Biography
Nick Andrews is a member of OSU’s Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems. As a member of the Small Farms program Nick serves Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties. Nick is also starting a state-wide Organic Extension program within the Center for Small Farms. The initial focus in that program is annual Organic crops throughout Oregon. Nick started with OSU Extension in 2005, and was previously an organic inspector with Oregon Tilth, orchard consultant in Hood River and vegetable entomologist in England and Scotland with ADAS. His work focuses on Organic vegetable production and beginning farmer training. Nick developed the Organic Fertilizer and Cover Crop Calculator in collaboration with Dan Sullivan and others at OSU. He is collaborating with OSU colleagues to develop Croptime, a degree-day modeling website for vegetable growers. Nick earned a B.S. in Horticulture from OSU in 1991 with a minor in Horticultural Science. He received a M.Sc. in Crop Protection with distinction from the University of Reading, UK in 1995.
