Wild Farm Alliance is pleased to offer a free 12-lesson virtual course for PCAs, CCA, scouts, growers and other agricultural professionals about whole farm pest management. Covering the latest research, the sessions are given by experts in entomology, plant health, plant pathology, microbial pest control, ecology, avian pest control and whole farm management.

The 1st lesson titled “Optimizing Beneficial Insects and Their Habitat” will be on September 24, 2024 at 11am.

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Presenters: Nathan Haan, University of Kentucky and Houston Wilson, UCCE and UC Organic Ag Institute.

Upon successfully completing this lesson, participants will be able to:

• Describe how predators’ and parasitoids’ characteristics and requirements influence their pest control services and how these are embodied in the ‘SNAP’ acronym.
• Explain why the amount and spatial arrangement of semi-natural habitat matters and what we know about how to optimize it.
• Describe the influence of landscape diversity on biological control of leafhoppers in vineyards.
• Explain how stacking ecosystem services can potentially increase the value of on-farm habitat diversification.

Continuing Education Credits: The lesson has been approved for 1 CE credit from California Department of Pesticide Regulation and American Society of Agronomy.