The Rodale Institute will hold a one-day field day workshop titled, "Organic No-Till: Reducing the Environmental and Economic Costs of Farming" from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 20 at its Experimental Farm in Kutztown, Berks County.

The event will focus mainly on mechanical cover crop management for organic no-till, addressing the many benefits of this management system and the challenges encountered by farmers and researchers around the country.

Topics to be included will feature results from the first three years of a large-scale research project on no-till systems focused on building and testing a second generation of no-till rollers under various field conditions, in diverse geographic areas and with different crops/cover crop combinations.

The field day will bring together farmers and researchers from Pennsylvania, Maryland and California to share with participants their own experiences producing crops using no-till techniques. As always, the event will feature equipment demonstrations and a wagon tour of the Rodale Institute Experimental Farm.

There is no registration fee for this event. A brown bag lunch will be provided for $15/person, pre-paid at least 48 hours prior to the event.

To register, call 610-683-6009 or visit the registration webpage and look at the full agenda online.

7/13/2007