Keith Waldron and Don Rutz—The Cornell "Fly Guys"—roll out fly paper at the PCO-PASA sponsored Fly Management Field Day at PCO-certified Roman Stoltzfoos' Spring Wood Farm in August. The field day covered how to identify fly types; their habitat and lifestyle; and fly management strategies. For a detailed discussion of the field day, see PCO’s October issue of Organic Dairy Matters.

Dave Mortensen from Penn State examines rye after a crop rolling demonstration at the Ecoweed Field Day in June 2005.

Dana Hunting and Vernon Chow of PCO certified Village Acres Farm attending the Ecoweed Field Day at Rock Springs in June 2005.

Jeff Moyer of the Rodale Institute discusses the development and cost of a cover crop roller at the Ecoweed Field Day at Rock Springs in June 2005.

Chris Lent and Amanda Birk of PCO-certified Lent’s Organics discuss their start in farming and the plan for the 7/16/05 PASA-PCO field day: building a portable hoop house.

Mindy Schwartz of Grow Pittsburgh speaks on urban farming at a PASA-PCO field day on 8-31-05. Mindy farms on several reclaimed city lots. The field day also included a tour of PCO-certified Mildred’s Daughters.

PCO-certified raspberry farmer Mike Byers discusses different varieties of raspberry bushes at the PASA-PCO field day on his Spring Mills farm in August.

Field day attendees enjoy Mike Byers’ raspberry popsicles near the end of the August PASA-PCO field day.

This page last updated 07/19/2010