Agriculture: Vegetables, Fruit and Ornamentals

Deborah Giraud 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

For information on how Cooperative Extension agents and advisors can provide programming in Farm and Ranch Succession visit the following link:
Providing Extension Programming in Farm Succession