Carol McFarland

Associate in Research | Extension Coordinator for the WSU Farmers’ Network

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

E-mail: carol.mcfarland@wsu.edu

Background 

  • B.S. Montana State University | Agroecology
  • Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture
  • MSc. Washington State University | Soil Science

Skills and Expertise

Soil Health, Agroecology, Soil Acidification, Food Systems, Food Security, Outreach, Stakeholder Engagement, Participatory Extension, Community Development, Project Management, Science Communication

Role in the CAF-LTAR

As the lead of the WSU Farmers’ Network my work is focused towards stakeholder engagement through participatory co-innovation and the co-production of research. The Farmers’ Network partners with growers around the region in support of on-farm experimentation, and making connections with useful and usable applied agroecological research at the forefront.

Current Research Projects

  • Visualizing Microbial Agroecology (funded by WSARE)
  • On-Farm Experimentation
  • Soil Health Outreach

Selected Products

  • McFarland, Carol, Claire Friedrichsen, Haiying Tao, Maren Friesen. Working together for soil health: using Liberating Structures for participatory learning in Extension. Journal of Extension. Pending publication.
  • Friedrichsen, Claire, Sheryl Hagen-Zakariason, Maren L. Friesen, Carol McFarland, Haiying Tao, J.D. Wulfhorst. Soil health and well-being: redefining soil health based on a plurality of values. Soil Security: 2 (2021) 
  • McFarland, Carol, Santosh Shiwakoti, Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, Kurt Schroeder, Tabitha Brown, David R. Huggins. 2020. Evaluating buffer methods for determining lime requirement on acidified agricultural soils of the Palouse. Soil Science Society of America Journal.
  • Lewis, Ricky W., Victoria P. Barth, Todd Coffey, Carol McFarland, David R. Huggins, and Tarah S. Sullivan. Altered bacterial communities in long-term no-till soils associated with stratification of soluble Aluminum and soil pH. Soil systems: 2018.v2(7).
  • McFarland, Carol, Dave Huggins, Rich Koenig. Soil pH and Implications for Management. FS170. Washington State University Extension Bulletin. 2015.