Conservation Biocontrol on the Student Farm

Student: Hayly Hoch 

Major: Plant Science 

Semester: Summer/Fall 2016 

Faculty Supervisor: Michael Saunders 

Funding: Erickson Discovery Grant 

SDG: 15 – Life on Land 

Motivated to implement biological control pest management strategies, Hayly utilized the Erickson Discovery Grant to build multiple natural pest and pollinator insect habitat sites around the farm during the 2016 summer growing season. These plantings have continued to grow and expand ever since.