Garry Stephenson

Garry Stephenson

Director, Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems Coordinator, Small Farms Program
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Garry is a Professor, Extension Small Farms Specialist and Director of the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, an alternative farming program at Oregon State University that is striving to change the world through small scale organic/sustainable agriculture and local/regional food systems. He has over 30 years of experience collaborating with small farmers on educational programs and applied research. Over the years, his work has focused on supporting farmers markets, sustainable farming methods, beginning farmer education, and the production and policy needs of organic farmers. His academic training includes graduate degrees in animal science and agricultural anthropology.

Organic and sustainable farming systems
Local and regional food systems
Farmers’ markets
Beginning farmer and rancher education

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At OSU

Affiliated with:

Crop and Soil Science

Career Links:

Department of Crop and Soil Science

OSU Extension Small Farms Program

Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems

Oregon Small Farm News

Department of Horticulture

Do you accept grad students?:

Agricultural Education & Agricultural Sciences

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Headquarters:

OSU Main Campus

Professional Accomplishments

Honors and Awards:

Award for Excellence—Scientist. Oregon Organic Coalition. 2017

Outreach and Engagement Award. Oregon State University. 2014

Oldfield/Jackman Team Award. Awarded to OSU Small Farms Program Faculty. College of Agricultural Sciences. 2014

Vice Provost’s Award for Excellence in Strategic Impact. Division of Outreach and Engagement, Oregon State University. 2010.

Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology. 2002.

Education:

PhD Agricultural Anthropology, University of Oregon
MAg Animal Science, Crop Science (minor), Oregon State University
MAIS Environmental Anthropology, Oregon State University
BA Anthropology, Arizona State University

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Outreach and Extension

The Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems was established within the Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS) in September, 2013, with support from CAS and the OSU Extension Service. The Center uses education, research, and collaborative relationships to achieve our vision:

Successful small farms: profitable, biologically resilient, and satisfying consumer demand for food that is local, sustainably produced, healthy, and humane.
Strong community food systems: local food systems that provide equitable access to healthy food, reward environmental stewardship, support local businesses, and are engines of community economic development.
Students with high “Food IQ”: ready to take on critical food system issues as the next generation of farmers, scientists, policymakers, and community leaders.

The Center is based on OSU’s Corvallis campus and “houses” the Extension Small Farms Program, which currently has faculty in four regions of the state.

The Small Farms Program is part of the OSU Extension Service. It emphasizes: Biological approaches to livestock and crop production; Whole farm management; Beginning farmer and rancher education; Women's agricultural networks.

Small Farms Program faculty are based in the Northern Willamette Valley, Southern Willamette Valley, Southern Oregon, Oregon Coast, and Central Oregon.

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