Environmental Issues
Research related to the environment and the human elements of communicating about these issues.
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A new study led by the Lamm Lab investigated pest issues, the needs for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) research, and preferred communication methods among apple and peach growers in the Eastern United States. Titled “Assessing Eastern U.S. Tree Fruit Growers’ Pest Issues, Practices, and Preferences to Inform Effective IPM Communication”, the research was recently published…
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The Lamm Lab participated in the 96th Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch Meeting, held in Saratoga Springs, New York, from March 14 to 17. Bringing together academics, students, and industry professionals, the conference featured presentations and activities focused on understanding insect behavior and its implications for agriculture, the environment and human livelihoods. 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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The Cultivating Tomorrow’s Orchard: Evolving and Enhancing IPM in Eastern Tree Fruit Systems project team met in Kearneysville, West Virginia March 3 – 5, 2026 to share their findings from the first year and a half of the project with 20 members of their stakeholder advisory panel. Advisory panel members included apple and peach growers,…
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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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Lamm Lab members Michael Batame, Megan Meyer, Funmi Ajiferuke, Gracie Grimes, and Dennis Baffour-Awuah all shined bright as they presented research in three different sections of the Southern Association of Agricultural Sciences meeting in Louisville, Kentucky January 31 – February 3. These included the National Agricultural Communications Symposium, the Southern Region of the American Society…
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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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The entire Lamm Lab wants to congratulate Dennis Baffour-Awuah on being awarded the Outstanding Research Paper Presentation AND second runner up Outstanding Research Poster at this year’s NACS conference. His research paper was presented in the Distinguished Manuscript Tract. Titled Exploring Scientific Messaging about Gene-Edited Pigs Using Music as a Hedonic Cue, the work was…