BERRY BORER, KONA STYLE CTAHR’s Local and Immigrant Farmer Education (LIFE) and Risk Management Hawaii (RMH) programs will be hosting two workshops on CBB Integrated Pest Management at the Kona Cooperative Extension Service Conference Room. They’ll take place on July 30 and August 7, both 1:30–5:30 p.m. Extension agent Andrea Kawabata and HDOA entomologist Rob Curtiss will be teaching farmers about first-response actions and the most current CBB Integrated Pest Management and sampling protocols; extension economist Stuart Nakamoto will be discussing risk management and crop insurance policies available to growers for coffee and coffee trees; and coffee farmer Bob Nelson will talk about the CBB protocols he uses. There will be a talk-story Q&A afterward. To register, call Gina at 322-4892 or email [email protected] by July 29 and August 5 for the respective workshops. And spread the word to other coffee growers!
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 06:19:34 +0000
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