Urban Farming Vegetable and Fruit Production IPM Workshop
Date: December 19, 2024 | Thursday
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | Cost: Free, but registration is required
Location: UME-Anne Arundel Co. Office, 97 Dairy Lane, Gambrills, MD. 21054
Description: The workshop will explore advanced fruit and vegetable production practices focusing on sustainability, food security and integrated pest management tactics. This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification & Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification.
Contact: ckneippe@umd.edu or 301-226-7470
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeITFIkG3ueOx5eIQldq7Sp9fvIED_58XNj9Gez4Tw91RYJkw/viewform?pli=1
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Event: Future Harvest: Farming into the Future
Dates: January 17-18, 2025 | Friday & Saturday
Location: The Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Description: More than 40 sessions on a range of topics for advanced and beginning farmers, agtivists and educators, two keynote addresses, farmer-to-farmer chats & more!
For more information or to register: https://futureharvest.org/2025-conference/
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Event: In-Person PSA Produce Safety Grower Training
Date: January 19, 2025 | Sunday
Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Cost: $35.00
Location: Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza, 1 Veterans Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-psa-produce-safety-rule-psr-grower-training-silver-spring-md-tickets-1040309532817?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
For more information: If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this activity, contact Margaret Todd, motodd@law.umaryland.edu
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Event: Central Maryland Vegetable Growers Meeting
Date: Jan. 22, 2025 | Wednesday
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Summit Manor at Hereford Fire Hall, 510 Monkton Rd. Monkton, MD 21111
For more information contact Erika Crowl
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Event: PSA Produce Safety Grower Training (In-person)
Date: Jan. 29, 2025 | Sunday
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $35
Location: Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza, 1 Veterans Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910
For more information: If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, contact Margaret Todd, motodd@law.umaryland.edu
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-psa-produce-safety-rule-psr-grower-training-silver-spring-md-tickets-1040309532817?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
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Event: Eastern Shore Vegetable Grower Meeting
Date: Feb. 5, 2025 | Wednesday
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Cost: $10.00
Location: TBA
Registration: https://go.umd.edu/ESVGM2025.
For more information contact Emily Zobel
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Event: Western Maryland Regional Fruit Meeting
Date: Feb. 13, 2025 | Thursday
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Western Maryland Research and Education Center, 18330 Keedysville Rd., Keedysville, MD 21756
For more information contact Joe Fiola or Susan Barnes
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Event: Bay Area Fruit School
Date: Feb. 19, 2025 | Wednesday
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: WYE, 124 Wye Narrows Drive Queenstown, MD 21658
For more information contact Chris Cochran at 410-827-7388 x181 or ccochra3@umd.edu
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Urban Farming Vegetable and Fruit Production IPM Workshop
Date: March 4, 2025 | Thursday
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. | Cost: Free, but registration is required
Location: UME-Anne Arundel Co. Office, 97 Dairy Lane, Gambrills, MD. 21054
Description: The workshop will explore advanced fruit and vegetable production practices focusing on sustainability, food security and integrated pest management tactics. This meeting will provide Private Applicator Recertification & Nutrient Applicator Voucher Recertification.
Contact: ckneippe@umd.edu or 301-226-7470
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmqHHMIV8hYibGyjBs5v-7eHuMd_WjMDRXuGsGoDfrfFJJpg/viewform
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Event: PSA Produce Safety Rule Grower Training (online)
Date: April 1-2, 2025 | Tuesday and Wednesday
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Cost: $35
Location: Online (via Zoom)
For more information: If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, contact Margaret Todd, motodd@law.umaryland.edu
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/remote-delivery-psa-produce-safety-rule-psr-grower-training-tickets-1040323554757?aff=erelexpmlt
Viticulture and Grape Growing Workshops
New Grape Grower Workshop
The New Grape Grower Workshop is held yearly during the month of March or April at the Maryland Wine Grape Industry Annual Meeting, sponsored by the Maryland Grape Growers Association and Maryland Wineries Association in cooperation with the University of Maryland Extension.
This course offers a broad overview of commercial vineyard development from pre-plant planning into the third year including economics and marketing information, variety, clone, and rootstock choices, site selection and preparation, pre-plant decisions, equipment, and supply requirements. We will also cover the basics of ordering, planting, and tending the vines through the third year of growth, as well as best practices for training, canopy management, and pest management.
The workshop is classroom format with a lot of time for Q&A.This seminar is a good overview of what is involved with getting a commercial vineyard started in the Mid-Atlantic.
Archives (Webinar Recordings)
Central Maryland Vegetable Growers Virtual Meeting
Date: January 28, 2020 | Length: 4:04:35
Virtual Winter Vegetable Grower Meeting
Date: December 2, 2020 | Length: 4:14:46
Topics discussed: Legalities of Direct Farm Marketing Specialty Crops, Sarah Everhart, Legal Specialist,
University of Maryland; Maryland Food Safety Program Update, Angela Ferelli, Agent Associate & Carol Allen, Agent Associate, University of Maryland; Vegetable Weed Control Update; Kurt Vollmer, Weed Science Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; MDA Pesticide Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture; Odd Insects and Diseases of Vegetables, Jerry Brust, Vegetable IPM Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; Managing Salinity and pH in High tunnels, Neith little, Urban Educator & Andrew Ristvey, Alternative Crops Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; Vegetable Trials Update, Gordon Johnson, Vegetable Specialist, University of Delaware Extension; and MDA Nutrient Management Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture
Virtual Winter Fruit Grower Meeting
Date: December 10, 2020 | Thursday
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Location: Virtual
Topics discussed: Spotted Wing Drosophila on Cranberries, Maggie Lewis, Entomology, Graduate Student University of Maryland; Insect Biological Control, Alan Leslie, Extension Educator University of Maryland Extension; Small Fruit Update, Ben Beale, Extension Educator University of Maryland Extension; MDA PAT Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture; Food Safety Update, Angela Ferelli, Agent Associate, Carol Allen, Agent Associate University of Maryland; Soil Health in High Tunnels, Neith little, Urban Educator, and Andrew Ristvey, Alternative Crops Specialist University of Maryland Extension; Fruit Tactics for the Coastal Plains, Dave Myers, Extension Educator University of Maryland Extension; and MDA Nutrient Management Update, Maryland department of Agriculture
Bay Area Virtual Fruit Meeting
Date: February 10, 2021 | Length: 4:23:36
Topics discussed: Legalities of Direct Farm Marketing Specialty Crops, Sarah Everhart, Legal Specialist,
University of Maryland; Insect Control Update, Kelly Hamby, Entomology Assistant Professor, University of Maryland; Fruit Weed Control Update, Kurt Vollmer, Weed Science Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; MDA PAT Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture; Apple Maturity and Harvest, Macarena Farcuh, Horticulture Assistant Professor, University of Maryland; Maryland Vineyard Industry Update, Joe Fiola, Viticulture & Small Fruit Specialist, University of Maryland Extension; Climate Change and the Orchard, Chris Walsh,, Horticulture Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland; MDA Nutrient Management Update, Maryland Department of Agriculture
Explore Meeting and Events
Agriculture Extension Winter Crop Production Meetings
Our local agricultural agents are getting ready and planning our Winter Production meetings later this summer. Get ready for an exciting lineup of events in the fall of 2024 and winter of 2025. Don't miss the opportunity to earn pesticide recertification and nutrient management credits at these meetings.