Fielder’s choice

Small Farms Field day at the University Farm will be Thursday, June 21. There will be five programs between 9:30 a.m. and noon.  SAES horticulture research scientists and Extension specialists and associates will be sharing what they have learned from field trials of early watermelons, amaranth, Asian vegetables, heirloom tomatoes and other new crops and cultivars. Dr. Ralph Noble, chair of the Department of Animal Sciences, will lead a workshop for goat producers covering parasite control methods. Another member of the team, Dr. Willie Willis, also of the Animal Sciences research faculty, will have a program on breed selection and probiotic feeds for pastured poultry. Dr. Omon Isikhuemhen will be demonstrating the basics of exotic mushroom production, and inaugurating a new mushroom research and demonstration facility.

Cards have gone out announcing the field day, but if you know of someone interested in research supporting small-scale agriculture who might not be on the mailing list, feel free to use e-mail to forward along a .pdf.

Posted May 2, 2007 04:12 PM

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