Come to this hands-on workshop and learn best practices for managing fire blight, root rot, fungal infections, and bacterial infections, as well as traps for monitoring and controlling apple maggot, coddling moth, and peach twig borer. We'll also discuss management of rodents, deer and birds - implications for fencing, exclosures, electric fencing, and netting. Participants will receive past management traps and learn how to implement them.  We will be using an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach. IPM is strategy for managing pests that focuses on mitigating pest damage while also minimizing negative impacts on humans and ecosystems. It is not necessarily an organic approach, though many methods can be used in organic systems, and when done well IPM has fewer negative consequences for ecosystems.

This event is hosted by NMSU Taos County Cooperative Extension Service & 4-H Program and the De La Tierra a La Cosecha Coalition which includes Taos Valley Acequia Association, Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC), Taos Land Trust, and us, Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos

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