lunchroom trainings valued at an estimated $2,474. Food Safety. In the coming year we will work with the Southern Region Center for Food Safety Education, Outreach, Training and Technical Assistance Team to remain current on FSMA updates, to participate in the train the trainer program directed by the Produce Safety Alliance, and train our Exempt farmers to design farm food safety manuals. Our goal is 100% FSMA compliance. Organic and Sustainable Horticulture. Publish findings from the SARE study, present findings at ASHS and ASA, and apply for additional grant funds.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
Production and Distribution. Since 2012, I have provided leadership for the Farm to School team. Beginning in 2015, the Farm to School team transitioned from funding provided by the Florida Department of Agriculture to Florida SNAP-Ed. The University of Florida is the authorized entity of Florida SNAP-Ed, termed the Family Nutrition Program (FNP). The accomplishments of the farm to school, farm to community team (F2SC) were made possible by nurturing strategic collaborations with a great diversity of community partners, including farmers, state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations and private enterprises using a variety of communication methods including: face-to-face, telephone, email, formal training programs, field days, and tours. The F2SC had direct contact with 858 stakeholders, of which 6% were farmers, and provided service and capacity building to the community. Team members were invited or volunteered to serve on 12 standing food policy, wellness, and food systems committees and worked with 102 individual collaborators. The F2SC team supported local food procurement at all levels, from small-scale gardens to large-scale school food purchasing.Over 100 gardens were installed and maintained with 4,209 beneficiaries enjoying 80,811 active hours in the gardens.School gardens were designed with 85% having 4 of the 5 vegetable sub groups from the new meal pattern and produce was enjoyed as taste tests, in cafeteria lunches, and taken home to be eating with the family.Community gardens around the state covered around ½ acre and had the potential to produce enough food for 65 adults estimated to have a $33,106 retail value during the growing season. 881 or 21.0% of the schools in Florida purchased food from Florida farmers (a total of 409,744 pounds) as a result of direct actions made by the F2SC team.As a testament to the impact F2SC is creating in farm to school procurement the Director of Sarasota Food Nutrition Services said "We would not have been successful without Zach (F2SC South Central Region program coordinator)." Food Safety. Eight Food Safety "Build your own Farm Food Safety Manual" workshops were conducted in 2015 to 133 attendees. A summary of the on-line post workshop questionnaire designed by Dr. Galindo, administered through Qualitrics, and analyzed statistically with ANOVA at alpha = 0.05 relative to the pretest, found the following results: Knowledge gain was 88%, averaged over all participants 72% were very likely to implement a plan, 25% indicated they were likely to implement 100% indicated the workshops met their expectations, 100% would recommend the workshop to others 61% of attendees rated the workshop in the top 20% of all workshops they have attended 93% indicated they were very satisfied and 7% indicated they were satisfied with the overall quality of the workshop 82% were very satisfied with the expertise of the instructors, 17% were satisfied Fifty percent (50%) of attendees indicated they were very likely to have some type of third party audit There was a wide range of types of customers listed, top three were selling directly to consumers (48%), restaurants (24%) and to retailers or wholesale markets (18%). Most attendees had less than 10 years of farming experience and most were farming less than 10 acres. In addition, I will be a co-PI on a USDA-NIFA/FDA grant: Southern Region Center for Food Safety Education, Outreach, Training and Technical Assistance. Primarily, the grant provides for curriculum enhancement to the national food safety curriculum managed by Cornell's Produce Safety Alliance, and supports food safety training for trainers. Organic and Sustainable Horticulture.This year we completed the second year of a two year field trial funded by SR-SARE to examine the influence of plant-based mulches on pepper.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Treadwell, D., Weiss, S. and E. Valencia. A comparison of tillage and mulching strategies for weed management in organic pepper (Capsicum annum L. Tormenta) CSSA-ASSA-SSSA (Tri-Societies) Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. Nov. 15-18, 2015. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2015am/webprogram/Paper94073.html
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Treadwell, D., K. Shelnutt, S. Galindo, G. Israel, D. Campbell, D. Diehl, L. Headrick, and D. Bearl. Approach and Accomplishments of Farm to Plate Programming in Floridas SNAP-Ed Program. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Aug 3-7, 2015 HortScience 50(9):S96. (Abstr.)
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Treadwell, D., M.B. Henry, R. Hochmuth, S. Galindo and J. Perez. Specialty Crop Programming for Floridas Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Aug 3-7, 2015. HortScience 50(9):S97-98. (Abstr.)
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Weiss, S., D. Treadwell, K. Beamer, R. Ferraezi. 2015 Tropical Cover Crop mulch systems for low-external-input reduced-tillage vegetable production. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Aug 3-7, 2015. HortScience 50(9): S169-170.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Glorioso, Z., Owens, E., Walmer, C., and Treadwell, D. Farmers Building Community: Activities to Enhance Farm to School Programs in Florida. Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference. January, 2015. Chattanooga, Kentucky. Poster Presentation.
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Glorioso, Z., Korman, K., Campbell, D., Walmer, C., Owens, B., Glatting, C., and Treadwell, D. Expanding Floridas SNAP-Ed Programs from Farm to Plate. The 128th Florida State Horticultural Society Annual Meeting. June 2015. St. Augustine, FL. Poster Presentation.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Treadwell, D., T. Meisenbach and S. Baughman. An Overview of the NEW eXtension, and how to evaluate your online extension program. ). Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Aug 3-7. 2015. HortScience 50(9):S86. (Abstr.)
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Treadwell, D. Weiss, S. J. Perez and E. Valencia. Cover crops and conservation tillage in organic jalapeno pepper (Capsicum annum L. Tormenta). Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Aug 3-7, 2015. HortScience 50(9):S222. (Abstr.)
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Simonne, A., Ozores-Hampton, M., Treadwell, D. and L. House. 2015. Organic and conventional produce in the US: Examining safety and quality, economic values, and consumer attitudes. Acta Horticulturae.
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Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Morris, B. C.A. Chase, D. Treadwell, A. Cho, T. Murphy, R. Koenig, J. Pablos-Moran, and G. Antonious. 2015. Effect of sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L. cutting date and planting density on weed suppression in Georgia USA. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Waste. 50:8, 614-621.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Cho, A.*, C. Chase, D. Treadwell, R. Koenig, B. Morris, and J. Morales-Payan. 2015. Apical Dominance and Planting Density Effects on Weed Suppression by Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.). HortScience 50(2):263-267
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