Greenhouse Tomato
- Engineering High Tunnels for Better Performance
- John Bartok - Greenhouse tomatoes - start to finish
– Gideon Porth - Guardian plants: the ultimate Trojan Horse of pest management
– Jack Manix, Margaret Skinner - Greenhouse management techniques for hoophouse tomatoes
– Andrew Mefferd - Heating and Cooling Alternatives Can Improve High Tunnel Tomato Production
– John Bartok
Sweet Corn
- Effects of Plant Density and Tillage on 'Montauk'Sweet Corn Ear size and Profits
– Robert Durgy - Western Bean Cutworm: A New Corn Ear Pest in New England
– Andrew Michel - Managing Northern Corn Leaf Blight: An Emerging Disease in New England
– Robert Wick - Deep Zone Tillage Viability on Smaller Farms
– Jeff Wilson - Air Blast Sprayers for Sweet Corn - Calibration and Adjustment
– George Hamilton
Mechanical Weed Control
- A Whole Farm Approach to Weed Management
– Jean-Paul Cortens - Timing Cultivations for Maximum Weed Control
– Eric Gallandt - Cultivating with a Farm-Fabricated Steerable Cultivator
– Ted Blomgren - Making the Most of Tine Weeders
– Klaas Martens - Pros and Cons of Cultivation Equipment for New Farmers
– Sara Runkel
Brambles
- Growing Brambles in High Tunnels
– Marvin Pritts - Irrigation & Fertigation of Brambles
– Trevor Hardy - Raspberries-by-Color: Fruit Quality & Performance in Storage
– Chris Walsh - Post-Harvest Handling of Brambles
– Dale-Ila Riggs, Nate Nourse - Key Features of Organic Berry Crop Production
– Marvin Pritts
Specialty Fruit
- Greenhouse-grown figs: How to make them survive the winter chill
– Skip Paul - Pawpaw, a hardy fruit with tropical aspirations
– Lee Reich - Why cranberries? Growing and marketing cranberries in non-traditional area, using low-input methods
– Bob Lesnikoski - BOGS Online Grower System, a record keeping and pest management decision tool
– Brian Wick - Hardy kiwifruit, better than the fuzzies
– Lee Reich
Winter Growing
- Profitable Production of Quality Winter Greens in Unheated NY High Tunnels
– Paul Arnold - Seeding Scheduling and Using the Jang Seeder
– Andre Cantelmo - Greens Production with ground heat
– Seth Jacobs - Growing for Retail markets in S. New England with Field, Low Tunnel and High Tunnel Production
– Skip Paul - Winter production with movable tunnels
– Nate Drummond
Direct Marketing Using Technology
- Market Mobile and Farm-to-Table Operations
– Jesse Rye - Social Media, Web and Email Marketing at Kilpatrick Family Farm
– Michael Kilpatrick - Online Buying Clubs
– Sarah Miller
Tomato
- Update on late blight management: can resistant varieties play a role?
– Meg McGrath - Tomato varieties that taste good, grow well and sell!
– Amy LeBlanc, Heather Bryant, Jim Ward - Designing an effective fungicide program (organic and conventional) to manage tomato diseases
– Meg McGrath - Grafted plants in the field: when they make the most sense
– Matthew Kleinhenz
Stone Fruit
- Description of an IPM Program for Peaches
– Mary Concklin - Update on Peach Pruning
– Jim Schupp - A 40-year Perspectiveof Research on Tree Fruit Diseases
– David Rosenberger - Peach Training Systems
– Jim Schupp - Simple Rules: Mechanization for Higher Labor Efficiency
– Mario Miranda Sazo
CSA's (long session)
- Lessons Learned Offering Summer Fall and Winter Shares
– Christa Alexander - Managing a Large-Scale CSA with Mulitple Locations
– Ryan Voilland - Keys to Success with Workplace CSAs
– Tom Harms - A Decade of Experience with a Multi-Farm CSA
– David Trumble - Recruiting and Retaining CSA Members
– Stacia Monahan - Farm to Kitchen: A Vertically Integrated CSA
– Joe Buley
Spotted Winged Drosophila
- SWD IPM: Are We There Yet?
– Richard Cowles - Experiences From the Field (Panel)
– Mike Libby, Dale-Ila Riggs, Nate Nourse - SWD Management in Berry Crops: Lessons from the Michigan Experience
– Rufus Issacs - 'Outside the Box' Options for SWD Management
– Peter Jentsch - SWD Trapping Out Experiences (Panel)
– Dave Handley, Heather Faubert, Mary Concklin
Tunnel Engineering
- Design and Construction of Greenhouses and Tunnels
– Ed Person - Update on Plastic, Polycarbonate, Acrylic and Glass Coverings
– John Bartok - Automation to Save Labor in the Greenhouse
– Jack Manix - Micro-Irrigation Options for Greenhouses and Tunnels
– Trevor Hardy - Heating A Greenhouse with Wood Pellets and Corn
– Andy Jones
Root Crops
- Postharvest Handling of Garlic for Successful Storage
– Crystal Stewart - Carrots for Winter Sales: Varieties, Planting Dates and Post-Harvest Care
– Amanda Brown - Overwintering Onions for Early Spring Market
– Becky Sideman - Potatoes: producing high quality seed and table stock
– Bob Chappelle - Terror Underground: Why Wireworms Are So Hard to Control
– Andrei Alyokhin
Organic
- Emerging New Pests and New Copper Fungicides
– Eric Sideman, Meg McGrath - Nutrient Management in Organic Cropping Systems
– John Spargo - Contrasting Soil Management in High Tunnels Versus Field Production
– Rhonda Janke - An Over View of our Farm, with Details on Soil and Pest Management
– Nate Drummond - An Over View of our Farm, with Details on Soil and Pest Management
– Jake Guest
Tree Fruit I
- Getting Started in Hard Cider Production: A Growers Perspective
– Peter Mitchell - Keys to Successfully Growing Honeycrisp in Nova Scotia
– Larry Lutz - Practical Suggestions for Effective Pollination with Bees
– Tim Smith - Native and Invasive Stink Bug Management
– Peter Jentsch - Common Mistakes to Avoid When Planting, Establishing and Training spindle Apple Trees
– Mario Miranda Sazo
Blueberry I
- Are Blueberries for You?
– David Handley - Variety Update
– Eric Hanson - Pruning How & Why
– David Handley - Insect ID 101
– Heather Faubert - Blueberry Virus Issues
– Frank Caruso
Tunnel Soil Health
- Soil Management in High Tunnel Vegetable Production: Emphasizing Long-term Success
– Matthew Kleinhenz - Using cover crops in High Tunnels
– Paul Volckhausen - Soil Management and Soil Quality in High Tunnel Production Systems
– Rhonda Janke - Soil and Fertility Practices in Passive Solar High Tunnel for Winter and Summer Crops
– Joe Buley - Soil Testing Options for High Tunnel Production
– Bruce Hoskins
Blueberry II
- Blueberry Nutrition
– Eric Hanson - Managing Harvest and Postharvest Fruit Quality
– Eric Hanson - Blueberry Root Rot Issues
– Frank Caruso - Blueberry Maggot Update
– Alan Eaton - Blueberries at Libby & Son U-Pick
– Aaron Libby
Postharvest & Storage
- Designing a Good Storage System: an Engineer's Perspective
– Chris Callahan - Putting a Good Quality Crop into Storage
– Jan van der Heide - Underground Passive Storage for Root Crops at Brookfield Farm
– Dan Kaplan - Maintaining Storage Crop Quality at Pleasant Valley Farm
– Paul Arnold - From Field to Storage: High Quality Carrots
– Ruth Hazzard
Tree Fruit II
- Proper Sprayer Calibration
– George Hamilton - Lepidopteran Resistance Pest Management Strategies
– Peter Jentsch - Implementation of Precision Thinning in New York
– Mario Miranda Sazo - Building the Perfect Orchard- Experiences with Orchard Establishment in Nova Scotia
– Larry Lutz - Fungicide Selection to Minimize Resistance Development
– David Rosenberger
Cut Flowers/Ornamentals
- Keeping the High Tunnel Full of Cuts Year-round
– Chris Wien - Starting a Flower Farm
– Michael Wells - Techniques to Maximize Production of Sunflowers, Larkspur and Delphinium
– Chris Wien - Taking Cut Flowers from Sideshow to Main Event: The Tipping Points of Growing Our Flower Business
– Carolyn Snell - Cutting & Caring; Post-harvest Handling
– Polly & Mike Hutchinson
Sweet Potatoes
- Tips from the sweetpotato experts: Sweetpotato production in North Carolina
– Jonathan Schultheis - Varieties, cultural practices, and post-harvest management for New England
– Becky Sideman - Varieties, cultural practices, and post-harvest management for New England
– Chuck Bornt - Our experiences growing organic sweetpotatoes
– Dan Landis - Our experiences growing organic sweepotatoes
– Justin Rich
Cucurbits
- Prevention and management of viruses in cucurbit crops
– Marc Fuchs - Reduced tillage techniques in cucurbit crops
– Jim Ward - Monitoring for squash vine borer in New Hampshire
– George Hamilton - Disease management of cucurbit crops
– Meg McGrath - The Nuts and Bolts of Fruit Quality in Cucurbits
– Brent Loy
Strawberry I
- Strawberry Planting Basics at 4 Corners Farm
– Bob Gray - Varieties – Tried and True/ New and Promising
– Courtney Weber - Insect and Disease – What to be ready for and IPM practices
– Sonia Schloemann - Weed Management and other Cultural Practices
– David Handley - Annual Production System- how it works for us
– Michael Kilpatrick
Transplant Production
- Extensive Soil Mix Studies for Greenhouse Production of Seedlings and Transplants
– Neil Mattson - From Greenhouse to Field with Quality Transplants
– Dave Hambleton - Greenshouse Transplants through Quality Seeds and Controlling Diseases
– Meg McGrath - Transplants for Profit
– Jason Kafka - What Makes a Great Transplant: How To Achieve It & Mistakes to Avoid
– Jan van der Heide
Viticulture I
- Introduction to grape growing
– Paolo Sabbatini - Cultivar selection
– Mark Chien - Recent advances in vineyard sprayer technology
– Andrew Landers - Site selection and vineyard design
– Mark Chien
Brassicas & Leafy Greens
- Brussels Sprout Trials for Variety, Spacing, Topping, Mulching and Disease Control
– Andre Cantelmo - Brassica Production in Rhode Island
– Skip Paul - Insect and Disease Control on Brassicas
– Ruth Hazzard - Strategies for Continuous Production of Summer Salad Greens/Leafy Greens
– Dave Colson - Profitable Greens through Culitivation & Healthy Soils on a Small Farm
– Seth Jacobs
Pumpkins
- Producing Exotic Types of Pumpkins and Ornamental Squashes
– Mac Condill - New Innovations in Pumpkins
– Brent Loy - Effects of Fungicide Timing and Tillage on Powdery Mildew-Resistant Pumpkins
– Jude Boucher - Marketing Pumpkins and Ornamental Squash at The Great Pumpkin Patch
– Mac Condill - We Make Pumpkins Fly Through The Air - Ag-Entertainment!
– Brian Labrie, Steve Seigars
Strawberry II
- Strawberry Crop Nutrition
– Laura McDermott - Dayneutral Strawberry Production in the Northeast
– Dale-Ila Riggs - Frost Protection Strategies for Strawberries
– Mary Concklin - Sprayer Calibration
– George Hamilton
Farm Decision Making
- Stay Small & Turn Up the Awesome!: Making A Living on 2 Acres in Burlington, VT
– Mara and Spencer - Tools and Techniques for Transitioning from Small to Large Scale Produciton
– Christa Alexander - How We Make Decisions on Kilpatrick Family Farm
– Michael Kilpatrick - Technology and Methods to Making Scaling Up Profitable and Labor Efficient
– Adam Hainer Juniper - Want to Borrow Money - What Financers are Looking For When Lending Money
– Dorothy Suput
Viticulture II
- SWD in Grapes: How Much of a Problem?
– Richard Cowles - Table Grapes for New England
– Tim Smith - Vine Balance- What Is It and How Do We Achieve It?
– Paolo Sabbatini - Jack Frost nipping and your nodes: Grapevine cold hardiness and strategies to handle winter cold
– Terry Bradshaw