EcoFarm 2026: IPM & Soil Health Workshops Revealed
By Eco-Farm Conference
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Key Takeaways
EcoFarm’s 46th conference offers diverse workshops, continuing education, and insights on sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management, and permaculture.
- Learn pest management using biological tools.
- Explore integrated crop-livestock farming.
- Discover pollinator and honey bee management.
- Understand organic decision-making for pests.
- Implement rodent control strategies.
- Utilize songbirds for pest control.
Why It Matters
These workshops offer practical, science-backed methods to improve farm resilience and sustainability, directly impacting farm profitability and ecological health.
What to Do Next
Review the EcoFarm workshop tracks and register for sessions relevant to your farm’s needs.
Recommended for: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural professionals interested in advanced sustainable practices and integrated pest management.
EcoFarm's Workshops by Track page details specialized sessions at the 46th Annual Conference (January 21-24, 2026), curating content on integrated pest management, permaculture, and sustainable agriculture. Tracks emphasize whole systems approaches, with speakers like Julie Henderson (CA Dept. Pesticide Regulation) on the Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap, guiding holistic compliance via biological tools and farm-wide strategies. Integrated crop-livestock farming highlights grazing residues/cover crops to cut pests/weeds, boost soil fertility, and diversify income. Pollinator sessions teach honey bee hive management, queen capture, disease control, and organic flower mixes for native bees/pest predators. Organic decision-making covers new biologicals for pests/diseases. Diversity tactics—plant spacing, soil amendments—enhance antagonists against pathogens. Rodent control workshops by Thomas Wittman detail trapping, barriers, predators, rotations. Songbird IPM targets specific pests via nest boxes. Strawberry pathogen management includes molecular testing, resistant varieties, steam applicators. Pre-conference on permaculture addresses climate-adaptive stewardship, polycultures, grazing. These tracks offer CEUs, blending science and practice for resilient farming.
Source: eco-farm.org
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