Farm Ops Supports Veteran Attendance to the NYS IPM Conference

The NYS Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Conference with the theme of “Fruit IPM for the Home Garden and Landscapes” will be held on June 27, 2024 at the Extension Office in Voorheesville and Indian Ladder Farms.  Sessions will also be available on-line!

Check out the impressive line-up of topics that could be of interest to you:

• Native Food Plants to Feed Pollinators and People with Dani Baker—Cross Island Farms and author of The Home-Scale Forest Garden
• Choosing Plants: Sourcing Plant Material & Unusual Fruits to Consider withLaura McDermott—CCE, Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program
• Gardening Like a Forest: Lessons Learned from the Food Forest Trial Garden Prog…with Ashley Helmholdt—Garden-Based Learning, Cornell University
• Healthy Soils for Healthy Fruit with Debbie Aller, Extension Associate, Cornell University; New York Soil Health—Program Coordinator
• Fruit IPM Concept and Examples with Anna Wallis, NYSIPM Program
• Tree Fruit: On-Farm Demonstration with Anna Wallis, NYSIPM Program
• Berries: On-Farm Demonstration with Laura McDermott, CCE, ENYCHP
• Welcoming your insect friends: On-Farm Demonstration with Amara Dunn-Silver, NYSIPM Program
• Weed Management in Fruit: On-Farm Demonstration with Bryan Brown, NYSIPM Program

Learn more and register for the 2024 NYS IPM Conference. You must register before filling out the veteran application below. You will need a digital copy of your registration in order to apply for the scholarship.