Saturday – Feb 4, 2017
Hillsboro City Hall located at 101 Main St, Hillsboro MO
RSVP to Miranda Duschack, [email protected] or 314-604-3403. Snacks will be provided, but you need to bring your own lunch.
Agenda
8:30-9am Registration
9-9:15am Welcome & Pre-workshop Survey: Joyce Rainwater and Miranda Duschack, Innovative Small Farmers’ Outreach Program, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension
9:15-10:15 am Winter High Tunnel Plant Production & Low Tunnels within the High Tunnel: Shon Bishop, Innovative Small Farmers’ Outreach Program, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension
10:15-11:15 am Winter Green Production: Patrick Byers, Horticulture Specialist, University of Missouri Extension, Green County Southwest Region.
11:15-Noon: Facilitated Open Discussion with the group
12-12:30pm Bring your own lunch!!
12:30pm-1pm Low Cost Heated Germination Chamber, Miranda Duschack, Innovative Small Farmers’ Outreach Program, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension
1pm-1:45pm Ecologically-based arthropod pest management in high tunnels, Dr. Jaime Pinero, Integrated Pest Management Program, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension and Research
1:45-2pm: BREAK
2:15-3pm Breaking Pathogen Life Cycles and Disease Carryovers in High Tunnels/Farms: Cultural and Biocontrol Approaches, Dr. Zelalem Mersha, Plant Pathology Program, Lincoln University Cooperative Extension and Research
3pm-3:45pm Facilitated Q&A with all speakers.
3:45-4pm Closing and Post workshop survey.
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