{"id":12,"date":"2013-07-17T12:34:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2013-10-17T21:34:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T01:34:30","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Initiatives and Projects from the Science Gardener Collective<\/h3>\n

Our past and current projects at BUSPH generally span the following project areas:<\/h4>\n
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  1. <\/a>Providing Science-based Recommendations for improving soil lead concentrations<\/li>\n
  2. Composting to Improve Soil Quality<\/a> – Boston Municipal Composting \u2013 From Curb to Garden<\/li>\n
  3. Providing\u00a0technical guidance<\/a> for development and renovation of gardens<\/li>\n
  4. Developing Best Management Practices<\/a> for Decreasing Human Exposures to Contaminated Garden Soil<\/li>\n
  5. Fine Tuning our Assessment of Human Health Risk<\/a> Associated with Growing food in Contaminated Soils<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Detailed recent project descriptions:<\/h3>\n

    Community Engagement, Boston Superfund Research Project <\/strong>(Wendy Heiger-Bernays)<\/a><\/p>\n

    The Food Project-Foodfest <\/strong>(multiple participants)
    \nProvided soil testing to gardeners with portable XRF<\/p>\n

    Composting to Improve Soil Quality <\/a><\/strong>
    \nTesting and Evaluation of Boston Municipal Compost (Phase I)
    \nTesting and Evaluation of Boston Municipal Compost (Phase II)
    \nFeedstock Source contribution to Lead
    \nBoston Composts<\/p>\n

    Providing technical guidance for development and renovation of gardens<\/a><\/strong>
    \nNightingale Community Garden Dorchester, Boston MA
    \nLeyland Community Garden
    \nCharlestown Community Garden Charlestown, Boston MA<\/p>\n

    Developing Best Management Practices for Decreasing Human Exposures to Contaminated Garden Soil<\/a><\/strong>
    \nDevelopment of a technically sound guide to Best Management Practices for Community and Home Gardens in non-pristine soils.<\/p>\n

    Fine Tuning our Assessment of Human Health Risk Associated with Growing food in Contaminated Soils<\/a><\/strong>
    \nRooftop Gardens \u2013 Contribution of air deposition of pollutants
    \nContribution of lead from inhalation of soil PM while gardening
    \nUnderstanding the use of Pesticides in Boston Community Gardens \u2013 Pilot Project<\/p>\n

    Selected Presentations \u00a0and Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Upcoming: “Dirty Garden Soil: Practice Steps for Cleaner Backyard and Community Gardens” \u00a0141st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.<\/i> Boston, MA<\/p>\n

    \u201cBest Management Practices for Safe Soil Use in Backyard, Community and Commercial Gardens\u201d National Environmental Health Association 77th Annual Educational Conference and Exhibition. Washington D.C.<\/p>\n

    Workshop \u201cSafer Gardening in Urban Soils\u201d 38th Annual Gardeners Gathering. March 30, 2013. Boston Natural Areas Network. Boston, MA<\/p>\n

    Workshop “Understanding Soil Test Results”\u00a038th Annual Gardeners Gathering. March 30, 2013.\u00a0Boston Natural Areas Network. Boston, MA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Initiatives and Projects from the Science Gardener Collective Our past and current projects at BUSPH generally span the following project areas: Providing Science-based Recommendations for improving soil lead concentrations Composting to Improve Soil Quality – Boston Municipal Composting \u2013 From Curb to Garden Providing\u00a0technical guidance for development and renovation of gardens Developing Best Management Practices […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7186,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sciencegardenercollaborative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}