Webinars

Abstract:  Urban agriculture, the ability of community members to engage in growing food, is an important part of the urban food system. The Great Lakes Urban Ag IPM Working Group, established with support from the North Central IPM Center in 2017, is a network of university researchers and extension educators who work with growers to solve production and pest management challenges on urban farms, using an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. The group has created a set of tools including multilingual pest information cards, a virtual webinar series, and virtual farm tours that allow anyone to “visit” and experience the diversity of urban farms where key production and pest management information. During this presentation, we will be sharing information about the resources we have created, including how to access them and discuss the structure and function of the collaboration.

Presenters

Margaret Rivera
Agriculture and Natural Resource Educator, Summit County
Ohio State University Extension

Maggie is the Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator for OSU Extension in Summit County and has worked in Urban Agriculture for over 10 years focusing on Cleveland and Akron. A city girl born and raised, Maggie had the transformative experience of growing her own food and living off the land in Vermont. Maggie strives to bring this empowering experience to others through urban agriculture education and training.

Laura Ingwell
Assistant Professor, Horticulture Extension Entomology
Purdue University

Dr. Ingwell’s research focuses on pest management on specialty crops grown in protected environments. In particular, she is interested in evaluating the role of natural enemies and biopesticides, developing new strategies to increase their ability to suppress pest populations. Dr. Ingwell works in Urban Agricultural systems as well, strengthening our knowledge and tools to manage insect pests and produce organic soil amendments through the application of black soldier fly composting.