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Organic Vegetable Twilight Meeting Weed, Insects, Soil Management Zilke Vegetable Farm Thursday, Sept 3 - 6:00-8:30 p.m. Demonstration and discussion of: · Effective use of cultivation tools/tillage systems · Impact on soil fertility · Weed and insect management · Pest and beneficial insect identification See in-row cultivation tools in action, tour cover crop plots and learn to identify key insect pests and beneficials Field day will be held at: Zilke Vegetable Farm 12491 Carpenter Rd, Milan Mi 48160. Call for directions but GPS is accurate to find location: 734-260-2324 Please RSVP to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> is free and open to all Hear from researchers (Dr. Dan Brainard, Dr. Sophiaand farmers about the progress of this work and findings. Maybe even learn a few new things to improve your farming management:) Demonstration and discussion of: · Effective use of cultivation tools/tillage systems · Impact on soil fertility · Weed and insect management · Pest and beneficial insect identification · Pest and beneficial insect identification · Pest · Pest and beneficial insect identification See in-row cultivation tools in action, tour cover crop plots and learn to identify key insect pests and beneficials Zilke Vegetable Farm Vicki Morrone Organic farming specialist Center For Regional Food Systems at MSU 480 Wilson Rd Rm 303 East Lansing, MI 48824 517-353-3542/517-282-3557 (cell) Www.MichiganOrganic.Msu.edu If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html