He directs the college’s educational farm, on which about 50-60 students gain practical work and management experience each year. The farm includes field crop, livestock, horticulture, apiculture, and aquaculture enterprises in addition to a new retail store that serves as a laboratory for developing valued-added products. His research has included insect ecology in agriculture, crop-soil nutrient dynamics, and assessing the environmental and economic performance of farming and food production systems. He currently serves as a technical advisor for the Organic Association of Kentucky.