Fruit IPM for the home garden and landscapes
NYSIPM 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.

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, NYS 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 New York State Integrated Pest Management.
- Tree Fruit IPM – Indian Ladder Farms Orchard Manager and Anna Wallis, NYSIPM Program
- Berry IPM – Indian Ladder Farms Manager and Laura McDermott, CCE ENYCHP
- Beneficial Insects – Amara Dunn-Silver, NYSIPM Program
- Weed Management – Bryan Brown, NYSIPM 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, NYSIPM Program

Anna Wallis, NYSIPM Program

Laura McDermott, CCE, ENYCHP

Amara Dunn-Silver, NYSIPM Program

Bryan Brown, NYSIPM Program