The Organic Center is the recipient of almost $900,000 in federal funds through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) research program. The funds will enable The Organic Center to collaborate in four new important OREI research grant projects. Katherine Dentzman, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, is co-PI on a study titled, “Expanding Resilient Climate and Pest Protection Systems for Diversified Organic Specialty Crop Producers.”