Sean L. Swezey, an expert on the practical application of pest management theory and organic crop production, will speak at a free California State University, Stanislaus Agricultural Studies Department lecture series presentation titled “Getting the Bugs Out” on Thursday, November 30.
Sponsored by Yosemite Farm Credit, the program starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Gemperle Lecture Hall (Room 167) in Demergasso-Bava Hall at CSU Stanislaus, 801 W. Monte Vista Ave., Turlock. The lecture is open to the public and admission and parking in the University lot at Crowell Road and Ansel Adams Boulevard is free. Refreshments will be served at the program.
Swezey is Associate Director and Specialist for organic farming systems research and extension at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz. His research interests emphasize the practical application of pest management theory and on-farm research to production of organic strawberries, apples, and other California organic crops.
Swezey authored the first University of California organic production manual for apples in 2000. His current research focuses on trap cropping and biological control of western tarnished plant bug in organic strawberries.
Before joining the UC Santa Cruz faculty in 1987, Swezey taught at UC Berkeley, the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua-Leon, and Cornell University. His time in Central America included work as a consulting entomologist with the Organization of American States and with Food and Agriculture Organization assignments in northern Argentina on cotton pest management systems. He teaches courses on organic agriculture, integrated pest management, and sustainable agriculture.
Swezey has directed a long-term study documenting conversion to reduced risk and organic cotton production in the northern San Joaquin Valley.
For more information, contact the CSU Stanislaus Agricultural Studies Department at (209) 664-6648.
Sponsored by Yosemite Farm Credit, the program starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Gemperle Lecture Hall (Room 167) in Demergasso-Bava Hall at CSU Stanislaus, 801 W. Monte Vista Ave., Turlock. The lecture is open to the public and admission and parking in the University lot at Crowell Road and Ansel Adams Boulevard is free. Refreshments will be served at the program.
Swezey is Associate Director and Specialist for organic farming systems research and extension at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz. His research interests emphasize the practical application of pest management theory and on-farm research to production of organic strawberries, apples, and other California organic crops.
Swezey authored the first University of California organic production manual for apples in 2000. His current research focuses on trap cropping and biological control of western tarnished plant bug in organic strawberries.
Before joining the UC Santa Cruz faculty in 1987, Swezey taught at UC Berkeley, the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua-Leon, and Cornell University. His time in Central America included work as a consulting entomologist with the Organization of American States and with Food and Agriculture Organization assignments in northern Argentina on cotton pest management systems. He teaches courses on organic agriculture, integrated pest management, and sustainable agriculture.
Swezey has directed a long-term study documenting conversion to reduced risk and organic cotton production in the northern San Joaquin Valley.
For more information, contact the CSU Stanislaus Agricultural Studies Department at (209) 664-6648.