IPM Field Walk: Waltham Fields Community Farm

In this series, learn to identify and scout fruit and vegetable pests and select integrated pest management strategies that work for you whether you are a beginner, experienced, organically certified or not! We will walk farm fields with Extension Educators and farmers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont to learn how each farm is practicing IPM. Bring a hand lens if you have one. This series is funded in part by a Northeast IPM Center grant.

Learn to calibrate a backpack sprayer, select effective OMRI approved materials and calculate the economic threshold of vegetable crops after being trained to scout in the field with farmers Erin Roberts and Zannah Porter and UMass Extension staff Lisa Mckeag, Susan Scheufele and Rich Bonanno. 2 pesticide license contact hours available in the vegetable category.