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Summer Field Day on Reduced Tillage in Organic Vegetables

Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm (Cornell AES)
133 Fall Creek Rd. Freeville, NY

The Cornell Reduced Tillage Team is offering an in-depth field tour of strategies to improve soil health in organic vegetables. The tour will highlight current research on integrating cover crops and reducing tillage for farms at multiple scales.  We will demonstrate strip tillage for small-scale farmers and review impacts of new mulching and cover cropping techniques on weeds and crops. We will also have an in-field demonstration of measuring soil health impacts after different practices. Learn more about how these practices may impact pest or disease challenges, such as Swede Midge. 

The event is free. For registration information, contact Ryan Maher at rmm325@cornell.edu.  Sponsored by NOFA-NY.

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Field Day

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horticulture, sips, agriculture, Sustainability, cuaes

Contact E-Mail

rmm325@cornell.edu

Contact Name

Ryan Maher

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