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Join us online next Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 7 pm (CST) for our weekly free online learning from farmers! This is the third live farminar of the Winter 2012 series.
Insect Pest Management in organic vegetable production
Tues., January 24, 2012
7 pm (CST)
http://www.practicalfarmers.org/farminar/
Insect Pest Management in organic vegetable production
with Kate Edwards and Steve Pincus
Learn strategies to mitigate the damage caused by flea beetles, cucumber beetles, thrips, European corn borer, cabbage root maggot, and aphids, using organic-approved methods.
Kate Edwards, an engineer-turned-farmer, is renting a small acreage near Solon and plotting her growing and business strategies, which include selling through diverse farmer's market, wholesale markets and CSA markets. She is newly enrolled in Practical Farmers of Iowa's Savings Incentive Program.
Steve Pincus runs Tipi Produce with Beth Kazmar in south-central Wisconsin. In business since 1976, Tipi grows 45 acres of certified-organic vegetables, melons and berries for local wholesale and CSA. Steve and Beth have taught a range of topics at regional conferences and workshops. They have the background and experience to interpret scientific information for on-farm use.
FREE "Farminar" from Practical Farmers of Iowa of the 2012 winter series. This web-based seminar is a 90-minute, interactive, online learning opportunity offered by Practical Farmers of Iowa.
Please pass along this valuable online learning opportunity to your network of friends and colleagues.
