Extension Service Site Publications

• (2024) Understanding and living with climate grief and climate stress for farmers and ranchers Farmers and ranchers face unique mental health challenges due to climate change, as they experience direct impacts from severe weather and environmental shifts. These individuals encounter "climate grief," a sense of loss tied to environmental changes, and "climate stress," which arises from the increasing unpredictability of their livelihoods. Coping with these emotions involves acknowledging the mental strain, seeking support, building resilience and taking proactive steps to adapt to climate realities.
• (2024) Climate Stress and Grief: Building Resilience in Farmers and Ranchers A growing body of literature documents the mental health impacts of climate change on the general population, but with little focus on food producers that traditionally are less likely to seek out mental health support.
• (2021) Increasing the Reach of Integrated Pest Management Through Community Partnerships This publication summarizes the learner-centered education methods and community outcomes of three Extension partnerships. These projects increased the use of integrated pest management and pesticide risk reduction practices in Oregon. The insights gained from these partnerships are relevant to many subjects where educators are working with communities to make progress on shared goals.
• (2016) Adaptive Learner-Centered Education: A Toolkit for Extension This guide includes information and resources to develop an adaptive, learner-centered education (ALCE) program. It helps users plan, execute, and analyze an education program that is based on input from stakeholders, captures learners’ needs, and is relevant to the local context. Although the guide focuses on applying ALCE in Extension, it can be used by anyone interested in working with groups to solve difficult problems.
• (2003) Monitoring soil nutrients using a management unit approach This approach is designed to provide better information to make nutrient management decisions at a reasonable cost without the need for grid sampling. Two examples of nutrient monitoring are provided to illustrate the process.
• (2003) Using strip tillage in vegetable production systems in Western Oregon Results of on-farm research conducted in the Willamette Valley from 1996 to 2001 to compare strip tillage with conventional tillage systems.