Sustainable Agriculture Field Day Tour at Rogers Farm June 30

UMaine Sustainable Ag Field Day — Visitors tour the winter wheat variety trial at the 2010 University of Maine Sustainable Agriculture Field Day at Rogers Research Farm. Photo by Eric Gallandt.

June 14, 2016 News & Events

A Sustainable Agriculture Field Day Tour is scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30 at University of Maine’s Rogers Farm, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town. Registration starts at 4 p.m.

The field day will focus on research results and sustainable farming practices of small grains, potatoes, vegetable weed control, and risk management for small production farmers. Speakers include research staff and graduate students from the UMaine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture and UMaine Extension specialists.

The event is free; 2.5 Certified Crop Adviser credits and one Pesticide credit will be offered. Refreshments will be provided.

More about the event is online. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, contact John Jemison, 207.581.3241, jemison@maine.edu. More information about sustainable agriculture research at Rogers Farm is on the farm’s website.