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The West Virginia University Organic Research Farm will hosts its 2009 Field Day Wednesday, Aug. 5. Click here for a schedule, registration form, and directions to the farm.

Field Day Schedule of Events

1:00 Gates Open, Registration

1:30 Workshops

• Can organic growers profit from soil carbon sequestration? Dr. Mark Sperow

• Organic and Pastured Poultry – Dr. Joe Moritz

• Season Extension – Dr. Sven Verlinden

2:10 Break

2:20 Workshops

• Pasture Management – Dr. Bill Bryan

• Building Soil Quality – Dr. Eugenia Pena-Yewtukhiw

• Plant Diseases, And What You Can Do About Them – Dr. James Kotcon

3:00 Break

3:10 Workshops

• Organic Herd Health. – Dr. Margaret Minch (DVM)

• Getting Started with Organic Farming – New Growers Panel. Evan Anderson, etc.

• Insect Pest Monitoring Tools for Organic Farming. Dr. Yong-Lak Park

3:50 Break. Registration Continues

4:00 Welcome: Dr. Barton Baker

4:10 Wagon tours:

Tour A. Market Garden/Vegetable Production

• Season Extension. Dr. Sven Verlinden

• Market Garden Systems. William Green

• BioFuel Crops, Pumpkin Powdery Mildew Trials. Dr. Jim Kotcon

• Blackberry Variety Trial. Dr. Lewis Jett

Tour B. Field Crops, Sheep, Poultry, Weed Management

• Field Crop/Livestock Transition Systems. Dr. Bill Bryan

• Poultry. Dr. Joe Moritz

• Insects In Organic Orchards. Dr. Yong-Lak Park

4:40-6:00 Wagon Tours Repeat at approximately 30-minute intervals.

Plus, Free-Time & Self-guided Tours.

Demonstrations, Displays, and Exhibits

• Grafting Tomatoes and Other Vegetables. Lewis Jett.

• Nematode Pathogens & Parasites. Tiara King.

• Biological Insect Control, How to Use Parasitic Wasps. Tiffany Fess

• Attracting Lady Beetles to Your Organic Crops. Folukemi Adedipe and Vicki Kondo

• Soil Microbiology and Soil Biological Fertility – Dr. Alan Sexstone

• Creep Gates and Portable Fencing. Dr. William Bryan

• Save a Bundle—-Make Organic Baby Food. Betty Forbes

6:00 Dinner-Prepared by WVU Plant and Soil Sciences Club, and Dr. Joe Moritz.

7:00 Adjourn