Welcome to our Resources for Farmers! Here, you’ll find a range of tools and information tailored to support sustainable and effective farming practices, organized by media type—articles, webinars, and more. Click on the topic of your interest below to get started.
Smith, O.M., Crowder, D.W., and Sciligo, A.
July 2020. The Organic Center Webinar.
Eeraerts, M. January 2023. OSU Extension Service. Interview with collaborator Maxime Eeraerts about our Landscape Ecology study.
Smith, O.M. 2022. The Applied Ecologist, British Ecological Society.
Smith, O.M. 2022. Cool Green Science Blog, The Nature Conservancy.
Smith, O.M. and Kennedy, C.K. 2020. Cool Green Science Blog, The Nature Conservancy.
DeVetter, L., Gerdeman, B., Arrington, M., Spitler, H., Snyder, W.E., and Smith, O.M. 2018. Whatcom Ag Month 7(4).
Baumgartner, J.A., Garfinkel, M., Long, R., Karp, D., Heath, S., Olimpi, E., Kross, S., and Smith, O.M. January 2023. Support Avian Pest Control Services California Continuing Education Course by Wild Farm Alliance.
Smith, O.M., and Long, R. May 2022. Online Course for Ag Professionals and Farmers on How to Support Birds. Wild Farm Alliance webinar series.
Smith, O.M., Crowder, D.W., and Sciligo, A. July 2020. The Organic Center Webinar.
Smith, O.M., Olimpi, E.M., and Karp, D.S. 2022. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 103:e01974.
Smith, O.M., and Long, R. May 2022. Online Course for Ag Professionals and Farmers on How to Support Birds. Wild Farm Alliance webinar series.
Smith, O.M., Rivers, D. Jan 2021. Wild Farm Alliance Farmer Success Stories series.
Smith, O.M. April 2022. Agrifood Safety Produce Bites, Michigan On-Farm Produce Safety.
Smith, O.M., and Lindell, C.A. Oct 2021. MSU Ag and Wildlife Podcast, Episode 3.
My Ag Life Daily News Report, Episode 263. Feb 2022. Interview with collaborator Danny Karp about our food safety work.
Smith, O.M. 2022. The Wing Beat, American Ornithological Society.
Smith, O.M., Bourbour, R., Cornell, K.A., Groendyk, S., Hannay, M., Martinico, B., Utley, O., Snyder, W.E., and Lindell, C. 2020. eXtension/eOrganic publication 34052.
Smith, O.M. and Snyder, W.E. 2017. eXtension/eOrganic publication 21871.
Smith, O.M. and Snyder, W.E. 2017. eXtension/eOrganic publication 21859.
Smith, O.M. and Snyder, W.E. 2017. eXtension/eOrganic publication 21870.
Smith, O.M. 2022. The Applied Ecologist, British Ecological Society.
Smith, O.M. 2022. Cool Green Science Blog, The Nature Conservancy.
Smith, O.M. and Kennedy, C.K. 2020. Cool Green Science Blog, The Nature Conservancy.
Baumgartner, J.A., Garfinkel, M., Long, R., Karp, D., Heath, S., Olimpi, E., Kross, S., and Smith, O.M. January 2023. Support Avian Pest Control Services California Continuing Education Course by Wild Farm Alliance.
Smith, O.M., and Long, R. May 2022. Online Course for Ag Professionals and Farmers on How to Support Birds. Wild Farm Alliance webinar series.
Smith, O.M. and Snyder, W.E. 2018. eXtension/eOrganic publication 25296.
Smith, O.M., and Lindell, C.A. MSU Ag and Wildlife Podcast, Episode 3, Oct 2021.
Smith, O.M., and Snyder, W.E. eXtension/eOrganic publication 25296, 2018.
Smith, O.M. eOrganic eXtension Webinar, January 2019.
Smith, O.M., Chu, M., Crain, R., Dicks, L. Kennedy, C., Snyder, W. eOrganic eXtension Webinar, February 2018.
In addition to the resources provided on this page that we created, we highly recommend using the great tools created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to help with bird identification and management. The Merlin bird ID app can help you identify birds auditorily and visually. Allaboutbirds.org is a great place to find natural history and identification information. Nestwatch has great information on building, installing, and monitoring nestboxes. Further, Wild Farm Alliance has an amazing archive of videos and resources for farmers who wish to use the services of biodiversity to help them farm.
Farmers like you make all of our research possible. Our results are only as useful to you as we are able to survey farms like yours to represent your unique approach, land stewardship, and values. We can never thank our farmer collaborators enough, but we try to give back in the ways we can by sharing what we find!
We send all our grower collaborators data from their farms, which can be used in environmental certifications. We also send collaborators copies of scientific publications, extension articles, webinar recordings, etc. so that you can understand what we found at your farm.
