“Save-the-date” postcards for Small Farms Field day on Thursday, July 16, at the University Farm are ready for distribution. Please feel free to pass along a printout or a .pdf to farmers and farm support agencies that might be interested in a quick look (8:30 a.m. to noon) at recent developments in horticultural, poultry, fruit and vegetable research.
Cooperative Extension agents, professionals from other agricultural support agencies and small-scale farmers are all welcome and there is no registration fee. Highlight items on this year’s program include test plots of: specialty vegetables growing on various mulches; raised-bed vegetable production without tillage; Asian eggplant (used in Chinese and Thai cuisine); Scotch bonnet peppers; cover crops; and amaranth greens. The Field Day itinerary also includes overviews of pasture-raised swine and poultry research. Other researchers who have been working to put the Small Farms Field Day program together are Drs. Ralph Noble, Willie Willis, Sang-Hyon Oh, Keith Baldwin and M. R. Reddy. The planning team also includes Teo Barrios of the University Farm staff, and Rickie Holness, an Extension associate, who is coordinating the 2009 Field Day at the University Farm. (Everyone planning to attend Small Farms Field Day should keep in mind that because of potential biosecurity concerns about the spread of swine flu, it’s going to be a good idea to check the SAES Web page before departing for any program or activity at the University Farm in the months ahead.)
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