2025 Summer Orchard Tour and Educational Program
Sponsored by:
The New Jersey State Horticultural Society
in cooperation with
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County
Wednesday July 9, 2025 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Hosted by: Kurt Alstede at Alstede Farms
Harvest Hall
100 Route 24
Chester, NJ O7930
Cost: $20.00 includes dinner
Program
4:00 PM: Registration
4:30 PM: Farm Tour /Wagon Ride
Win Cowgill, Kurt Alstede, Colin Manning and Rebekah Alstede-Modery
5:45 PM: Dinner
6:15 PM: Welcome Remarks – Win Cowgill
6:45 PM: Rutgers IPM Mating Disruption Research
Janine Spies PhD, State Fruit IPM Program Leader, Rutgers NJAES
7:30 PM: Precision Protection: Harnessing Pheromone Tech in the Battle Against Invasive Orchard Pests
Haydn Lenz, PNW Technical Field Specialist Suterra
The following NJDEP Pesticide will be awarded.
1 Unit Category 1A 1 Unit PP2
Preregistration required by Monday July 7 at https://njshs.org/event-6223337
Email: njhortsociety@gmail.com