This came from Beth Nelson, at Minnesota NCR-SARE and MISA via email.   It’s a great example of rural-urban connections, so we wanted to share it on the blog!

“Looking for Midwest farms to participate in a record-keeping project conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago

“Energy Use and Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Small-Scale, Diversified Farms throughout the Midwest in 2010”

• Program focuses on gathering data on food production, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
• Rural and urban farms wanted for the project
• Stipend provided for farms for facilitating data collection through intern collection and self reporting
• Applications also being accepted for hosting student interns (aid for by the University of Chicago) for Summer 2010 working on-farm and recording material and labor input and output amounts

Interested? To discuss participation, or for any questions/concerns contact:

Esther Bowen, Program Coordinator and Graduate Student Researcher
eebowen@uchicago.edu, cell: 773-266-2215
Assistant Professor Pamela Martin, Principal Investigator
pmartin@uchicago.edu, office: 773-834-5245″