Dennis Baffour-Awuah
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Precision agriculture has become a common term in agricultural practices and is widely used by farmers in their operations. According to the International Society of Precision Agriculture, it “is a management strategy that gathers, processes and analyzes temporal, spatial and individual plant and animal data and combines it with other information to support management decisions.”…
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In the first episode of Season 2 of the AgriCurious podcast,Dennis Baffour-Awuah spoke with Dr. Kevan Lamm, an Extension Leadership specialist and Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication, about systems thinking and the Systems Thinking for Educational Problem Solving (STEPS) project. The Lamm lab is a proud partner on the STEPS project and…
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Multiple research posters and an oral presentations were presented by the Lamm Lab on how to most effectively communicate about animal production and meat science at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium, held February 1- 2, 2026, in Louisville, Kentucky. Megan Meyer presented a research poster titled Exploring the Impact of Food Safety Perceptions on Meat Purchasing Intentions.…
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Dennis Baffour-Awuah presented a research poster at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium from the Addressing Spotted Lanternfly and Tree of Heaven project titled Strengthening Communication Between Wine Producers and Scientists to Address Spotted Lanternfly. The study examined how communication between scientists and wine producers can reduce uncertainty surrounding Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) management decisions. The Lamm Lab currently leads the…
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The Lamm Lab presented its work from the Soilless Substrate Science (S3) Project at the 2026 Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Science Conference. The project, funded by USDA – SCRI Award #2024-51181-43290, seeks to develop and validate sustainable, peat-reduced substrate systems that maintain crop performance while improving environmental and economic resilience, as growers transition away from traditional peat-based substrates…
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Michael Batame and Dr. Alexa Lamm (alongside Dr. Sarah White) presented research at the 2026 National Agricultural Communications Symposium (NACS) and the 2026 Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Science (SRASHS) conference, highlighting how communication strategies, emotions, and audience characteristics influence perceptions of plastic use and sustainability in horticultural systems. At NACS, Michael Batame displayed a research poster titled Testing Microplastic…
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At the 2026 Southern American Association for Agricultural Education Conference, held January 31-February 3 in Kentucky, Dennis Baffour-Awuah delivered an oral research presentation from the Cultivating Tomorrow’s Orchard project, for which the Lamm Lab leads the human dimensions research. His presentation was titled Adopters’ Perspectives on the Gains and Struggles of IPM Implementation: A Focus Group Study in the Eastern United States. The study examined…
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At the Southern American Association for Agricultural Education S-AAAE conference, Dr. Alexa Lamm delivered a research presentation from a study conducted with Haoming Fan and Dr. Kevan Lamm titled Literature Review on the Development of Systems Thinking in Agriculture. The study was part of the STEPS: Systems Thinking in Higher Education project funded by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant…
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As crop production increasingly shifts from soil to soilless media, the demand for soilless substrates has skyrocketed, creating a need for new ideas and innovations that move beyond peat and explore alternative materials to provide growers with more options moving forward. The soilless substrate science project (S3), for which the Lamm Lab leads social science…
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Upcycled products have emerged as an innovative approach to addressing food waste by creating new, high-quality products from surplus food. Despite its benefits, such as tackling environmental, economic, and social food concerns by reducing waste, adding value to the food system through economic gains, and providing more affordable food options, it faces misconceptions among the…