PA IPM News Spring 2007 Edition Now Available
You can also view individual articles at: http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/NewsLetter/PAIPMnews37.html.
In This Issue:
- Greenhouse Industry in PA Continues to Profit with IPM - The greenhouse industry in Pennsylvania is a growing one, with the state ranked sixth in the U.S. in greenhouse production with over $175 million per year in the production of vegetables, flowers and herbs.
- Uninvited Guests - Ants
- PA IPM and PEPP at Overbrook Elementary School - Students at an elementary school in Philadelphia recently got to handle live insects and learn the difference between good bugs and bad ones through a Penn State program.
- Conservation Leadership School - This summer Penn State will offer a learning opportunity for high school students (ages 15-18) that are interested in learning about protecting and conserving our environment.
- IPM Success Stories - New Philly Orchard Project to Use IPM
- New Tool for School IPM - A new brochure is now available for schools as part of the toolbox section of the National IPM Information Resource.
- Philadelphia IPM Project Strengthened with New Team Member - Dion Lerman, a certified food safety professional and instructor, will continue his work with low-income urban residents in a newly expanded Pennsylvania IPM project aimed at reducing pesticide use through educational outreach.
- New IPM Field Guides Available - Three new IPM scouting field guides are now available from The Michigan State University IPM Program
- Greener Eggs and Ham: The Benefits of Pasture-Raised Swine, Poultry and Egg Production - The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has released a report that shows how pasture-raised pork, chicken, and egg production can avoid the problems conventional production poses for water and air quality and animal and public health.
- Useful Web Sites and Information
- Coming Events
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PA IPM News Spring 2007 Edition Now Available
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