Weeds Your Way

Organic weed management requires a strategic approach that relies on rotations, diversity, and cultural practices. The field day will demonstrate a number of effective strategies for weed management in field and vegetable crops. The field day will demonstrate techniques such as soil preparation, variety selection, row spacing, mulching, and cultivation. Farmers will be encouraged to share their strategies for organic weed management. Box lunch will be provided.

Thorpe’s Organic Family Farm is a highly diversified family farm of 2,300 acres, growing corn, soybeans, small grains and a wide range of vegetables.  Certified organic since 1994, Gayle and Mike Thorpe offer vegetable and fruit shares through an organic customer supported agriculture program. The farm also grows grains and hay for livestock.

Please register for this event by visiting the NOFA-NY Shopping page or by calling Katie (Membership & Registration Coordinator) at (585)271-1979 ext 512.

Funded by the Organic Farming Research Foundation and (co-)sponsored by the Alfred State College Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture.