Gardeners love sharing their harvest—with other humans, not bugs. But an integral part of sustainable gardening is limiting the use of pesticides, since overuse can lead to and speed up resistance. So how can you safely protect your produce from plundering pests? Entomologist Jessica Green will show you responsible ways to defend your veggies from invaders.

Presenter: Jessica Green has worked at OSU as a vegetable crop entomologist for 12 years. She has performed research trials on cabbage maggot, diamondback moth, armyworm, wireworm, and western corn rootworm. Jessica runs VegNet, a regional pest monitoring and reporting network, and was among the first to identify winter cutworm when it was detected in the Willamette Valley in 2015. Ms. Green holds a split appointment between OSU’s Oregon IPM Center and the Pesticide Safety Education program. She lives in the forest with her son, husband, mother, and 28 chickens.