Tilth Producers of Washington and WSU Small Farms Team offer WSU Boyd Farm Walk
Wheat Variety Trials & Organic Diversified CSA Farm

Wednesday, June 16
9:00am-3:00pm
WSU Boyd Farm
Pullman, WA

Wednesday, June 16 – WSU Field Day and Organic Farm, Pullman                                                 
Wheat Variety Trials & Organic Diversified CSA Farm - 9am-3pm
www.css.wsu.edu/organicfarm                
Research plots at WSU’s Boyd’s Farm site have been certified organic since 2006, following the standard three-year transition, and are now in year five as certified organic. View cropping systems research plots with alfalfa, wheat, triticale,  winter peas, and their associated weed and fertility management. Discuss conservation tillage implements and practices used in organic dryland weed management, current research on mycorrhizae, soil microbiology, and the integration of goat grazing for managing bindweed and other weeds in an organic system.  An optional $5.00 lunch and one hour tour of the WSU organic CSA farm at Tukey Orchard will follow.  Pre-register by Friday, June 11 to order a lunch (food provided by the Moscow Co-op); pay when you arrive.  

Farm Walk is free; pre-registration only required for lunch

Farm Walk Logistics — Complete details at www.tilthproducers.org

  ·Pre-register by Friday, June 11 to order lunch for Boyd Farm Walk, pay upon arrival.  To pre-register, contact:  

Tilth Producers, PO Box 85056, Seattle, WA  98145, nancy@tilthproducers.org

·Beverages are provided.
·Driving directions & more information: www. tilthproducers.org or http://smallfarms.wsu.edu   

Tilth Producers Membership is encouraged to help support the Farm Walk Program.  ($45 farm/individual, $75 non-farm business or $30 low-income) Member benefits include a subscription to Tilth Producers Quarterly, a Directory of organic growers & resources, 2-person discounts for farm walks and the annual conference, free listing in Tilth Intern Placement Service, Directory and email news. Join now to pay the discounted rate for farm walks.

For information:  (206) 442-7620 or nancy@tilthproducers.org