Winter is the best time to recharge. In the last issue of this years’ Vegetable Crops Hotline newsletter, I would like to highlight a few free webinar resources that I found very useful in the past season. Hopefully, you can also benefit from them, and have a productive winter.
- eOrganic webinars http://articles.extension.org/pages/25242/webinars-by-eorganic
A lot of great information related to organic production, including using biofungicides, biostimulants and biofertilizers to boost crop productivity and help manage vegetable diseases; Management options for striped cucumber beetle in organic cucurbits; Impacts of the food safety modernization act on diversified organic vegetable farms, and a lot more.
- Commercial Horticulture Webinars by Alabama Cooperative Extension http://www.aces.edu/anr/beginningfarms/webinararchive.php
The webinar series cover topics including irrigation, greenhouse crop production, plant disease management, insect pest management, weed management and more.
- Vegetable webinars by Michigan State University Extension http://msue.anr.msu.edu/program/beginning_farmer_webinar_series/vegetable_webinars
The webinar series target for beginning farmers, topics include cover crops, season extension, plasticulture, food safety, etc.
- A series of short videos about backpack sprayer from Rutgers Cooperative Extension http://sustainable-farming.rutgers.edu/backpack-sprayer-modification/