STARKVILLE, Miss. – With nearly a decade of horticultural production experience, the new vegetable specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service plans to serve growers statewide.
 
Pawel Orlinski understands the economic considerations involved in vegetable production, and he has experience working on small plots and large operations. As the Extension vegetable specialist, he will advise vegetable producers and answer their questions on a range of subjects, including production expansion, precision agriculture and farm-to-table initiatives.

Orlinski also plans to participate in or establish new variety trials at MSU’s four research and Extension centers. He looks forward to working with any producer stakeholders who want to participate and learn more. 

“Orlinski will play a key role in helping the vegetable producers of Mississippi expand their operations, both regionally and nationally,” said Angus Catchot, director of MSU Extension. “Here at Mississippi State Extension, we’re delivering the services that producers want, and Orlinski will be able to provide vegetable growers the information they need to be successful.”

A native of Poland, Orlinski completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, and he will soon complete his doctoral degree[D1]  from Warsaw.
 
At Warsaw, Orlinski taught vegetable production, training students both in traditional classrooms and in the field. At the University of California, Riverside, where he worked before joining MSU, he was a member of its Extension team, and his work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, public reports and numerous presentations. 
 
He began serving as an instructor in the MSU Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in January.