Innovations in Organic Research

Event Details

Date: 
August 4, 2011
Location: 
Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm: 133 Fall Creek Rd., Freeville, NY 13068 (Tompkins Co.)
Time: 
4:00pm – 7:00pm

Join NOFA-NY and Cornell University for a look at some of the exciting research happening in organic cropping systems. Topics that will be covered include organic variety trials in 6 vegetable crops that have been bred for late blight, downy mildew, and cucumber beetle resistance. Soil health impact of cover crops (buckwheat and sudangrass) will be discussed. Organic potato management trials will be examined, as will a reduced tillage cover cropping system for broccoli production.