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Johnathan Lundgren
type: #person
organisation / role: Ecdysis Foundation / agroecologist, entomologist, farmer, and beekeeper
place: #usa
About
Dr. Lundgren is an agroecologist, Director ECDYSIS Foundation, and CEO for Blue Dasher Farm. He received his PhD in Entomology from the University of Illinois in 2004, and was a top scientist with USDA-ARS for 11 years.
Lundgren’s research and education programs focus on assessing the ecological risk of pest management strategies and developing long-term solutions for regenerative food systems.
Lundgren received the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering by the White House. Lundgren has served as an advisor for national grant panels and regulatory agencies on pesticide and GM crop risk assessments. Lundgren has written 107 peer-reviewed journal articles, authored the book “Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-prey Foods”, and has received more than $3.4 million in grants. He has trained 5 post-docs and 12 graduate students from around the world. Jonathan played a key role in the 10 year reserach project documented in the film Roots So Deep.
One of his priorities is to make science applicable to end-users, and he regularly interacts with the public and farmers regarding pest and farm management and insect biology. Lundgren’s research and education programs focus on assessing the ecological risk of pest management strategies and developing long-term solutions for sustainable food systems. His ecological research focuses heavily on integrated pest manangement and conserving healthy biological communities within agroecosystems by reducing disturbance and increasing biodiversity within crops and grazing land.
Videos
TEDx - A Six-legged March Toward Regenerative Agriculture
How Insects Relate to soil Health
Reclaiming Soil