Event date/time
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Event Type
In-person
Event location
GreenRoots La Finca
78 Miller St
Chelsea, MA 02150
United States
Price
Free
Join us for a workshop on Ecological Pest Management for Urban Farms. Participants will learn practical, on-farm strategies to reduce pest pressure and minimize crop damage, along with effective preventative interventions to help avoid pest infestations and support resilient, healthy crops.
*Spanish interpretation and refreshments will be provided.
This event is part of our Urban Mentor Farm Program, which is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (Northeast SARE) program under subaward number SNE23-004-MA-AWD00001024.
Speaker(s) / Instructor(s)
Josh Arnold, Extension Professor in Urban Agriculture, UMass Extension
Vladimir Perez, Food Justice Organizer, GreenRoots
Ibrahim Ali, Urban Agriculture Educator, UMass Extension
Olivia Golden, Urban Agriculture Educator, UMass Extension
Registration Deadline:
Contact's name:
Olivia Golden
Contact's email:
urbanag@umass.edu
Contact's phone on day of event:
(413) 658-5588
This event will be recorded:
No