Learn how to grow, market and sell asparagus and make more money on less land! Join us on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 for a two and a half hour class that will include: • Virtual Fieldtrip • Crop Profile • Q & A Session with a specialist, farmer and buyer of the product. • Networking […]
Continue reading...November 14, 2017 Meredith Melendez
Workshops to Meet Your Food Safety Training Requirements
Do you need the FSMA Produce Safety Rule training? Third Party Audit training? Choose one or both days of our upcoming workshops. Remember, the FSMA Produce Safety Rule does not require training each year for compliance, but your third party auditor may require it! Register online at rutgersonfarmfoodsafety.eventbrite.com or call Tammy Commander at (856) 451-2800, […]
Continue reading...November 3, 2017 Rick VanVranken
Rutgers Center for Remote Sensing & Spacial Analysis Presents DIY GPS & Drone Workshops
Wondering if/how you can use drones and GPS data on your farms/business? Workshops at Rutgers University Inn/Conference Center in New Brunswick will help you decide if you want to try it yourself – Dec 11 – Use your Smartphone/Tablet for High-Precision GPS Data Collection Dec 12 – Learn to Do-it-Yourself – Accurate Drone Mapping Made […]
Continue reading...October 25, 2017 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Allium leaf miner 10/25/17
Allium Leaf Miner A sample of unsprayed/unprotected volunteer garlic near Asbury on the Hunterdon/Warren County border today showed 68% of plants infested with allium leaf miner (ALM). These maggots were all later stage, and found in the necks, about 1″ above the bulb (see photo at upper left). We should expect that all […]
Continue reading...October 22, 2017 Meredith Melendez
Webinar: Estimating Pesticide Risk to Improve Product Selection
Webinar: Estimating Pesticide Risk to Improve Product Selection and IPM Program Evaluation Pesticides are invaluable tools for food and fiber production, and undergo careful evaluation prior to registration and commercial availability. Post-registration risks remain, and can be managed through informed product selection, and use-specific mitigation measures. The Pesticide Risk Tool (PRT) is an innovative, science-based […]
Continue reading...October 16, 2017 Meredith Melendez
2017/2018 Farm Food Safety Trainings
2017/2018 Farm Food Safety Certificate Trainings Registration required! 2017 November 29 and 30 FSMA-Produce Rule Training and Third Party Audits, Rutgers Snyder Research Farm, 140 Locust Grove Rd, Pittstown, NJ 08867. $50.00 for day 1 or $75.00 for both days, 9am-4pm. Lunch included. December 13 and 14 FSMA-Produce Rule Training and Third Party Audits, Rutgers […]
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