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Funding Program:
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Project Title:
Organic and IPM Working Group: Educating to Achieve Food Stability |
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Lead State: WI Lead Organization: IPM Institute of North America, Inc. |
| Undesignated Funding: $13,446 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2019 End Date: Feb-29-2020 |
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Summary:
Organic and IPM proponents share many concerns and interests in improving impacts of food production on environmental and human health. Despite these common goals, IPM and organic leaders have few occasions to share thoughts, ideas and resources. The Organic and IPM working group’s goal is to synergize the efforts of these two communities by building partnerships, fostering dialogue between diverse stakeholders, exchanging information and knowledge, and collaboratively identifying and working towards shared priorities. We aim to achieve our goal by maintaining a curated and facilitated platform that encourages participation across disciplines, organizations and geographies. Funding for the Organic and IPM working group will enable us to host bimonthly webinar presentations with guest speakers, promote the webinars with eOrganic and Certified Crop Advisors, host an in-person meeting at MOSES Organic Farming Conference 2020 and maintain a website and listserv to share resources and information. Our outputs will support the North Central IPM Center’s goals of improving understanding of current and emerging IPM and organic management issues, as well as increasing collaboration among diverse stakeholders, scientists and professionals working to address priorities common to organic and IPM in the North Central region and nationally. If funded, our working group will continue its mission of strengthening the alliance between organic and IPM communities to promote adoption of IPM practices and enhance food stability and environmental stewardship in the North Central region and nationally.
Objectives: 1. Coordinate bimonthly Organic and IPM working group webinars. eOrganic will publicize webinars to their contact list. Webinars will be registered for CCA CEU credit. Expected Outcomes- Short: Guest presenters will share knowledge, tools, research and opportunities in organic and IPM. Information shared will promote the adoption of organic and IPM practices. Medium: Group members and others adopt strategies that foster complementary approaches to organic and IPM systems. Long: Strengthened alliance between organic and IPM communities helps expand resources for stakeholders, increases adoption of organic and IPM practices and improves food stability. 2. Host an in-person working group meeting at MOSES Organic Farming Conference in 2020 with a minimum of 12 group members in attendance. We will develop a formal agenda for the meeting and will publish the meeting proceedings on the working group website. Expected Outcomes- Short: Diverse group members meet face-to-face to build trust, share ideas and exchange information and tools to promote opportunities for collaboration. Medium: Improved information exchange and trust between members will promote the development of new collaborative projects pursued by group members. 3. Maintain an updated website, listserv and YouTube channel including links to past webinars, call notes, case studies and other resources. Expected Outcomes- Short: Diverse group members meet face-to-face to build trust, share ideas and exchange information and tools to promote opportunities for collaboration. Medium: Improved information exchange and trust between members will promote the development of new collaborative projects pursued by group members. Long: Strengthened alliance between organic and IPM communities helps expand resources for stakeholders, increases adoption of organic and IPM practices and improves food stability. |
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