The University of Maryland Extension, Queen Anne's County
9th Annual Organic Production Meeting
Chesapeake College, Todd Performing Arts Center, Wye Mills, MD 21679
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
Cost $ 25.00 – [To register: - https://organicproductionworkshop.eventbrite.com/ ]
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast – Sponsor Booths Open,
9:00 am
Welcome
Location -Theatre
Jenny Rhodes, Extension Educator, Ag. & Natural Resources, University of Maryland Extension
9:15 am -10:30 am
Biological Horsepower – Taking Your Farm to Higher Profitability
Keynote Speaker, Gabe Brown, ND Farmer
10:30 am -11:00am
BREAK – visit with vendors & networking
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Break Out Round 1
Lobby
Nitrogen Management in Organic Cropping Systems
Location: EDC 27
John Spargo, Director,
Agricultural Analytical Services Lab, Penn State University
Direct Marketing –Handling Customer Service
Location: Aud01
Panel Discussion - Alison Howard, Homestead Farm
Ginger Myers, University of Maryland Extension, Director, Maryland Rural Enterprise
Development Center
12:00 – 1:00 pm
LUNCH, Networking and Sponsor Booth Visits
1:00pm – 1:45 pm
Break Out - Round 2
Location: Caroline Center
Controlling Weeds
Location: AUD 01
If you want to stop weed seed production when do you need to kill the weeds AND does it matter
if the weeds are hand weeded, mowed (chopped up) or sprayed with an herbicide?
Mark VanGessel, Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences,
University of Delaware
Controlling Disease in Seeds
Location: EDC 27
Demonstration- hot water seed treatment for vegetable crops. Hot water seed treatment is a
good, organic solution to managing many diseases of several vegetable crops such as tomatoes,
peppers and cole crops.
Kathryne L. Everts, Professor & Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology, University of Maryland –
College Park Joint appt. University of Delaware
1:45 pm – 2:00pm
Break - – visit with vendors & networking
2:00pm – 3:15pm
Soil Health/Cover Crops/Questions
Location: Theatre
Panel – Gabe Brown, John Spargo, Dave Wilson, Michel Cavigelli, & Steven Mirsky,
USDA-ARS, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab, Beltsville, MD
Program offered in partnership with: USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, University of Maryland Extension, Maryland Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resource Conservation Service & Chesapeake College, Continuing Education & Workforce Development