As a fresh college graduate, I helped found Mana Organics Ltd., a sustainable tea company dedicated to promoting organic farming strategies and small farmers in the Assam region of Northeast India. While there, I was responsible for overseeing a team of 10 local workers in planting and maintaining several vegetable varieties (corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, etc.) in a 560 sq. m. greenhouse and in several small farmer plots throughout the Assam area. I also consulted for several farming cooperatives and tea estates on organic soil management practices, and worked with an international certification agency (SGS Pvt. Ltd.) to obtain organic certification for local farmers.
Building Belizean Soil Science Capacity
March 2021
As part of my NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship, I worked with the Yaax'che Conservation Trust and the villages of Indian Creek and Medina Bank in Toledo, Belize to sample soil nutrient and texture while training Yaax'che extension agents to use the NRCS soil quality test kit.
UC Davis Global Soil Health Portal
Jun-Aug 2019
I worked with Hannah Waterhouse and Devin Rippner to collect online resources and create content for the UC Davis Global Soil Health Portal, with the goal of making online resources related to soil management challenges more accessible to producers and NGOs.
Soil Characterization in Childs Meadow
Jun 2017
I worked with Sarah Yarnell from the Center for Watershed Sciences to characterize soils in the Childs Meadow restoration project.
Soil Health Workshop - Russell Ranch
Jun 2017
I co-organized a Soil Health workshop with Sonja Brodt on soil health and carbon cycling in agricultural soils. We also produced a curriculum for organizing soil health workshops, available here.
