Interview with Troy Cooper

Troy Cooper talks about the Farmers Market in Mount Vernon and the public square.https://digital.kenyon.edu/ps_interviews/1028/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Sandy Crow

Sandy Crow talks about the Visitors Bureau and the Dan Emmett Festivalhttps://digital.kenyon.edu/ps_interviews/1031/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Andrew Reinert

Andrew Reinert talks about selling his chicken and hen eggs at the Farmers Market.https://digital.kenyon.edu/ps_interviews/1029/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown talks about the Owl Creek Produce Auctionhttps://digital.kenyon.edu/ps_interviews/1034/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Pat Crow

Pat Crow talks about being the director of the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival.https://digital.kenyon.edu/ps_interviews/1030/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Karen McClellan

Karen McClellan talks about her Custom Bridal Creations shop.https://digital.kenyon.edu/ps_interviews/1032/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Richard Mavis

Mayor Richard Mavis talks about growing up in Mount Vernon, being mayor, and public spaces.https://digital.kenyon.edu/ps_interviews/1033/thumbnail.jp

Irrigation and fertilizer management for horticultural crops on the Swan Coastal Plain

The Swan Coastal Plain is an important area for the production of vegetables, flowers and fruits in Western Australia. The yellow Cottesloe, Karrakatta and the white-grey Bassendean Sands upon which most of this production is based are infertile in their natural state and require large inputs of fertilizer for succesful production of horticultural crops. Improved irrigation and fertilizer management will be needed to reduce nutrient leaching from horticultural crops on the coastal plain. This will probably involve applying fertilizer and water more frequently, but in smaller quantaties thaan currently practiced. The result should more closely match water and fertilizer supply to crop demand

Table & seed potatoes from Western Australia at a glance

Western Australia is a leading national exporter of table potatoes, accounting for almost 40 per cent of Australian exports. The high quality of Western Australian potatoes commands premium prices on both national and international markets. Opportunities to export Certified potato seed, particularly to south east Asian markets are growing and varieties suited to export markets are being developed.https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/bulletins/1077/thumbnail.jp

The use of red mud/gypsum to reduce water pollution from sandy soils used for vegetable production

An important domestic and export vegetable industry is located on the sands of the Swan Coastal Plain (SCP) in Western Australia. The total value of the vegetable industry on the SCP was estimated at $90M in 1996/7 or about 50% of the total value of the industry. This vegetable production has been located on good quality sands such as the Spearwood and yellow Karrakatta sands, close to the coast, since the 1950s. However in recent years competition for this land for urban and industrial use has forced vegetable production onto soils with poorer water and phosphorus retention capacity such as the more acidic Bassendean (Joel) and grey-phase Karrakatta sands. This has lead leaching of fertiliser phosphorus into water systems of the SCP such as lakes, rivers and estuaries with resulting pollution (algae blooms). Even though vegetable production is not the only or main source of this leached phosphorus the issue has resulted in negative publicity for the industry and increased scrutiny of industry practices by government agencies charged with responsibility for water, the environment and health