The purpose of this project is to help homeowners develop a deep understanding of how to support native pollinators (bees)n on their properties. At the beginning of this guide, there is the Pollinator biodiversity assessment tool. Homeowners may take this survey and add up their points in order to understand the impact of yard/property biodiversity on local pollinators. Each section of the survey corresponds to each chapter of the guidebook. Readers...

This capstone project aimed to empower Sustainable Agriculture and beginning farmers as experiential learners while teaching them necessary technical skills for livestock management success. I prepared ten experiential sheep learning modules and taught these during the lab sessions of Animal Science and Livestock Management courses at Kennebec valley Community College (KVCC). These courses are part of the established Sustainable Agricultural associates...

The challenge to the food system is due to rising populations, increased urbanization, and the exportation of high animal protein western diets. Food fish show promise for relieving some of the supply issues surrounding high input animal protein food sources for humans, yet there are lingering concerns about aquaculture's sustainability. Some advances in aquaculture methods including recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) have emerged, however, critical...

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