10th Annual Sustainable Pest Management Conference
December 2 - 3, 2011
San Luis Obispo, CA
Conference Agenda
8:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. Day 1 (Friday), San Luis Obispo Vet's Hall
8:00 a.m. Policy Update: CDFA's Statewide Plant Pest Prevention and Management
Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Organic Input Materials Update (AB 856)
Claudia Reid, CCOF Policy Director
9:00 a.m. Keynote - How CDFA's Budget Impacts Pest Management in California
TBD, California Department of Food and Agriculture
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Stakeholder Panel - Managing California's Agricultural Pests: Moving
Beyond Controversy to Cooperation
- Helene R. Wright, CA State Plant Health Director, USDA-APHIS
- Betsy K. Peterson, Director, Technical Services, California Association Nurseries
and Garden Centers
- Andrea Fox, Legislative Policy Analyst - Governmental Affairs, California Farm
Bureau Federation / Member of California Invasive Species Advisory Council
- Margareta (Greta) Lelea, Postdoctoral researcher in Entomology and Human and
Community Development, UC Davis
- Jen Sedell, Student in Human and Community Development, UC Davis
- Dr. Amrith Gunesakara, CDFA Science Advisor to the Secretary, CDFA
- Caroline Cox, Research Director, Center for Environmental Health
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. RWQCB Water Quality Update
Angela Schroeder, Agriculture Regulatory Program Manager, Central Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board
2:00 p.m. Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for Pesticides and the Global Food Safety
Initiative (GFSI) Auditing
- Enrique Urrutia, Audit Technical Manager, Primus Labs
- Sonny Pulido, Audit Technical Assistant Manager, Primus Labs
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Alternative Systems for Management of Soil-borne Pathogens and Weeds
Oleg Daugovish, Strawberry and Vegetable Crop Advisor, Ventura County UC Cooperative
Extension
4:15 p.m. Lessons from Small-Scale Polyculture for Sustainable Pest Management
Jake Blehm, Assistant Executive Director, Ecology Action
5:15 p.m. Day 1 Conclusion
8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Day 2 (Saturday), Cal Poly State University
TECHNIQUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE SOIL, WATER AND PESTICIDE RESIDUE TESTING
This year, we are pleased to offer a continuation of last year's Day 2 workshop: "Soil &
Water Testing Basics." Given the success of the workshop and high level of interest in this
topic, we have decided to go even more in depth to offer PCAs, CCAs and growers added skills
for assessing soil and water quality.
A one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn essential monitoring skills from industry
experts!
The workshop will include hands-on sampling techniques and instruction on how best to
interpret soil, tissue and water reports. PLUS, we will use this year's
workshop to cover a topic of growing interest and concern in commercial agriculture: MRLs (maximum residue levels for pesticides). Understanding MRLs and how to assess
them is particularly important for those seeking to export their produce to countries which
monitor MRLs. MRLs are increasingly used as a food safety parameter. This year's workshop
will cover MRL expectations of Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recognized auditing
schemes, pesticide SOPs (standard operating procedures), the important
role of advisors and growers regarding spray applications, how to read MRL test results,
and what it means when MRL exceeds country of export limits.
8:00 a.m. Soil and Tissue Sampling, Analysis and Monitoring for PCAs, CCAs, and
Growers
Ben Nydam, Consultant, Irrigation Specialist & Certified Crop Advisor, Dellavalle
Laboratory, Inc.
9:15 a.m. Testing and Evaluation of Water Quality in Agriculture
Keith M. Backman, Certified Horticulturist/Pomologist & Certified Crop Advisor, Dellavalle
Laboratory, Inc.
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Understanding Pesticide Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Maximum
Residue Levels (MRLs)
- Enrique Urrutia, Audit Technical Manager, Primus Labs
- Sonny Pulido, Audit Technical Assistant Manager, Primus Labs
12:30 p.m. Day 2 Conclusion
2010 Program Materials
View 2010 Conference Agenda
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2011 Sponsors & Exhibitors
Acadian Agritech
Airstrike Bird Control, LLC
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
Koppert Biological Systems
Monterey AgResources
Natural Forces, LLC
New Era Farm Service, Inc.
Organic Ag Products
Oro Agri
Westbridge Agricultural Products
For more information
contact CCOF:
(831) 423-2263
or programs@ccof.org
or
CAFES Center for Sustainability
at (805)756-5086
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