Resources Category: Pest, Weed, and Disease Management
Discover effective organic methods for pest, weed, and disease management. Learn sustainable techniques to protect your crops without the use of synthetic chemicals.
Ecological Weed Management for Organic Farms
Discover innovative and soil-friendly strategies for weed control in organic farming. Featuring Dr. Carlene Chase, Associate Professor of Horticultural Sciences at the University of Florida, this session dives into techniques like cover cropping, living mulches, and sustainable practices tailored to organic systems. Learn how to reduce environmental impact and boost farm resilience through practical insights… Continue reading Ecological Weed Management for Organic Farms
Certified Scoop Fact Sheet: Managing Pests Organically
2-page fact sheet on requirements and ways to manage pests organically in crop systems.
March 2025 Santa Maria CAPCA presentation
Slideset comparing and contrasting biological (organic) and conventional insecticide performance characteristics.
Webinar: Organic Weed Control Workshop (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
What to expect at the Weed Management Field Day — learn to operate cultivating tractors, try out new weed control tools, and practice your weed scouting and ID.
Webinar: Advice for New Farmers! Organic Weed Control (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Mike Appel discusses organic weed management on Three Springs Farm, a Certified Organic vegetable farm in Oaks, Oklahoma.
Podcast: Organic Weed Management Series – Part 10: small seeded crops (Episode 51) (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Part 10 and the final episode of the weed management series. In this episode I wrap up the series with a discussion on cultivation tools for small seeded crops.
Podcast: Organic Weed Management Series – Part 9: Bare ground large seeds and transplants (Episode 50) (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
This is part 9 of the weed management series! where we talk about cultivating transplants and large seeded crops.
Podcast: Midwest Weed Management Field Day Recap (Episode 54) (Center for Arkansas Farms and Food)
Observations from the Midwest Mechanical Field Day on August 20, 2025 in Ames, Iowa.