Research Publications

Regenerative Agriculture

Nutrition

Adams, J., Van Duinen, R., Sergin, S., Bitler, C. A., & Fenton, J. I. (2025). Geographical Variations in Egg Nutrient Density: A Comparative Study of Sustainable Layer Hen Systems in Ohio and Indiana in Late Fall and Early Winter Months. Sustainability, 17(7), 3208. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17073208

Cloward, J. J., Bitler, C., Broadbent, J., Cox, M., Haycock, C., Hurst, D., Jensen, C., Langdon, J., Mansfield, J., Nava, S., Zeglin, I., Mason, O., Payne, T., & Vliet, S. van. (2024). The Effects of Regenerative Farming on Human Health: A Randomized Crossover Design Clinical Trial. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102287

VanDuinen, R. F., Adams, J. F., Sergin, S., Chavva, S. F., Bitler, C., & Fenton, J. I. (2024). Changes in the Fatty Acid and Antioxidant Profile of Eggs and Forage Across the Grazing Season in a Southern Ohio-Based Pasture-Raising System for Layer Hens. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102308

Krusinski, L., Maciel, I. C. F., Sergin, S., Jambunathan, V., Garg, E., Garmyn, A. J., Singh, S., Bitler, C. A., Rowntree, J. E., & Fenton, J. I. (2022). Effects of Hay, Baleage, and Soybean Hulls Waste Used as Supplemental Feeds on the Nutritional Profile of Grass-Finished Beef. Foods, 11(23), 3856. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11233856

Sergin, S., Goeden, T., Krusinski, L., Kesamneni, S., Ali, H., Bitler, C. A., Medina-Meza, I. G., & Fenton, J. I. (2021). Fatty Acid and Antioxidant Composition of Conventional Compared to Pastured Eggs: Characterization of Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Branched Chain Fatty Acid Isomers in Eggs. ACS Food Science & Technology, 1(2), 260–267. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.0c00093

Jain, R., Bronkema, S. M., Yakah, W., Rowntree, J. E., Bitler, C. A., & Fenton, J. I. (2020). Seasonal differences exist in the polyunsaturated fatty acid, mineral and antioxidant content of U.S. grass-finished beef. PLOS ONE, 15(2), e0229340. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229340

Bronkema, S. M., Rowntree, J. E., Jain, R., Schweihofer, J. P., Bitler, C. A., & Fenton, J. I. (2019). A Nutritional Survey of Commercially Available Grass-Finished Beef. Meat and Muscle Biology, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.22175/mmb2018.10.0034

Livestock and Pastures

Rodriguez-Hernandéz, C. Y., Otaviano, E. K. S., Borrenpohl, D., Ribeiro, R. H., Mammana, A. F., Gelley, C., Bitler, C., & Chiavegato, M. B. (2025). Establishment strategies for native warm-season grasses: Organic and conventional approaches. Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 11(2), e70075. https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.70075

Krusinski, L., Castanon, C., Hellberg, R. S., Maciel, I. C. F., Ahsin, M., Vliet, S. van, Rowntree, J. E., & Fenton, J. I. (2025) Highly Targeted Metabolomics Coupled With Gene Expression Analysis by RT–qPCR Improves Beef Separation Based on Grass, Grain, or Grape Supplemented Diet. Food Frontiers, 0;1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/fft2.70022

Kwon, J., Tanner, W., Kong, Y., Wade, M., Bitler, C., Chiavegato, M. B., & Pettigrew, M. M. (2025). Prospective comparison of the digestive tract resistome and microbiota in cattle raised in grass-fed versus grain-fed production systems. mSphere,10(3), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00738-24

Krusinski, L., Maciel, I. C. F., van Vliet, S., Ahsin, M., Adams, J., Lu, G., Bitler, C. A., Rowntree, J. E., & Fenton, J. I. (2024). Fatty acids and secondary metabolites can predict grass-finished beef and supplemental cattle feeds. Npj Science of Food, 8(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-024-00315-5