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This webinar was recorded on March 25, 2015. Watch it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd7dgoSL2lk About the Webinar The world is buzzing with talk about improved tastes and nutritional profiles in products made from ancient wheats like einkorn, emmer, and spelt, and from heritage types of bread wheat like Red Fife. Which nutrients are higher in...

This webinar was recorded on March 17, 2015. Watch it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lon_gSTiJco About the Webinar In 2015, apples and pears produced organically under the USDA National Organic Program standard must utilize non-antibiotic materials in spray programs for fire blight suppression. Effective non-anrtiobiotic control programs will be presented with particular emphasis on integrated sequencing...

The webinar was recorded on March 10, 2015. Watch it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUQLgWBQA3M About the Webinar The webinar will cover the importance of native bee pollinators in organic farming systems, particularly diversified systems that produce many crops per year. We will first discuss the diversity of native bees in farming systems, and the roles...

This webinar was recorded on March 3, 2015. Watch it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6O3YEHX26g About the Webinar Beginning in 2010, the Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Collaborative (NOVIC) has been conducting participatory vegetable variety trials on a network of organic farms across the northern U.S. While critical for producing findings that accurately reflect working farms, participatory...

This webinar was recorded on February 17, 2015. Watch it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggc_Es3bo6U About the Webinar This webinar will provide an introduction to the concept of weed management with air-propelled abrasive grits, or "weed blasting", in organic cropping systems. We will present information about the design of the first abrasive-grit applicator and initial field...