RVA Vegetable Growers Conference - Private Pesticide Recertification

Friday, February 20, 2026 • 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Eastern Henrico Rec Center

1440 North Laburnum Avenue Richmond, VA, 23223

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RVA Vegetable Growers Conference & Private Pesticide Recertification

Friday, February 20th ◆ 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Eastern Henrico Recreation Center ◆ Strawberry Ballroom 1440 N Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23223

Workshop AGENDA

❏8:30 - Registration

❏8:50 - Welcome and Introduction

❏9:00 - VDACS Pesticide Legal Update

❏9:45 – Food Safety - New Agricultural Water Rules

❏ 10:15 – Break

❏ 10:30 - Soil Fertility and Holistic Management

❏ 11:15 - Pest Control Updates

❏ 12:00 - Lunch

❏ 12:30 - Marketing / Scale Up Small Farm

❏ 12:45 - Vegetable Pathology

❏ 1:30 - Identification of Weeds and Herbicide Choice

❏2:15 - Pesticide Safety Label Exercise

❏3:00 - Sign-Out for Recertification Credit