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IPM Field Walk - Casey Farm

Event date/time: 
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Scouting eggplant at a UMass-sponsored field walk, July 2013

In this series, learn to identify and scout fruit and vegetable pests and select integrated pest management strategies that work for you. We will walk the fields with Extension Educators and Farmers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont to learn how each area and farm is practicing IPM.  Bring a hand lens if you have one. This series is funded in part by a Northeast IPM Center grant. Each field walk includes 2 education credits for certified pesticide applicators.

Casey Farm is a historic property of Historic New England. This mid-eighteenth-century homestead overlooking Narragansett Bay was the center of a plantation that produced food for local and foreign markets. Today, Lindie Markovich and her crew raise organically grown vegetables, herbs, and flowers for a Community Supported Agriculture program on 8 acres. Lindie and Lauren, University of Rhode Island Extension Summer Staff will scout Casey Farm’s fields all season. This field walk will

Contact's name: 
Katie Campbell-Nelson
Contact's email: 
Contact's phone on day of event: 
413-545-1051
2325 Boston Neck Rd Saunderstown RI