Dean Baas

Dean Baas

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Dean Baas is an Extension Educator in Sustainable Agriculture for Michigan State University Extension. Dean is involved in cover crop, soil health and organic agriculture research and education. Farmers and commodity groups are an integral part of his projects and programs.  He is a member of the Midwest Cover Crops Council Executive Committee (www.mccc.msu.edu). He is the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Coordinator for the state of Michigan (www.misare.msu.edu).

He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Geosciences and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from MSU.  Prior to returning to MSU for graduate study, he had a 20-year career with the Kellogg Company.

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