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SUMMARY:Cultivating Success Whole Farm Planning Course
DESCRIPTION:Cultivating Success™: Whole Farm Planning will walk you through a step-by-step process\, to help you prepare a well thought out plan for your land\, life\, and farm business. Learn how to use a whole system lens to create a living plan for your small farm future. Classes will meet weekly through Zoom\, in an online classroom environment and you will be able to connect with a statewide community of other aspiring farm planners. Leave with tools for decision making and a road map to plan for your farming endeavors. Includes many opportunities for networking and community building in smaller breakout groups too! Come build a solid plan for a farm or food business that suits you. \nSeptember 25th – December 4th \n11-week course meets Mondays 6-8pm \n$200 per farm \nOnline course through zoom with in-person opportunities for our region \nScholarships available for military veterans or anyone for whom the course fee is a barrier \nThis course offers live Spanish interpretation and facilitation statewide. \nEste curso ofrece interpretación y facilitación en español en vivo en todo el estado.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/regionalsmallfarms/event/cultivating-success-whole-farm-planning-course/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kellie%20Henwood":MAILTO:kellie.henwood@wsu.edu
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SUMMARY:Harvesting & Curing Sweetpotatoes
DESCRIPTION:Join farmers Aaron and Dana Steege-Jackson of Around the Table Farm in Poulsbo for an on-farm walk-through of their sweetpotato harvesting and curing methods. Farmers in attendance will learn about: \n\nMethods for harvesting sweetpotatoes\nSuccessful curing methods\nTour of farm and special curing chamber they have built\n\nRegistration Details\nDate: Friday\, October 20th\, 2pm – 4pm (in-person event!) \nLocation: In person! Address will be provided to registered attendees \nAudience: Farmers\, Homesteaders and Producers Only \nRegistration link: Please only register for this farm walk if you plan to attend as there is limited space for this event. If you register and are unable to come\, we kindly ask that you inform us at least 48 hours before the event so that we may open up registration to other interested farmers.\nIf you go to register and there are no spaces available\, please email jess.sappington@wsu.edu to be put on our cancellation list. \n  \n \n—— \nThis material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture\, U.S. Department of Agriculture\, under award number 2022-38640-37490 through the Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under project number SW23-951. USDA is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. Any opinions\, findings\, conclusions\, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. \nWSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office. Reasonable accommodation will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Laurel Moulton (laurel.moulton@wsu.edu / 360-565-2679) at least two weeks prior to the event.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/regionalsmallfarms/event/harvesting-curing-sweetpotatoes/
CATEGORIES:Farm Walk
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SUMMARY:Annual Tilth Conference
DESCRIPTION:About the Conference\nPara español\, hace clic on el botón arriba a la derecha. \nThe Tilth Conference is an annual event bringing together hundreds of farmers\, food system professionals\, researchers and educators for more than 25 lectures\, workshops and panel discussions that highlight Washington’s farmers. Tickets are offered on a sliding scale. \nWe’re excited to partner with Tilth Alliance and Washington Organic Recycling Council (WORC) to present this year’s event. \nTilth Conference speakers present on a range of topics covering a variety of scales\, experience levels and interests — from implementing new technology to developing expanding markets; from building food resiliency to creating change through political advocacy. Friday features a keynote speaker. \nThe Tilth Conference also includes a Farm Walk at nearby farms\, a variety of fun social and networking events\, an industry trade show\, community roundtable\, and a special banquet dinner and awards ceremony. \nCraving some Tilth Conference content in the meantime? Check out these two recordings from past conferences.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/regionalsmallfarms/event/annual-tilth-conference/
LOCATION:Fort Worden\, 210 Battery Way\, Port Townsend\, 98368\, United States
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SUMMARY:Science Symposium: Integrated Pest Management in a Changing Climate
DESCRIPTION:The science symposium is sponsored by the WSU Regional Small Farms Program\, with the theme\, “Integrated Pest Management in a Changing Climate.” The symposium will take place Thursday\, October 26; 9 a.m.-noon\, followed by farm tours in the afternoon. An integrated pest management themed poster session will be offered in the evening during happy hour. \nSymposium speakers include WSU plant pathologist Lindsey Du Toit and University of Idaho entomologist Sanford Eigenbrode. Du Toit will address how disease pressure in agricultural crops is expected to change as our climate changes and will offer tips on how farmers can adjust their integrated pest management practices to make their farm more resilient to disease pressure. Eigenbrode\, a leader in the changing climate impacts on the insect world\, will speak about what a changing climate means for both pests and beneficial insects. \nPart 1: “The Many Facets of Climate Change Impacts on Insect Pest Management”\nSpeaker: Sanford D. Eigenbrode\nIn response to changing climates\, insects are undergoing shifts in their geographic ranges\, voltinism\, abundance and phenology. Effects result from direct responses of the pest species or from interactions among pests\, their host plants\, and natural enemies. The direction of the effects are variable among pest species depending on climatic and ecological. In addition\, producers are modifying production systems in response to climate change\, potentially altering pest insect complexes and pest pressure in other ways. The talk takes a global perspective and then considers examples from Pacific Northwest cropping systems. \nPart 2: (Title coming soon)\nSpeaker: Lindsey Du Toit\nThis presentation will examine environmental influences on plant diseases\, and how climate change is expected to influence plant diseases in the Pacific Northwest. The session will also cover preventative disease management practices that are foundational to effective integrated pest management programs\, using case studies of diseases in specific vegetable and seed crops to illustrate these practices. \n\nAbout the Speakers\nSanford D. Eigenbrode – University of Idaho \n\nSanford D. Eigenbrode is Professor of Entomology\, University Distinguished Professor\, and an affiliate faculty in the Center for Research in Invasive Species at the University of Idaho\, USA. His research interests include insect-plant interactions\, landscape agricultural ecology\, climate change\, the chemical ecology of plant viruses and their vectors\, and weed biological control. \n\nLindsey Du Toit – Washington State University’s Mount Vernon Northwest Research and Extension Center \n\nLindsey du Toit is a Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University (WSU)\, specializing in vegetable seed crop pathology. Lindsey obtained a BSc degree in plant pathology at the University of Natal\, South Africa\, and MS and PhD degrees in plant pathology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She served as a diagnostician for the Plant & Insect Diagnostic Lab at the WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center from 1998-2000\, and then became an Assistant Professor at the WSU Mount Vernon NWREC in 2000\, where she was promoted to Associate and then Full Professor. Her research and extension program focuses on the epidemiology and management of diseases affecting vegetable seed crops in the Pacific Northwest USA\, particularly small-seeded vegetables (e.g.\, spinach\, brassicas\, radish\, carrot\, onion\, table beet\, and Swiss chard). Lindsey teaches a graduate course in field plant pathology\, leads the Pacific Northwest Vegetable Extension Group\, holds the Alfred Christianson Distinguished Professorship in Vegetable Seed Science at WSU\, and is a Fellow and former President of the American Phytopathological Society.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/regionalsmallfarms/event/science-symposium-integrated-pest-management-in-a-changing-climate/
LOCATION:Fort Worden\, 210 Battery Way\, Port Townsend\, 98368\, United States
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