2016 - 2017 College of Agricultural Sciences Speaker Series at The Village at Penn State

Meet with Penn State Extension Water Resource Team members at the Entrance JDH

Goods From the Woods is the featured topic for this year’s easy woods walking tour. There is lots to learn about the many things we harvest and use from forests, and they are not just different types of wood! Forestry and wildlife professionals will lead the interactive tours and be on hand to answer your questions. They will also connect participants to Cooperative Extension resources about forests, wildlife, and habitat management.

Learn how to enhance the home garden by engaging in topics related to pollinators, native plants, soil health, composting, and establishing plants in the landscape.

During this 30 min. presentation you will learn about how the WPS was created to protect the farm workers in America, and what protections to expect if you work in agriculture. This talk will be worth 1 core credit towards your pesticide license recertification. You must be present for the entire presentation to receive credit. Meeting to be held in a new location this year W906 on the APD map.

Join the Rodale Institute, TeamAg, Pennsylvania Certified Organic, Penn State Extension, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for a discussion about what is involved in transitioning to USDA certified organic and the abundance of free services available to assist producers in Pennsylvania. Come with questions or just come to listen and learn. These Thursday seminars will be held at the College Building Theatre. Topics to be addressed: PA Preferred Organic™; technical support for transitioning to organic certification; agronomic, financial, marketing, and regulatory consulting provided for farmers transitioning to organic production; The Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP), and Organic Study Circles.

The Penn State Pullers, a student engineering design team based out of Penn State's Agricultural and Biological Engineering program, will be in our area and will highlight their ¼ scale tractor that they designed and built for the ASABE International ¼ Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. They will do presentations and demonstrations each day.

Join the Rodale Institute, TeamAg, Pennsylvania Certified Organic, Penn State Extension, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for a discussion about what is involved in transitioning to USDA certified organic and the abundance of free services available to assist producers in Pennsylvania. Come with questions or just come to listen and learn. These Thursday seminars will be held at the College Building Theatre. Topics to be addressed: PA Preferred Organic™; technical support for transitioning to organic certification; agronomic, financial, marketing, and regulatory consulting provided for farmers transitioning to organic production; The Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP), and Organic Study Circles.

Join the Rodale Institute, TeamAg, Pennsylvania Certified Organic, Penn State Extension, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for a discussion about what is involved in transitioning to USDA certified organic and the abundance of free services available to assist producers in Pennsylvania. Come with questions or just come to listen and learn. These Thursday seminars will be held at the College Building Theatre. Topics to be addressed: PA Preferred Organic™; technical support for transitioning to organic certification; agronomic, financial, marketing, and regulatory consulting provided for farmers transitioning to organic production; The Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP), and Organic Study Circles.

This tour features ongoing research on the sustainable management of soil health and soilborne pests and pathogens in open field and high tunnel vegetable production systems.