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Webinar: Rotations and Management Strategies in Organic High Tunnels
December 16, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Free
Join the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service and Oregon Tilth for the second in the three-part webinar series focused on organic management of high tunnels. The presenters will discuss opportunities to include cover crops in high tunnel rotations. Speakers will describe crop rotations from their respective regions and impacts on weeds and disease management. Participants will learn about the value of including cover crops and the opportunities to include them in various rotations.
Speakers:
- Dr. Julie Grossman, Associate Professor, Soil Agroecology and Organic Food Systems & Organic Programs Coordinator, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
- Dr. Krista L. Jacobsen, Associate Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Dr. Cary Rivard, Director, K-State Research & Extension, Horticulture & Forestry & Extension Vegetable & Fruit Crop Specialist, Manhattan, KS