The bus tour was the perfect opportunity to welcome the newest member of NSCU’s faculty and organic community, Dr. Julie Grossman.  Julie was recently hired as Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility Management in Organic Cropping Systems in the Soil Science Department.  She has a background in nitrogen fixation in legumes, an area which is vital to the long-term sustainability of organic systems.  Julie is already working on a grant from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (see article in this newsletter).  Based on feedback we received on the bus tour, Julie has already become a big hit.