Fruit IPM for the home garden and landscapes

Cornell IPM Annual Conference

Learn how to incorporate fruit into the home garden and landscapes, while understanding how to sustainably reduce the impacts of pests. Speakers will provide insight and instruction on incorporating sustainability and trusted IPM strategies for managing common pests, pollinators, and natural enemies of tree fruit and small fruit.

Registration is closed

Conference Pricing

In-person

$45—full rate
$35—reduced rate
$50—sponsor rate

Online only (Zoom)

$25

June 27

Thursday

9 A.M.–4 P.M.

Locations

Morning presentations
CCE Albany
24 Martin Rd, Voorheesville, NY

Lunch and afternoon tours
Indian Ladder Farms
342 Altamont Rd., Altamont, NY

Morning Agenda

8:30 a.m—Registration
9 a.m.—Welcome
9:10 a.m.—Keynote: Native Food Plants to Feed Pollinators and People
Dani Baker, Cross Island Farms and author of The Home-Scale Forest Garden
10:10 a.m.—Choosing Plants: Sourcing Plant Material & Unusual Fruits to Consider
Laura McDermott, CCE ENYCHP
10:40 a.m.—10 min break
10:50 a.m.—Food Forests in New York
Ashley Helmholdt, Cornell Garden Based Learning
11:20 a.m.—Healthy Soils for Healthy Fruit
Debbie Aller, Cornell Soil Health Program
11:50 a.m.—Fruit IPM Concepts and Examples
Anna Wallis, Cornell IPM Program
12:20 p.m.—Wrap-up morning session and transition to Indian Ladder Farms

Lunch and Travel

12:30 p.m.—Break and travel to Indian Ladder Farms for lunch

Participants will have ~1 hour to travel to Indian Ladder Farms, eat lunch, and visit sponsor tables

Afternoon Agenda

On-Farm Demonstrations at Indian Ladder Farms

Participants will cycle through four stations at Indian Ladder Farms. Demonstrations will be led by Indian Ladder Farms, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Cornell Integrated Pest Management (CIPM).

Tree Fruit IPM – Indian Ladder Farms Orchard Manager and Anna Wallis, CIPM Program
Berry IPM – Indian Ladder Farms Manager and Laura McDermott, CCE ENYCHP
Beneficial Insects – Amara Dunn-Silver, CIPM Program
Weed Management – Bryan Brown, CIPM Program

Each station will last 30 minutes. There will be 10 minutes between each station.

1:30 p.m.—First station
- 2 p.m.—Transition
2:10 p.m.—Second station
- 2:40 p.m.—Transition
2:50 p.m.—Third station
- 3:20 p.m.—Transition
3:30 p.m.—Fourth station
4 p.m.—Wrap up and Evaluation
4:10 p.m.—End

For more information

Please contact Anna Wallis at aew232 [at] cornell.edu (aew232[at]cornell[dot]edu).

Keynote Speaker

Dani Baker of The Enchanted Edible Forest at Cross Island Farms and author of The Home-Scale Forest Garden

Dani Baker—Cross Island Farms and author of The Home-Scale Forest Garden

Laura McDermott—CCE, Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program

Ashley Helmholdt—Garden-Based Learning, Cornell University

Debbie Aller, Extension Associate, Cornell University; New York Soil Health—Program Coordinator

Anna Wallis, Cornell IPM Program

Anna Wallis, Cornell IPM Program

Laura McDermott, CCE, ENYCHP

Amara Dunn-Silver, Cornell IPM Program

Bryan Brown, Cornell IPM Program