Nicholas R Jordan

Nicholas R Jordan
Professor
[email protected]
651-895-3770
309 Hayes Hall
Education

Ph.D.: Duke (1986)
Harvard College, 1979

Areas of Interest

Agroecology, eco-social systems, agricultural diversification

Biography

Nick Jordan is a Professor of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, at the University of Minnesota. He is an agricultural ecologist, and a Resident Fellow of the University’s Institute on the Environment. He does collaborative research and public engagement to advance diversification in agriculture, using a wide range of research methods. He co-directs the Forever Green Initiative, a cross-sector collaborative network working to advance crops that provide continuous living cover for Midwest agriculture.

Teaching

Introductory ecology (ESPM 3108); Ecology of Agricultural Systems (Agro 5321)

Research

My research program in agricultural ecology addresses the use of biological diversity to improve the bundle of goods and services that agriculture provides to society. I am particularly interested in models for implementing diversified agriculture at watershed and landscape scales, and for building public-private partnerships that can overcome barriers to diversification in agriculture.

Select Publications

Jordan N., Boody G, Broussard W, et al. (13 total co-authors) 2007.  Sustainable development of the agricultural bio-economy  Science 316:1570-1571.

Jordan, N. R., & Davis, A. S. 2015. Middle-Way Strategies for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture. BioScience 65: 513-519.

Jordan, N., Dorn, K., Runck, B., Ewing, P., Williams, A., Anderson, K. A., Felice, L., Haralson, K., Goplen, J., Altendorf, K., Fernandez, A., Phippen, W., Sedbrook, J., Marks, M., Wolf, K., Wyse, D., Johnson, G. 2016. Sustainable commercialization of new crops for the agricultural bioeconomy. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 4: 000081. doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000081

Schively, C., Runck, B., Pitt, D., Kne, L. Jordan, N., Mulla, D., Zerger, C. Reichenbach, M. 2016. Collaborative Geodesign to Advance Multifunctional Landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning 156:71-80. 

Jordan, N., Schut, M., Graham, S., Barney, J., Childs, D., Christensen, S., Cousens, R., Davis, A., Eisenberg, H., Ervin, D. and Mirsky, S., Transdisciplinary weed research: new leverage on challenging weed problems? Weed Research 56: 345–358

Jordan N.R., Mulla D.J., Slotterback C.., Runck B., Hays C. 2017. Multifunctional agricultural watersheds for climate adaptation in Midwest USA: commentary. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 0, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1017/ S1742170517000655

Jordan N, Gutknecht J, Bybee-Finley KA, Hunter, M., Krupnik, T.J., Pittelkow, C.M., Prasad, P.V.V. and Snapp, S., 2020. To meet grand challenges, agricultural scientists must engage in the politics of constructive collective action. Crop Science. 2020;1–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20318 

Jordan, N.R., Kuzma, J., Ray, D.K., Foot, K., Snider, M., Miller, K., Wilensky-Lanford, E. and Amarteifio, G., 2022. Should Gene Editing Be Used to Develop Crops for Continuous-Living-Cover Agriculture? A Multi-Sector Stakeholder Assessment Using a Cooperative Governance Approach. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10.

Jordan N.R., Wilson D.S., Noble K., Miller K., Conway T.M. and Cureton C. (2023) A polycentric network strategy for regional diversification of agriculture: theory and implementation. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 7:1012759. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1012759

Jordan N.R., Valley W., Donovan D., Clegg D.J., Grossman J., Hunt N., Michaels T., Peterson H., Rogers M.A., Sames A and Stein M. (2023) Scaffolding collective agency curriculum within food-systems education programs. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 7:1119459. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1119459

Learn more about Nicholas Jordan's published research on his Google Scholar site.