Plant & Soil Science Students Assist Intervale Farmers After July Flood

A group of college students outside on a sunny day listening to a farmer talk.
Photo credit: Eric von Wettberg

Students in PSS 2120, Weed Ecology and Management, went down to the Intervale on September 6, 2023, to assist with weed control in plots replanted following catastrophic flooding in July.

College students pulling weeds in a field planted with broccoli on a sunny day.
Photo credit: Eric von Wettberg

After learning about the array of organic weed management approaches used by the Intervale Community Farm, students participated in manual weed control in cabbage and broccoli plots.