Hosting the EPA and OECD on their World Tour
Dr. Cliff Ohmart, Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission’s Research and Integrate Pest Management Director was the keynote speaker for a recent international tour of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) at our winery.
Dr. Cliff Ohmart’s work on the Lodi Winegrower’s Handbook and the subsequent Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing Program attracted the multi-national group to the Lodi area and provided lots of discussion on how our local winegrowers strive to farm their vineyards in a sustainable way.
31 members representing Australia, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States met for lunch with Dr. Ohmart as the keynote speaker.
We were delighted to show them around our winery and share our passion for sustainable winegrowing.
Reed Fuji, The Stockton Record Agriculture Editor, discusses the tour with Wolfgang Zombach, Chairman of the OECD steering group on reducing pesticide risks and representing Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food Agriculture and Consumer Protections. See Reed’s article here.
Aaron, part of the fifth generation of our family to farm in the Lodi Appellation talked about sustainability with Dr. Robert Luttik of the Netherlands.
A bit of show and tell with Randy featuring our four row electrostatic sprayer; efficiencies in the vineyard and the ability to reduce the carbon footprint are all part of our sustainability efforts.
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