Deborah Giraud (E-mail) serves the ornamental, vegetable, and fruit farmers of the county providing information on cultural practices, crop production, and pest control. She also works on local agricultural land use issues, and Community Development. Projects Include:

• Researching biological control of aphids, lily bulb storage conditions, and nematode control for the cut flower industry
• Researching landscape plant water use via a test plot at the Hopland Field Station
• Farm succession: workshops and technical services to landowners to plan and implement strategies for the next generation of farmers