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Twilight Meeting: UMass Vegetable Research

Event date/time: 
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Come join us at the UMass Research Farm to hear about current applied research projects being conducted by UMass Extension faculty, students, and staff and with the UMass Student Farm Enterprise. Topics will include: 

  • Best management practices for on-farm food safety, Amanda Kinchla & Amanda Brown
  • Standard Operating Procedure for Sanitizing Produce Brush Washers
  • The development of a triple wash leafy green SOP
  • Development of an on-farm food safety plan
  • DIY Mobile Wash Station 
  • Cucurbit Downy Mildew Management Using New Resistant Cucumber Varieties, Susan B. Scheufele
  • Alternative Management Strategies for Cabbage Aphids, Susan B. Scheufele
  • Tomato Variety Trials, Levi Lilly

Pizza following the event!

Contact's name: 
Amanda Kinchla
Contact's phone on day of event: 
413-545-1017
89-91 River Rd Deerfield MA