New York State Urban Growers Pest Management Needs Assessment

Sam Anderson, Urban Agriculture Specialist
Harvest New York

September 4, 2024
New York State Urban Growers Pest Management Needs Assessment

As part of a multi-year project exploring non-spray pest management options that are economically and environmentally sustainable for urban farms, we conducted a needs assessment with urban growers across New York State. This publication presents findings on current pest management practices, challenges, and topics of future interest.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under subaward number [LNE21-421 “Sustainable Pest Management for New York Urban Farmers”].



New York State Urban Growers Pest Management Needs Assessment (pdf; 518KB)


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