James Cassidy has been an Instructor of Soil Science at Oregon State University for over 20 years. The introductory class now has over 100 students each term and is very popular. James is also the founder and faculty advisor for the wildly popular OSU Organic Growers Club – OSU’s student farm. Coming from a non-traditional background (music industry for over 40+ years) he is passionate about soil and is popular with students because of his dynamic speaking style. The student farm project has over 300 student volunteers on it’s list-serve and continues to grow. Over 30,000 students have participated in the farm’s programs.  The farm is largely self-supported through produce sales and cultivates over 50 different fruit and vegetable crops and is in the middle of it’s 25th season.