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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:1.4">In response to growing interest in promoting beneficial insects for their pest control services on farms, the Xerces Society has authored the book <strong><em><a style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:rgb(230,120,3);text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001QUrhJHRL-eY7yCS19Vev0mG58CZ3QCSK8blb_LhypbIz8jHAtWMGot1J_qWAe1FjE-ZhEVCOhqKPXwUlLoJcPmKCel3TGjo1B7f2j_qPzTmoPTQZYM4u0qDf6lpPzOfF35YqDc3Wxji46WK9IBfGxJJF6s95ZMUV" shape="rect" alt="http://www.xerces.org/farming-with-native-beneficial-insects/" target="_blank">Farming With Native Beneficial Insects</a></em></strong> and developed the Conservation Biological Control Short Course to educate farmers, agriculture employees, natural resource specialists, land managers, and conservation organization staff.<br></span></div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:1.4">This full-day training will provide you with the latest science-based approaches to </span><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:1.4">integrating beneficial insects back into cropping systems for natural pest control, ultimately reducing and, in some cases, eliminating the need for insecticides.</span><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:1.4"> Leave with the tools necessary to identify and attract beneficial insects, assess and restore beneficial insect habitat, and implement farm practices to support beneficial insects. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:1.4">Registration is $45 per participant. Course registration includes the Xerces Society's Conservation Biological Control Toolkit and a copy of our new book, </span><span style="color:#e67817"><strong><em style="text-align:left;line-height:1.4"><a style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:rgb(230,120,3);text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001QUrhJHRL-eY7yCS19Vev0mG58CZ3QCSK8blb_LhypbIz8jHAtWMGot1J_qWAe1FjE-ZhEVCOhqKPXwUlLoJcPmKCel3TGjo1B7f2j_qPzTmoPTQZYM4u0qDf6lpPzOfF35YqDc3Wxji46WK9IBfGxJJF6s95ZMUV" shape="rect" alt="http://www.xerces.org/farming-with-native-beneficial-insects/" target="_blank">Farming with Native Beneficial Insects.</a></em></strong></span><span style="text-align:left;line-height:1.4"> </span></div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:justify" align="justify">This Short Course is made possible with the support of the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Additional support for this training is provided by the Audrey and J.J. Martindale Foundation, Cascadian Farm, Ceres Trust, CS Fund, Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, General Mills, the Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation, Turner Foundation, Inc., <a style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001QUrhJHRL-eY7yCS19Vev0mG58CZ3QCSK8blb_LhypbIz8jHAtWMGot1J_qWAe1FjE-ZhEVCOhqKPXwUlLoJcPmKCel3TGjo1zKxSuGW5782rx_snnqyqqQ==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.xerces.org/funders/" target="_blank">Whole Foods Market and its vendors</a>, and <a style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001QUrhJHRL-eY7yCS19Vev0mG58CZ3QCSK8blb_LhypbIz8jHAtWMGot1J_qWAe1FjE-ZhEVCOhqKPXwUlLoJcPmKCel3TGjo1lESpzbC8sNe1UHHh0VCLNw==" shape="rect" alt="http://www.xerces.org/donate/" target="_blank">Xerces Society members</a>.</div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:justify" align="justify">Special thanks to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum and University of Wisconsin West Madison Agricultural Research Station for hosting the classroom and field portions of the Madison, WI, workshop.<br></div>
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<div style="font-style:normal;text-align:justify" align="justify">Special thanks to the Farmington NRCS office and staff for hosting the classroom portion of the workshop, and to Little Hill Berry Farm, Spring Winds Farm, and Open Hands Farm for hosting the field portion of the Farmington, MN workshop.<br></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify">The content of this course is tailored to the needs of farmers, NRCS, SWCD, Cooperative Extension, and state department of agriculture employees, as well as crop consultants, natural resource specialists, and non-governmental conservation staff.<br></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:9pt"><strong>Sarah Foltz Jordan</strong></span><span style="font-size:9pt"> - Pollinator Conservation Specialist, Midwest Region, The Xerces Society</span></div>
</span><br><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:9pt" align="justify"><span style="color:#000000"><strong><strong>Thelma Heidel-Baker</strong></strong></span><span style="color:#666666;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:14.9333333969116px"> - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Specialist, The Xerces Society</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<ul><li style="text-align:left" align="left"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Claudio Gratton</strong></span> - Professor of Entomology, UW-Madison</li><li style="text-align:left;padding-top:5px" align="left"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:8pt"><strong>Pat Murphy</strong></span><span style="font-size:8pt"> - State Resource Conservationist, <span>Natural Resources Conservation Service</span></span></li></ul>
</span> <br><div style="font-family:MyriadPro-Web,'Myriad Pro Web',MyriadPro,'Myriad Pro',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:#022e4e"><strong>Farmington, MN</strong></div><ul><li style="font-size:8pt;text-align:left" align="left"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Mary Rogers</strong></span> - Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, UMN</li><li style="font-size:8pt;text-align:left;padding-top:5px" align="left">
<div><span style="color:#000000"><strong>Jim Eckberg</strong></span> - Ph.D. Graduate Student, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, UMN</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:14.9333333969116px;color:#000000"><strong>Michelle Wohlers</strong></span><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:14.9333333969116px"> - District Conservationist, Minnesota Natural Resources Conservation Service</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><em>Header:</em> adult female braconid wasp foraging on lovage (<em>Levisticum officinale</em>), photograph by Sarah Foltz Jordan, The Xerces Society.</div>
<div style="text-align:justify" align="justify"><em>Sidebar:</em> adult thirteen-spotted ladybird beetle (<em>Hippodamia tredecimpunctata</em>), photograph by Thelma Heidel-Baker, The Xerces Society.<br></div>
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