Sunday Evening “Into the Future” Poster Session

Say hi to friends old and new, enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres with 5:30-6:30 open bar, and see what is new with AAPCO Partner’s projects and activities!

Grand Ballroom Foyer and Potomac Room, 5:30-7:30pm

AAPCO’s Endangered Species Act Workgroup

Presenter: The Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology

Title: Drift Reduction Adjuvants, The Easy Button for ESA Mitigation 

Description: The use of Drift Reduction Adjuvants as a tool to help growers comply with ESA

AAPCO’s Pollinator Protection and Endangered Species Act Workgroup

Presenters: Field Watch Inc.

Title: Updates and overview of the possibility of integrating ESA maps into DriftWatch maps

AAPCO’s Full SFIREG and Endangered Species Implementation Working Committee

Presenters: Steve Dwinell and Kevin Kern, Chairs

Title: Bulletins Live Two! and EPA’s Mitigation Menu Q&A

AAPCO’s Worker Protection Standing Committee

Presenter: Ag Health and Safety Alliance™ (AHSA) Nonprofit organization 

Title: Implementing Community-Based Respirator Fit Testing Programs for WPS

Description: Highlighting the critical need for Community-Based Respirator Fit Testing Programs to improve worker safety and the development of a Respirator Fit Test Guide for Pesticides Handling. Copies of the Respirator Fit Test Guide for Pesticides Handling and information on Pesticides PPE training motion graphic videos that AHSA constructed in collaboration with the University of Iowa Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health will be available as well. 

AAPCO’s Worker Protection Standing Committee

Presenter: Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC)

Title: Building Bridges: Culturally Sensitive Worker Protection Standard Inspections

Description: Building Bridges Guide and digital flipchart, developed with input from WPS inspectors and farmworkers, offers tools for culturally competent communication, focusing on rapport-building, understanding cultural norms, and overcoming language barriers during inspections. Copies of the guide will be available as well as presentations of the digital flipchart.

AAPCO’s Industry Relations Workgroup

Presenter: FMC Corporation

Title: Fertilizer vs. Pesticide labeling – similarities, differences, challenges

AAPCO’s Industry Relations Workgroup

Presenter: Taylor Randell Singleton, Ph.D. UGA 

Title: Endangered Species Act Pesticide Use Limitation Areas