Rick Carr
Farm Director at Rodale Institute- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Rodale Institute
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United States
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Farm Director
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Nov 2019 - Present
Kutztown, PA
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Compost Production Specialist
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Aug 2013 - Nov 2019
Kutztown, PA Current duties at the Rodale Institute are to produce compost materials for research and organic farming purposes.
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Estancia Laguna Blanca
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Farming
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1 - 100 Employee
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Compost Consultant
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Jun 2012 - Jun 2013
Composting consultant. Projects include: development of procedures for preparing thermophilic compost, vermicompost, and liquid vermicompost extracts; management of compost materials; field application of compost materials; testing to determine efficacy of compost materials; construction of vegetable garden; transplanting embryos for the Dorper sheep project; data entry and analysis; and machine operator (John Deere tractors (5403 and 542 with bucket and fork), Agco Allis tractor (6.125)… Show more Composting consultant. Projects include: development of procedures for preparing thermophilic compost, vermicompost, and liquid vermicompost extracts; management of compost materials; field application of compost materials; testing to determine efficacy of compost materials; construction of vegetable garden; transplanting embryos for the Dorper sheep project; data entry and analysis; and machine operator (John Deere tractors (5403 and 542 with bucket and fork), Agco Allis tractor (6.125), front-end loader, bobcat, cultivator, manure spreader, Jacto liquid fumigator/mosquito sprayer, tractor-pulled thermophilic compost turner, field mower, and cultivator). Show less
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Cornell University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research technician
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Jan 2007 - Apr 2012
Vermicompost-mediated disease suppression of Pythium aphanidermatum, with specific focus on suppression on the zoosporangium stage of P. aphanidermatum development.
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Education
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Cornell University
Master's degree, Plant Pathology -
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor's degree, Biology