Managing pests and illness organically isn’t straightforward. The Northwest throws quite a bit at growers, from crop-specific insect stress to illnesses that may wreck a harvest quick. Having the proper instruments and data readily available could make all of the distinction.
The session opens with an outline of OFRF’s natural farming sources, adopted by a panel dialogue that includes skilled natural farmers and researchers:
- Ellie Costello, Belief Land Farm (MT)
- Sarahlee Lawrence, Rainshadow Organics (OR)
- Robert Orpet, OSU Assistant Professor of Entomology
Panelists share field-tested methods for managing pests and illness inside natural methods, knowledgeable by each direct farming expertise and present analysis. The dialogue addresses actual challenges dealing with growers at present, alongside approaches that align with natural manufacturing requirements.
Concerning the Seeds of Success Sequence
OFRF has partnered with the Natural Farmers Affiliation (OFA) and Nationwide Natural Coalition (NOC) to guide a sequence of digital farmer-to-farmer networking periods. These facilitated occasions shall be partaking alternatives for farmers to share their challenges and successes, and shall be accompanied with related sources you should utilize.
To be taught extra about these and different occasions from OFRF, go to: https://ofrf.org/occasions/. Funding for this sequence is supplied by a cooperative settlement between OFRF and USDA-NIFA to focus on analysis investments made via each the OREI and ORG grant applications.
