Faculty
James Affolter
Professor
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia
2450 South Milledge Avenue
Athens, Georgia 30605
Phone: 706-542-1244
E-mail: affolter@uga.edu
Doug Bailey
Professor and Head
Department of Horticulture
1111 Miller Plant Science Building
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7273
Phone: 706-542-2471
Fax: 706-542-0624
E-mail: dabailey@uga.edu
As director of the certificate program my primary responsibilities are to coordinate the program and advise students.
David Berle
Assistant Professor
Horticuture
1111 Plant Science Bldg.
Univ. of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7273
Phone: 706-542-0781
Fax: 706-542-0624
E-mail: dberle@uga.edu
David Berle has a life-long interest in organic agriculture. His role in the Organic Agriculture Certificate Program is primarily as an adviser and in curriculum development. His experience with GPS/GIS is being used to create a mapping system for documenting land use and production within the organically certified area at the Horticulture Research Farm.
K.C. Das
Professor
Engineering
Room: 509 Driftmier Engineering Center
Athens Campus
Phone: 706-542-8842
Fax: 706-542-8806
E-mail: kdas@engr.uga.edu
L. Paul Guillebeau
Professor
Entomology
University of Georgia
413 Biological Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602-2603
Phone: (706) 542-9031
E-mail: bugman@uga.edu
Paul Guillebeau is a professor of entomology. His primary responsibilities revolve around pesticide education and pesticide risks. Organic production helps provide growers with additional pest management options that minimize pesticide risks. Many principles developed or revised in organic production could also be used by conventional growers to reduce their need for pesticides.
Peter Hartel
Professor
Crop and Soil Sciences
3111 Miller Plant Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602-7272
Phone: (706) 542-0898
Fax: (706) 542-0914
E-mail: pghartel@uga.edu
http://www.cropsoil.uga.edu/people/faculty.php?id=hartel
Peter Hartel is Professor of Soil Microbiology in the Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, where is he is well known for his love of chocolate. He is also Georgia Power Professor of Environmental Ethics, where he is responsible for the intellectual leadership of the University of Georgia's nationally known Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. He comes from a long line of farmers, and comes to organic farming specifically through his strong support of family farms.
Marc van Iersel
Professor
Horticulture
1111 Miller Plant Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602-7273
Phone: 706-583-0284
Fax: 706-542-0624
E-mail: mvanier@uga.edu
Dr. van Iersel conducts research on the production of organic highbush blueberries in high tunnels, with the aim to produce berries during a period of low supply (early spring). He also works on more efficient irrigation practices, especially in greenhouses and nurseries.
Carl Jordan
Senior Research Scientist
Odum School of Ecology
Ecology Bldg.
Athens, GA 30602-2202
Phone: (706) 542-6019
Fax: (706) 542-4819
E-mail: cfjordan@uga.edu
Dr. Carl Jordan is a Research Scientist in the Odum School of Ecology. He is director of the School's Agroecology Lab, and also founder of Spring Valley Ecofarm, the site of his research in organic agriculture. The Ecofarm is the location of "Organic Agriculture", one of the introductory courses of the Certificate Program.
Dr. Michael P. Lacy
Department Head and Professor of Poultry Science
215 Poultry Science Building
Athens, GA 30602-2772
Phone (706) 542- 1337
Fax (706) 542-1827
Email: mlacy@uga.edu
Mike Lacy has an interest in Organic livestock production. He served on the USDA National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) from 2001-2006. He chaired the NOSB Livestock Committee from 2005-2006.
Luanne Lohr
Associate Professor
Agricultural and Applied Economics
314 Conner Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7509
Phone: 706-542-0847
Fax: 706-542-0751
E-mail: llohr@agecon.uga.edu
Economic analysis of organic marketing and production including project assessment, market research and development, supply chain analysis, certification and standards, industry growth forecasting. Policy analysis for certification standards, international trade, and domestic farm policy. Experience in farm planning and producing for compliance with international organic standards for horticultural crops, grains, and fibers. International experience teaching and researching organic markets and production in Sweden, Trinidad, Germany, Spain, and Russia.
Anish Malladi
Assistant Professor
Department of Horticulture
1121 Miller Plant Sciences
Athens, GA-30602-7273
Phone: 706-542-0783
Fax: 706-542-0624
Email: malladi@uga.edu
I teach the course, ‘Fertility and Pest Management in Organic Agriculture’ (AESC 3126). My research interests are in growth and developmental physiology of small fruit and tree fruit crops.
Cecilia McGregor
Assistant Professor
Department of Horticulture
1119 Miller Plant Sciences
Athens, GA-30602-7273
Phone: 706-542-0782
Fax: 706-542-0624
Email: cmcgre1@uga.edu
Cecilia is interested in breeding vegetable crops with useful traits for organic production. Traits of particular interest are disease resistance and weed tolerance.
Robert Rhoades
Professor
Anthropology
264B Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-1042
E-mail: rrhoades@uga.edu
Robert, E. Rhoades, Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology, has more than forty years of experience in agricultural development. He specializes in mountains, genetic resources (including heirloom seeds), climate change, and farmer participatory research. He worked for the UN-based Consultative Groups for International Agricultural Research between 1979-1991. He is co-founder of the Southern Seed Legacy and runs Agrarian Connections, a 312 acre farm in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, that specializes in restoring agrarian landscapes and landraces.
Harald Scherm
Professor
Plant Pathology
2311 Plant Sciences, 120 Carlton St.
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-1258
Fax: (706) 542-1262
E-mail: scherm(at)uga.edu
http://www.plant.uga.edu/faculty/Scherm/index.html
In Georgia's warm and humid climate, plant diseases are a significantimpediment to crop production in general and organic production inparticular. With this in mind, my research program here at the Universityfocuses on the integrated management of diseases of fruit crops such aspeaches, blueberries, and grapes. As part of this effort, I am closelyinvolved in an interdisciplinary project to develop and evaluate productionand pest management practices for organic blueberries in the Southeast.
Harry H. Schomberg
USDA ARS JPCS-NRCC
1420 Experiment Station RD
Watkinsville, GA 30677-2373
Phone: 706-769-5631 x 222
Fax: 706-769-8962 fax
E-mail: Harry.Schomberg@ars.usda.gov
Dr. Harry Schomberg is a Cropping Systems Ecologist for the Agricultural Research Service located at Watkinsville, GA. His research focuses on understanding interactions among cropping system components with an emphasis on nutrient use efficiency. His interest in organic systems stems from his research on sustainability using combinations of best management practices, like cover crops, conservation tillage, and integrated pest management, to optimize economic returns while minimizing environmental impacts of crop production.
Robert Tate
Program Coordinator
Horticulture
1111 Miller Plant Sciences Building
Athens, GA 30602-7273
Phone:706-614-0322
Fax: 706-542-0624
E-mail: rotate@uga.edu
Robert is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill where he received degrees in Philosophy and US History. After completing a Sustainable Agriculture Program in NC taught by well known growers in the industry, he has gone on to operate and co-own two organic farms: one in the mountains of NC--near the base of Mount Mitchell, and the other near Punta Uvita along the Southwest coast of Costa Rica. Both of these farms are successfully operating today. Aside from farming, Robert has been published for Alzheimer’s research involving protein signaling in May 2007 of Molecular Pharmacology and very much enjoys participating in the University research environment. His enthusiasm for agriculture and research continue as he earns a Masters degree in Plant Protection and Pest Management. He currently functions as a farmer, an educator, and a statewide networker of organic agriculture as the Organic Certificate Program Coordinator for the University of Georgia in Athens.
