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Funding Program: IPM Partnership Grants

Project Title: Vegetable IPM Working Group (2006-2007)

Project Director (PD): Ruth Hazzard [1]

Lead State: MA Lead Organization: University of Massachusetts

Undesignated Funding: $16,732

Start Date: Apr-01-2006 End Date: Mar-31-2007

Site/Commodity: vegetables, strawberry, strawberries

Summary: The Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group (Vegetable IWG) was established in 2002 under the umbrella of the Northeast Pest Management Center. The group represents diverse types of vegetable farmers, as well as consultants, University, state agency, and other agricultural professionals from the Northeast Region. Several Vegetable Working Group projects have been funded by the Northeast IPM Center, including a vegetable IPM resource database, a regional Sweet Corn Pest Management Strategic Plan, and a project which is building stronger collaboration with Natural Resource Conservation Service personnel and programs to increase the use of IPM on vegetable farms. The Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group proposes to continue working to increase the use of IPM practices among vegetable growers, with the associated environmental, health and economic benefits in support of sustaining a thriving and diverse vegetable industry throughout the Northeast. We seek to provide practical and accessible tools that farmers will use to help them implement IPM, and to do that by building new partnerships and strengthening existing ones. This proposal seeks funds to hold an annual meeting in 2006, and to coordinate projects that have been initiated by the working group. Objectives: The mission of the Northeast Vegetable IPM Working Group is to foster the development and use of IPM as a means to achieve ecological and economic sustainability of vegetable farms in the Northeast. Our goals are to: 1. Identify and prioritize regional vegetable and strawberry IPM needs, in particular gaps in research, extension and regulation. 2. Represent the views of vegetable and strawberry farmers and other stakeholders to the Northeast IPM Center. 3. Develop, facilitate, or implement appropriate research and educational projects that address work group priorities. 4. Strengthen partnerships and exchange of information among vegetable farmers, agricultural professionals, and other stakeholders throughout the Northeast region. Proposal

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