Raising organic broccoli in the East; a webinar

Wednesday January 23, 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST
https://cornell.zoom.us/j/855304241

Eastern buyers are eager to source more Organic broccoli locally. Fortunately, broccoli is suited to Organic practices. Nevertheless, meeting that demand will require efficient production.

This webinar will cover management approaches for Organic production that help production efficiency. Prospective growers will come away with a better sense of how to achieve success, and current Organic broccoli growers are likely to pick up some useful ideas to increase their profitability.

Presenters

Jeanine Davis, Margaret Bloomquist and Richard Boylan, North Carolina State University, experts on organic production systems
Thomas Björkman, Cornell University. Vegetable physiologist
Bryan Brown, NYS IPM. Weed management specialist and expert on organic weed management
Jill Eccleston, Cornell University, Integrated control of emerging insect pests

Topics

Organic nutrition for a nitrogen-hungry crop
Weed management in high fertility and short season
Insect management amid many hungry pests
Varieties suitable for organic production in the East
The market for organic broccoli

Join the webinar by clicking this link: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/855304241 on a computer, tablet or smartphone. To test your Zoom connection in advance, please visit https://zoom.us/test. It may take a minute or so to install the small software.

To get the audio only on a telephone, call +1 646 876 9923 and enter meeting id 855304241

Sponsored by the Eastern Broccoli Project (a multi-institutional project funded by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Specialty Crop Research Initiative). See our website at EasternBroccoli.org