IPM Success Stories
IPM is good for people, the environment, and the pocketbook
Since 2000, we’ve fostered the development and adoption of integrated pest management, supporting projects that focus on important pest problems and provide economic, environmental, and human health benefits to our region. Read on to learn about the impacts of projects we’ve funded and about the work of our partners nationwide.
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- Keeping Stink Bugs Out of Your House, and Your Island Nation
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Officials from New Zealand requested, in April, about twenty odd dead insect specimens preserved in bottles of hand sanitizer.
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- When the Whole Farm Is the Region
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The idea of “whole farm” pest management came to life recently for growers in the Northeast.
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- The Identity Problem of the Southern Pine Beetle
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The southern pine beetle has been wandering northward into the pine forests of New Jersey and neighboring states, causing major destruction to native pine forests.
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- What if Obi-Wan Kenobi Was a Farmer?
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Young organic farmers might not be able to call on Obi-Wan Kenobi when they have a problem, but they have the next best thing: a team of farming experts.
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- All About Pests in High Tunnels for the Beginning Farmer
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How do I efficiently manage pests in the high tunnel?
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- Expression "New Entry Farmers" Includes Students, Too
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Through this program, students learn organic vegetable production and agricultural entrepreneurship.
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- It's the Small Things that Add Up
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“Wow, I didn’t know such a small thing could do so much damage!”
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- Pest Management in Alternative Crops: A New Learning Experience
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As immigrant farmers embark on the adventure of food production, they face many challenges including pest management issues.
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- New Entry and Beginning Farmers
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There’s a new back-to-basics movement, one that would be understood by today’s connected, savvy, environmentally-conscious, new and beginning farmer.
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- Challenges and Opportunities for Ecologically-Based Growers
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Even as expectations for higher-quality food rise, we face water and air pollution, loss of beneficial organisms, and increasing persistence of pests.