Regional Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT on Region 2 activities

IR-4 Biopesticides Database - The Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) created, with funding from Region 2’s Pollution Prevention grant funding, a Biopesticide /Organic database on the IR-4 website. The database, which is searchable by crop, pest, and state, will assist commercial and home growers of specialty crops. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, ornamentals and turf, but IR-4 also includes minor pests that are found on major row crops in this database.

Anaerobic Digestion of Manure in New York State - There are currently nine dairy farms and one duck farm conducting anaerobic digestion of manure in New York State; one dairy farm is about to begin. Anaerobic digestion produces methane gas that may be used for heating purposes and/or to generate electricity. It produces essentially pathogen-free solids that may be used as fertilizer and animal bedding.

Cornell Agricultural Plastics Recycling - EPA Region 2’s Pollution Prevention Program has issued two grants to SUNY College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University for an agricultural plastics recycling project.
The projects promote life-cycle stewardship and extended producer responsibility (EPR) for agricultural plastic films to prevent the pollution generated when these products are disposed in open fires on-farm. For more information on these projects, visit the Recycling Ag Plastics Project (RAPP).

NJDA Plastic Pesticide Container Recycling
To find out about New Jersey’s Agricultural Recycling Program visit: http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/prog/recycling.html

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