Rhoda Burrows
Professor and SDSU Extension Horticulture Specialist
Biography
Burrows provides support commercial fruit and vegetable production and marketing in South 啵啵直播秀. She organizes production and food safety workshops and obtain funding for educational and research publications and programs; Burrows collaborates with regional and national extension efforts. She is a co-coordinator for South 啵啵直播秀 SARE program.
Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- Sustainable horticultural crop production
- Soil microbe interactions with horticultural crops
- Farm food safety / FSMA
- Vegetable production
- Fruit production
- Viticulture
Academic Responsibilities
- Support fruit and vegetable growers in South 啵啵直播秀, with a strong focus on small-scale and beginning growers.
- Develop educational materials, workshops, etc.
- Partner with other organizations, such as the South 啵啵直播秀 Specialty Producer Association, to deliver programming to producers across the state.
Committees and Professional Memberships
- American Society for Horticultural Science
- South 啵啵直播秀 Specialty Producers Association
Extension Responsibilities
- Provide support commercial fruit and vegetable production and marketing in South 啵啵直播秀.
- Organize production and food safety workshops and obtain funding for educational and research publications and programs.
- collaborate with regional and national extension efforts.
- Co-coordinator for South 啵啵直播秀 SARE program.
- Assisting with Master Gardener training and utilization.
- Assisting with Native American gardening programs.
- Collaborate closely with South 啵啵直播秀 Specialty Producers Association.
Work Experience
- 2001-present, Extension specialist and assistant professor, Horticulture, Forestry and LA Department, South 啵啵直播秀 State University
- 1996-2001, graduate research assistant, Plant Pathology Department, University of Minnesota
- 1994-1996, research technologist tree fruit research and Extension Center, Washington State University
- 1991-1994, research associate, Plant and Soil Science Department, Montana State University
- 1990-1991, research assistant, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Tennessee State University
- 1988-1990, research fellow, Department of Horticulture, University of Minnesota
Research and Scholar Work
Areas of Research
- Grape production
啵啵直播秀s and Honors
- John Robertson Memorial 啵啵直播秀 in Horticulture, South 啵啵直播秀
- Gamma Sigma Delta Extension 啵啵直播秀
- Phi Kappa Phi
Grants
- 鈥淪trategy for Successful Implementation of FSMA in the North Central Region through Adoption of a Systems Approach and Stakeholder Engagement Framework.鈥 Iowa State Univ., NIH- FDA, 2016- 2019, $950,000. SD Subaward, $24,000.
- Burrows, R. and Hegerfeld-Baker, J. 鈥淔ood Safety Training Program for Specialty Growers.鈥 SDDA/USDA Specialty Crop Block grant, 2015-2018, $46,126.
- Burrows, R. 鈥淯se of Conservation Strips for Increasing Beneficial Insects and Decreasing Plant Pests in Pumpkin Plantings.鈥 SDDA/USDA Specialty Crop Block grant, 2014-2016, $16,225.
- 鈥淎dding to the Harvest 鈥 Reducing the Risk of Unsafe Food Handling Practices while enhancing the marketability of specialty crops.鈥 SD Dept Ag/USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant, 2012-2015, $49,791.
- Burke, S., Burrows, R., Gilbert, M., Lindval, R. and Schoch, J. 鈥淗ealthy Food, Healthy Communities: Educating towards food sovereignty on Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations.鈥 USDA-BFRDP, 2014-2017, $657,401.
- 鈥淣orthern Grapes: Integrating viticulture, winemaking, and marketing of new cold-hardy cultivars supporting new and growing rural wineries.鈥 USDA-NIFA, 2011-2013, 2014-2016, $2.5 million, $2.6 million.
- Burrows, R. 鈥淕AP (Good Agricultural Practices) Training.鈥 SDDA/USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant, 2011-2013, $11,306.
- 鈥淗igh Tunnels: A Demonstration and education project for South 啵啵直播秀 Growers.鈥 SDDA/USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant Program, 2008-2011, $11,484.
- 鈥淓valuating Native Fruits for Commercial Production in South 啵啵直播秀.鈥 SD Department of Agriculture Specialty Crops Block Grant Program, 2008-2010, $15,000.
- 鈥淚dentifying priorities for regional Integrated Pest Management consumer horticulture outreach.鈥 Consumer Horticulture Working Group, North-Central IPM Center, 2008, $30,000.
- Burrows, R., Fennell, A., Stubbels, R. and Tosterud, R. 鈥淓ntrepreneurship, Production and Agritourism in Horticulture Specialty Crops.鈥 SD Dept. of Ag. Specialty Crop/Agriculture Promotion Grant, 2002, $15,000.
