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Strategies for Climate Resilient Farming: Invasive Plants and Insects

• Thursday, December 19, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Are you a New York farmer facing climate impacts? Learn about how you can plan for the impacts of invasive species due to temperature fluctuations with Horticulture Subject Educator, Katie Gasior.

Learn more on topics like what invasive insects and plant species to keep an eye out for, ways to mitigate their impact on farms, and preventative measures.

Start your invasive species management plan and join a network of CCE staff and farmers who have faced these challenges!

More about Katie: Katie is the Horticulture Program Coordinator at Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College in Urban Sustainability with a concentration in Environmental Science. During college Katie worked at a farm to table café in Bedford Stuyvesant and took an interest in food deserts and urban gardening. She worked as an assistant horticulture inspector for New York state department of agriculture in Suffolk County, an office working with the USDA to eradicate invasive species, specifically the Asian Long-Horned Beetle. In San Diego, she worked for the county as an agricultural standards inspector, working alongside farmers and industry to protect the county from incoming pests and disease.

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This program is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture award #2022-06508, through the American Rescue Plan Technical Assistance Investment Program.

This grant is supported by the State’s Environmental Protection Fund and administered by Department of Environmental Conservation’s Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health Program.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County provides equal program and employment opportunities. The public can contact the office to request accommodations

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Last updated November 26, 2024