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2025-08-16T09:00:00 2025-08-16T16:00:00 Growing Strong

Education Name: Growing Strong: pollinators, pesticides, farm safety and farmer well-being

Date: 8/16/2025 9:00:00 AM - 8/16/2025 4:00:00 PM

Location Name: VFW National Home
3573 S Waverly Rd
Eaton Rapids, MI 48827-9718

Description:

Check out this exciting opportunity to learn about pollinators, pesticides, farm safety and farmer well-being! You will learn how using pollinators can increase production, using pesticides safely near pollinators, safe storage and usage of pesticides and tips on overall farm safety. There will also be an optional screening of the Greener Pastures Documentary. 

These topics will be presented by Gary Brown - Master beekeeper for Heroes to Hives, Remington Rice - PhD MSU Extension Educator, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

This event will be held at the VFW National Home in Eaton Rapids, on August 16th at 9 AM! We hope to see you there! 

Follow this link to register now for free, or visit Eatoncd.org/events 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-strong-pollinators-pesticides-farm-safety-and-farmer-well-being-tickets-1277876917259?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you would like to sponsor this event, please reach out to Natalie.halsey@macd.org for more information. 

3573 S Waverly Rd
Eaton Rapids, MI 48827-9718 , Michigan
Event Date

Start: August 16, 2025 9:00 AM

End: August 16, 2025 4:00 PM

Education Name: Growing Strong: pollinators, pesticides, farm safety and farmer well-being

Date: 8/16/2025 9:00:00 AM - 8/16/2025 4:00:00 PM

Location Name: VFW National Home
3573 S Waverly Rd
Eaton Rapids, MI 48827-9718

Description:

Check out this exciting opportunity to learn about pollinators, pesticides, farm safety and farmer well-being! You will learn how using pollinators can increase production, using pesticides safely near pollinators, safe storage and usage of pesticides and tips on overall farm safety. There will also be an optional screening of the Greener Pastures Documentary. 

These topics will be presented by Gary Brown - Master beekeeper for Heroes to Hives, Remington Rice - PhD MSU Extension Educator, and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

This event will be held at the VFW National Home in Eaton Rapids, on August 16th at 9 AM! We hope to see you there! 

Follow this link to register now for free, or visit Eatoncd.org/events 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-strong-pollinators-pesticides-farm-safety-and-farmer-well-being-tickets-1277876917259?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you would like to sponsor this event, please reach out to Natalie.halsey@macd.org for more information.