Please join us for a weekly lunchtime seminar series. Each week we’ll be joined by a guest speaker for a 30-minute presentation followed by questions from the listeners and more general discussion.
This workshop will be held online via Zoom. The Zoom link will be the same each week.
The featured presentations this year are:
January 14: Exploring the life beneath our feet - soil macrofauna as drivers of soil health by Dr. Steven Fonte, Colorado State University
January 21: Scouting and pest management in diversified cropping systems: thrips, aphids, cucumber beetles, spider mites by Eric Middleton, Area IPM Farm Advisor, UCCE San Diego County
January 28: How plants see by Dr. John Clark Lagarias, UC Davis
February 4: Survival of enteric pathogens in soils amended with organic soil amendments of animal origin by Dr. Keith Schneider, University of Florida
February 11: Sap testing for nutrient management in specialty crops by Bob Hochmuth, Mark Warren, Emily Beach, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension
February 18: Organic Management of Spotted Wing Drosophilla (SWD) by Dr. Vaughn Walton, Oregon State University
February 25: Exploring how soil health contributes to climate stress resilience in agricultural systems by Patricia Lazicki, Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor, UCCE Yolo County
March 4: Organic Weed Management Technologies: ASD, Occultation, Solarization by Dr. Francesco Di Gioia, Penn State University; Dr. Xin Zhao, University of Florida; Jenny Broome, UC Santa Cruz; Eric Gallandt, University of Maine; and Martin Guerena, NCAT Agriculture Specialist
2-hr seminar featuring multiple presenters
March 11: JADAM Organic Farming Practices
March 18: To be determined