Gordon Price Bio

Gordon is the Innovative Waste Management Research Chair in the Department of Engineering, NSAC and is a professional agrologist. Gordon has extensive training and experience in tropical and temperate agroforestry cropping systems, agricultural resource management, waste management, earthworm ecology, nutrient dynamics, soil biochemistry, and organic matter decomposition. His current research program is focused on the use of compost systems and the utilization of on-farm and industry wastes in agriculture. He holds a BSc in Agriculture from the University of British Columbia and a MSc and PhD from the University of Guelph. Gordon has been actively involved in an advisory capacity to the Departments of Agriculture and Environment in Nova Scotia, as well as in Ontario, in the areas of Specified Risk Materials, organic amendment management, and impacts of using municipal biosolids in agriculture.

Gordon is also an established lecturer and educator with experience in the design and delivery of training programs in waste management, composting, and nutrient management in academic and non-formal settings.