Extension Support Specialist
kal52@cornell.edu
Education
B.S. Natural Resources, Cornell University
M.S. Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University
Research Interests
I help lead Extension efforts for the lab, which include coordinating farmer advisory groups, on-farm and farmer-led research, as well as outreach events such as workshops and field days. I also help manage and execute field experiments related to our work on regional dry bean production and organic no-till systems.
My interests include pulse crops, agronomics of diversified field cropping systems, open-source farm technologies and participatory research methodologies.
Publications
Loria, K. 2021. Introgression of disease resistance into heirloom-type dry beans for high value regional food systems. Bean Improvement Cooperative Annual Report.
Loria, K. 2021. Understanding and Managing Seed-borne Pathogens in Organic Dry Bean Systems. Eorganic.info.
Loria, K. October 2019. On-Farm Variety Improvement Part II: Selection and Plant Breeding. Cornell Small Farms Program Fall 2019 Quarterly.
Loria, K. July 2019. On-Farm Plant Breeding Pt. I: Getting Started with Diversity, Cornell Small Farms Program Summer 2019 Quarterly.
Loria, K. April 2013. Community Garden Information Systems: Analyzing and Strengthening Community-Based Resource Sharing Networks. Journal of Extension (Vol 51, 2).