University of Nebraska, Part 5: Biodiversity and Organic Agriculture

This webinar will present an overview of research being conducted at the University of Nebraska on organic farming, and will include 10-minute summaries by researchers of projects that emphasize production issues, grain quality, and agrosystem impacts. In Part 5, Jim Brandle (standing in for John Quinn) presents on bird conservation opportunities in agricultural ecosystems and the Healthy Farm Index as a tool to measure biodiversity, ecosystem services, and sustainability at a farm scale. John Quinn is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Furman University. His research emphasizes concerns related to biodiversity conservation and sustainability; in particular a focus on avian ecology, agroecology, restoration of working landscapes, and the role of birding as a medium for environmental awareness and education