Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group:

REQUEST FOR APPLICATION: Vegetable & Strawberry IPM Educator Exchange Program

Apply now for winter 2008 conferences!
Would you like to learn more about integrated pest management for vegetables or strawberries, but can't afford to travel to a meeting? Do you have an interest in sharing what you know with others? The Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group, funded by the Northeastern IPM Center, offers an Educator Exchange Program that will pay up to $800 for qualified expenses to help agricultural professionals in the Northeast learn about and share integrated pest management practices in vegetables and strawberries. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis; those received before November 20, 2007, will be reviewed at the end of November. For complete information about the very simple application process, download the Request for Applications at northeastipm.org/iwg/veg/2007/EduExchangeOct07.pdf.

Vegetable IPM Working Group Unites with NRCS to Build Website

In December 2005, the Vegetable IPM Working Group met in Harrisburg with representatives of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to explore how NRCS and IPM can work together to help protect resources through the use of environmentally responsible pest control tactics. An outcome of this meeting was a commitment to launch a website that can help people who are interested in learning more about how NRCS practices dovetail with IPM. To see what is on the site so far, go to northeastipm.org/nrcs.cfm

Mission statement
The mission of the Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group is to foster the development and use of IPM as a means to achieve ecological and economic sustainability of vegetable farms in the Northeast.

Goals of the Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group
1. Identify and prioritize regional vegetable and strawberry IPM needs, in particular gaps in research, extension and regulation.

2. Represent the views of vegetable and strawberry farmers and other stakeholders to the Northeast IPM Center.

3. Develop, facilitate or implement appropriate research and educational projects that address work group priorities.

4. Strengthen partnerships and exchange of information among vegetable farmers, agricultural professionals, and other stakeholders throughout the Northeast region.

We adhere to definitions of IPM and the goals expressed in the National IPM Roadmap and the IPM Center’s mission statement.

Developed at the 2005 meeting in Harrisburg PA

Vegetable & Strawberry IPM Educator Exchange Program

Would you like to learn more about integrated pest management for vegetables or strawberries, but can’t afford to travel to a meeting? Do you have an interest in sharing what you know with others? The Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group, funded by the Northeastern IPM Center, is launching an Educator Exchange Program. We will pay for qualified expenses to help agricultural professionals in the Northeast learn about and share integrated pest management practices in vegetables and strawberries.

Request for Applications to download - Travel must occur in 2007
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