Small Farm Resource / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

University of the District of Columbia

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⇒ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
  ⇒ Agricultural Marketing Service
  ⇒ National Organic Program
  ⇒ Agricultural Research Service
  ⇒ Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
   
⇒ Small farm program
⇒ Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
  ⇒ Economic Research Service
  ⇒ Farm Service Agency
  ⇒ Food and Nutrition Service
  ⇒ Foreign Agricultural Service
  ⇒ Forest Service
  ⇒ National Agricultural Statistics Service
  ⇒ Natural Resources Conservation Service
  ⇒ National Office of Outreach
  ⇒ Risk Management Agency
  ⇒ Rural Development
  ⇒ U.S. DHHS: Office of Refugee Resettlement
  ⇒ University of the District of Columbia

Program Description
The Agricultural Experiment Station is participating with University counterparts in sustainable agriculture research on the use of chicken manure for crop production. Specifically, the Poultry manure produced from Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (DELMARVA) poultry industries is applied on farmland along with chemical fertilizer for crop production. The chicken manure is cleaned, sterilized, and palletized for easy handling and movement in crop and vegetable production. Residents of Washington, DC and small rural farmers grow vegetables backyards and small farm respectively, and could potentially use this material as a soil amendment for the land. This experiment was designed to determine the effectiveness of palletized poultry manure as a soil amendment in vegetable production and its potential effect on DC water resources.

Contact
Gloria S. Wyche-Moore
University of the District of Columbia,
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Associate Dean / Associate Director,
4340 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Bldg. 52 Room 416-E,
Washington, DC 20008.
Phone: (202)274-7124
Fax: (202)274-7113
Email: gwychemo@udc.edu

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