October Farming Twilight Meeting

October 22, 2026
6:00PM – 8:30 PM

Location:
 Seahorse Farm Winery
1076 Seashore Road
Cape May, NJ  08204

Program

6:00 PM – Registration / Light Refreshments

6:10 PM – Welcome – Claudia Gil Arroyo, County Agent III, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of
                  Cape May County; Rutgers NJAES

6:15 PM – “How Climate Change Affects NJ Farmers” - James Shope, PhD., Assistant 
                  Extension Specialist in Climate Services Department of Environmental Sciences, 
                 SEBS, New Brunswick; Rutgers NJAES

6:50 PM – “Mineral Nutrition and Microbial Ecology for Soil Health” - Joseph Heckman, PhD., Extension Specialist - Soil Fertility, 
                  Department of Plant Biology, SEBS, New Brunswick; Rutgers NJAES

7:25 PM – "Pesticide Safety: Reading the Label and Selecting the Proper Product" – David
                  Hlubik, Burlington County Agent III, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington  
                  County; Rutgers NJAES

8:00 PM – "Vegetable Disease Management Updates" - Patrick McMullen, County Agent III,  
                  Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County; Commercial Vegetable Production; Rutgers NJAES

Light refreshments will be served.

Pesticide recertification credits pending. 

Please RSVP by October 20, 2025:
Jocelyn Shillingford 609-465-5115 ext. 3607 or capemayag@njaes.rutgers.edu