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EPA
Projects:
Overview
Michigan
Florida
New England
Oregon
Wisconsin
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Working
From The Ground Up
CREATES
INNOVATIVE PROJECTS
In 2003, the
Center for Agricultural Partnerships (CAP) published “Working
From The Ground Up,” a blueprint for organizing projects that
increase the use of innovative, environmentally sound practices.
In 2005, CAP applied the blueprint to the task of organizing field-level
projects that reduce pesticide risks in agricultural and non-agricultural
settings. Working with talented people and organizations and in
collaboration with EPA staff, CAP facilitated the development of
five projects that shared a common methodology. As of early 2006,
work in these projects, funded through a cooperative agreement with
the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, was successful and the impact
was overwhelmingly positive.
At
a glance
The projects
were implemented to solve important problems in five areas with
key organizations:
- In
Michigan,
the National Grape Cooperative and Michigan State University grape
research-extension team implemented a grape IPM scouting program
with growers in southwest Michigan. The long-term goal was to
demonstrate a program that could be adopted widely in grape production
in Michigan and across the eastern United States to reduce the
cost and environmental impact of grape production.
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- In
Florida,
the task was to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of five
safer alternative pesticides–including four biochemical
products–to control mosquitoes on Parrot Jungle Island in
Miami. READ
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- The New
England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association sought
to increase the adoption of a field scouting program and the use
of biopesticides and reduced-risk pesticides among New England
sweet corn growers. READ
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- To prevent
and control potentially devastating codling moth infestations,
the Hood River Grower-Shipper Association in Oregon
embarked on a public awareness and incentive program. The goal
was to have 75 percent of the area’s non-agricultural fruit
tree owners remove or manage their trees to prevent pest infestations.
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- Wisconsin
Apple Growers association aimed for the wide grower adoption of
strong IPM programs. Their project focused on providing technical
and financial assistance to 28 growers for scouting their orchards
through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). In
addition to the field scouting, the project involved collaboration
with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in refining
EQIP opportunities to support an integrated orchard management
program. READ
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