6/23/24, 9:00am - 12:30pm
Traducción al español a continuación.
Join us at Cloud Mountain for a fruit-focused Farmer Field Day! Learn about sustainable alternatives to plastic mulch, hear how to ally with earwigs for pest suppression from an entomologist, tour the farm, chat with the Whatcom Conservation District about their equipment share program, and network with other growers. It’ll be a morning packed with valuable information, and the best part is, tickets are free! Please register at the bottom of the page.
Agenda
9:00 Introductions and Farm Tour Maia Binhammer, Cloud Mountain Farm Center
10:00 “Managing Earwigs: How and Why to Conserve in Pome Fruits and Suppress in Stone Fruits” Robert Orpet, Washington State University
10:45 Break
11:00 “Demonstrating an Alternative to Plastic Mulch in Organic Fruit Production” Jacob Mills, Cloud Mountain Farm Center; Lisa Wasko DeVetter, WSU; Ben Dennis, WSU
12:00 Networking
12:30 Closing
Field Day will involve some walking across uneven terrain. If you require accommodation, please let us know by emailing annikas@sustainableconnections.org.
This event will be presented in English and we will offer Spanish translation. Please let us know if you will require translation by emailing annikas@sustainableconnections.org.
We will have a photographer at Field Day. By registering for this event, you grant Cloud Mountain to use your likeness in a photograph, video, or other digital media (“photo”) in any and all of its publication. To opt out, please email annikas@sustainableconnections.org
Agenda – Día de campo para agricultores
Domingo, 23 de junio de 20249:00 am-12:30 pmUbicación: Cloud Mountain Farm Center
9:00 Presentación y recorrido por la granja Maia Binhammer, Cloud Mountain Farm Center
10:00 “Manejo de tijeretas: cómo y por qué conservarlas en frutas de pepita y suprimirlas en frutas de hueso” Robert Orpet, Universidad Estatal de Washington (WSU)
10:45 Descanso
11:00 “Demostrando una alternativa al mantillo plástico en la producción de frutas orgánicas” Jacob Mills, Cloud Mountain Farm Center; Lisa Wasko DeVetter, WSU; Ben Dennis, WSU
12:00 Networking
12:30 Clausura
Habrá traducción al español para este evento gratuito.
El día de campo implicará caminar por terreno irregular. Si esto es un impedimento para usted, podemos ayudarle. Solo háganoslo saber enviando un correo electrónico a annikas@sustainableconnections.org.
Tendremos un fotógrafo durante el día de campo. Al registrarse para este evento, le otorga permiso a Cloud Mountain para utilizar su imagen en fotografías, videos y otros medios digitales para las publicaciones del centro. Si desea ser excluido de las fotografías, envíe un correo electrónico a annikas@sustainableconnections.org
Ben Dennis is from Philadelphia and has been interested in food systems since an early age. During late adolescence, he started a prolific tomato garden that blossomed into a B.Sc. in Horticulture from Temple University, an internship at the Rodale Institute, and eventually work as lead rice cultivator at an organic farm in New Jersey. He is passionate about sustainable technologies, closed loop agriculture, and urban farming. To this end, Ben’s masters research is focused on hydromulch technologies, which are aimed at saving farmers money and creating a biodegradable closed loop mulching system for certified organic farmers.
Robert Orpet is a postdoctoral research associate focusing on various elements of pear IPM including biological control with earwigs and cultural control using reflective ground covers. Robert has a particular interest in understanding the roadblocks between research-based recommendations and commercial implantation. In his recent project testing reflective ground covers in commercial orchards, Robert is interviewing his orchardists to learn if these methods could be commercially viable.
