Ellen Mallory

Expertise

🚜 Agriculture, 🍩 Food science, 🌿 Organic food production, πŸ› Pests and parasites, 🟫 Soils, πŸ’§Water quality

Mallory’s research and outreach programs focus on grain, pulse, and oilseed production, both organic and conventional, for local food, beverage, and feed markets, and on the use of organic amendments like manure, compost, and green manures for crop fertility.Β  She also offers professional development programs for agricultural service providers in various aspects of sustainable agriculture. Mallory’s current research includes studying PFAS uptake by forage crops. Visit Mallory’s biography to learn more.

Appointment details

Graphic displaying a 20/80 research/cooperative extension split.
Mallory balances time between research (20%) on grain, pulse, and oilseed production, both organic and conventional, for local food and beverage markets, and Cooperative Extension (80%) activities.

Mallory’s work is supported by:

  • School of Food and Agriculture at the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
  • Cooperative Extension
  • Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

Experiment Station contributions

  • Current project: Helping grain farmers adapt to emerging markets and a changing climate. Hatch project number ME022326.