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Water Management Twilight Meeting

Event date/time: 
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

FSMA and drought got you down? Come to this Twilight Meeting at Tangerini Farm in Millis, MA. Tour the newly installed irrigation system for orchard and vegetable crops built with funding support from NRCS with the designer, Trevor Hardy of Brookdale Farm, Irrigation and Row Crop Supply. Find out water sampling protocols and lab requirements for FSMA from the UMass Food Safety Specialist Lisa McKeag and about grant opportunities for irrigation and food safety improvements  from representatives of NRCS and MDAR's Commonwealth Quality Program. Other industry representatives will also be available for consultation and dinner will be provided following the tour. 
We will cover: irrigation water sources, sampling for FSMA requirements, ins-and-outs of drip irrigation, overhead irrigation in corn, strawberry and direct seeded crops, irrigation under FSMA, and orchard irrigation.

There is no cost for this program but an RSVP is appreciated so that we can get a headcount for food here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SZ6CRXJ 

Contact's name: 
Lisa McKeag
Contact's email: 
Contact's phone on day of event: 
413-577-3976
139 Spring St Millis MA

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