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Alex Rodriguez, Utah State University:
Alex is an M.S. student in the USU Small Farms Lab working with perennial cut flowers, surface mulches, and irrigation. With a background in nutrient management for vegetable production in California, Alex focuses on irrigation and mulch strategies to improve crop production and conserve water across Utah. He manages over 1,300 plants across a quarter-acre field during the growing season.
Melanie Stock, Utah State University:
Melanie is an Assistant Professor / Extension Urban & Small Farms Specialist in the Plants, Soils, and Climate Department at USU. As a soil scientist, her research targets improving cut flower production in the Intermountain West, small farm resource use efficiency – particularly soil fertility and water management, and urban soil contamination. She is also an avid urban homesteader.
Chad Page, Utah State University:
Chad works for Utah State University as the Sheep and Goat Extension Specialist. He also teaches a variety of classes at the university, including sheep and wool management. Originally, he and his wife are from Chandler, AZ, but now reside in Logan, UT with their four children. Chad has worked across the intermountain west conducting applied sheep research while he obtained his Bachelor, Masters, and PhD degrees.
Alex Rodriguez, Utah State University:
Alex is an M.S. student in the USU Small Farms Lab working with perennial cut flowers, surface mulches, and irrigation. With a background in nutrient management for vegetable production in California, Alex focuses on irrigation and mulch strategies to improve crop production and conserve water across Utah. He manages over 1,300 plants across a quarter-acre field during the growing season.
Melanie Stock, Utah State University:
Melanie is an Assistant Professor / Extension Urban & Small Farms Specialist in the Plants, Soils, and Climate Department at USU. As a soil scientist, her research targets improving cut flower production in the Intermountain West, small farm resource use efficiency – particularly soil fertility and water management, and urban soil contamination. She is also an avid urban homesteader.
Chad Page, Utah State University:
Chad works for Utah State University as the Sheep and Goat Extension Specialist. He also teaches a variety of classes at the university, including sheep and wool management. Originally, he and his wife are from Chandler, AZ, but now reside in Logan, UT with their four children. Chad has worked across the intermountain west conducting applied sheep research while he obtained his Bachelor, Masters, and PhD degrees.
