Past Webinars
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Best Practices in Post-Harvest Storage and Processing
With harvest season mostly behind us, it was time to ensure that our grain is properly cleaned, dried, and stored. Common Grain Alliance sat down with Sam McNeill, Extension Professor in the Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Kentucky, and William Hale, an organic farmer at All Farm Organics to discuss their recommendations for post-harvest storage and processing.
Grains to Glass: Exploring the Farmer, Maltser, and Brewer Partnership
Farmers, maltsters, and brewers sat down for a conversation about adding value to the mid-Atlantic grain-shed from field to glass. What does it take to leverage local grains for brewing and distilling? We talk to players across the supply chain about how they approach the small grains market, variety selection, post-harvest processing, relationship building, business partnerships, and, of course, your drinks! Hosted by Future Harvest and the Common Grain Alliance.
Protecting Your Crops Series Part 1: Understanding OMRI-certified Insecticide Options
Dr. Thomas P. Kuhar, Entomology Professor at Virginia Tech, presents best practices associated with using a wide range of natural insecticides that are OMRI-approved. His talk reviewed some of the current organic insecticide options and summarizes their performance in efficacy experiments conducted on grain, as well as vegetable, crops in the mid-Atlantic U.S.
Protecting Your Crops Series Part 2: Breaking the Disease Triangle: An Integrated Approach to Disease Management
Dr. Steve Rideout, Professor of Plant Pathology at Virginia Tech, will discuss an array of tactics available to growers to address and suppress some of the most problematic vegetable diseases in the Region. Perhaps the most fundamental representation of plant disease occurrence is the disease triangle. In most introduction to plant pathology courses, this is introduced within the first week and then quickly forgotten soon afterward. However, knowing how to manipulate hosts, environments, and pathogens is at the base of any integrated disease management program.
Protecting Your Crops Series Part 3: Flame Weeding for Market Farms and Gardens
Learn best practices, tools, and techniques for flame weeding from Charlie House. Charlie has been gardening professionally since 1983. He has worked in crop science research and is a certified horticulturist. His company, Earth and Sky Solutions consults on flame weeding with farms of all sizes. He also works with manufacturers to optimize equipment for smaller-scale farms.