Tommy Fenster

Excited to share our publication @isabeltorressci @lumbricid @chuhousen @PattyOikawa. Compost Amendment to a Grazed California Annual Grassland Increases Gross Primary Productivity Due To a Longer Growing Season. #NbCS #eddycovariance #footprint @AmeriFlux

Much of the food supply in the U.S. goes uneaten, which contributes to climate change. Some states have tried to cut food waste in landfills, but their efforts have fallen short, researchers found. npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-…

#Grape can be grown for 🍷 raisins and table grape 🍇! It can also be grown for shade! Very interesting project @ucanr to explore the use of 🍇 and other vine #plants to provide urban cooling. Vigorous and 🍇 producing vines can achieve both shading and urban farming!

@UofCalifornia and @UCANR Cooperative Extension scientists have been investigating the feasibility of growing crops in empty lots and other urban settings. The team has created a small farm to test their ideas with the help of @USDA funding. bit.ly/3yKdWIW

Just wrapped up veraison sampling for our (@amelie_gaudin & @BugLundgren labs) project studying the effect of grazing & other regenerative practices on soil health, biodiversity, input usage, yield & grape quality. We sampled insects, assessed ground cover & took petiole samples.

Please consider applying to our AGU session “B070. Model Data Integration to Advance Understanding of Wetland Greenhouse Gas Emissions: From Site to Global Scales.” Ben Sulman is our invited speaker. All wetland modelers welcome!!!

UCCE Soil Carbon Workshop - Shone Farm, Santa Rosa June 12 $15/ticket (free for students) Register here: surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?sur…

Awesome! Looking forward to trying out. Thank for putting this together!

A very practical beginner’s guide & tool kit to eddy covariance by Caitlin Moore & Anne Griebel link.springer.com/protocol/10.10… @Fluxnet_ecn

A LES-based mechanistic correction for eddy covariance energy imbalance that accounts for heterogeneity tested in #CHEESEHEAD19 @AmeriFlux by Wanner @MatthiasMauder @sreenathpaleri and crew link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🌾 Seeking solutions beneath our feet - discover how @BerkeleyLab scientists unveil the potential of compost to amplify soil carbon storage, cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions as temps rise. Read more: bit.ly/3xoGbMi #ClimateScience #SoilHealth

Subsurface banded poultry litter using the subsurfer seems like it could be a great tool in CA cropping systems. Especially for no-till operations, organic ones, and those just looking to reduce synthetic N. attra.ncat.org/blog-47-meet-t…

Last day to register for Sonoma County Organic Crops Day (free to attend). Register at: surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?sur… More information at: ucanr.edu/sites/chenlab/…

A nice article highlighting a collaborative study @eesalbnl @CalStateEastBay shows how low-cost compost applications can be an effective tool for enhancing carbon sequestration across California rangelands @tomdf1 @PattyOikawa

A nice article on our recent paper which demonstrated how a one time compost addition to rangelands could enhance soil carbon storage through a longer growing season. eesa.lbl.gov/2024/04/04/ees…

Wrapped up the third year of bud break sampling for our research (@BugLundgren / Ecdysis & @amelie_gaudin labs) examining how grazing and regenerative management affects soil health biodiversity, input usage, yield, and grape quality. The study now spans 49 sites across N CA.

It appears that the difference between what Oakland offered and what the A's wanted was about $35 million or so over three years. Or about the same that the Angels are paying reliever Robert Stephenson. Meanwhile, owners overseeing an industry worth many tens of billions of dollars stand by and watch their weakest franchise put on this cheap circus, and do nothing. Incomprehensible. And a terrible business decision.

Upcoming Organic Crops Day for Mendocino County! Register Here: surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?sur…

check out this #soilcarbon opportunity @IRC_ORCaSa @SOC_WUR @useyardstick @4per1000 @SmartSOIL_EU

🚨 Our new paper is out!! 🚨 We developed a conceptual framework to align understanding on the impact of #grazing on soil organic #carbon using a combined lens of plant ecophysiology + soil biogeochemistry & a REAL description of grazing management 🐂 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

We are hiring a Junior Specialist: Biometeorology and Ecosystem Fluxes of Mixed Redwoods-Conifer Forests in Northern California recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06252 to work at UC Davis with Holly Oldroyd, Kyaw Tha and myself! Also @lbnl collaborators @chuhousen and others!