Pennsylvania State Coordinators

Bill Curran

Pennsylvania SARE State Program Coordinator

116 ASI Building
Department of Crop and Soil Science
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-1014
Fax: (814) 863-7043
Email: wcurran@psu.edu

Bill Curran coordinates the Pennsylvania SARE program. He joined the Penn State faculty in 1990 and serves as the extension specialist for programs relating to weed science in agronomic crops. He provides training to producers and agricultural service providers and conducts applied research in weed science. Bill's research program focuses on managing problem weeds in corn, soybean, small grains, and forage crops; exploring the effect of cover crops on weed emergence and herbicide efficacy, and on managing weeds in conservation tillage systems.

Bill is an expert on pesticide use issues and has participated extensively at national and regional conferences as well as contributed in several national pesticide use and issue surveys. He also works closely with producers and agribusiness in assessing farm management skills and in conducting applied research at the farm level.

Bill got his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He has lived and worked in several agricultural settings in the Midwest, western, and eastern U.S. including his native New Mexico, where he was raised on a small irrigated alfalfa and hay operation.

Charlie White

Pennsylvania SARE State Program Educator

456 Ag Sciences & Industries Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-9922
Fax: (814) 863-7043

Email: cmw29@psu.edu

Charlie White is the SARE Educator for the Pennsylvania State Program. Charlie joined Northeast SARE and Penn State University in 2009. He holds the position of Extension Associate in Sustainable Agriculture at Penn State University. In this position, he helps coordinate the SARE professional development and outreach programs, as well as other state-wide Extension programming in sustainable agriculture.

Having grown up in suburban Virginia, Charlie's personal involvement in agriculture did not begin until he worked at the student-run organic farm at Dartmouth College. Since then, Charlie has worked with farms, community-based agricultural organizations, and universities throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Charlie's educational background includes a B.A. in Geography from Dartmouth College and an M.S. in Soil Science from the University of Maryland. His areas of expertise are in soil fertility, soil health, and innovative cover cropping systems.