Research Updates

June 2024: Interview with Aleah Butler-Jones, PhD student at Cornell University about experiments with electric weeding in orchard crops in New York

April 2024: Interview with Tong Zhen, PhD student at the University of California Davis about the first year of research into electric weeding in almond orchards

March 2024: Interview with Luisa Baccin, PhD student at Oregon State about the first year of research into crop safety and weed control with electric weeding in organic highbush blueberry.

March 2024: Organic BC Podcast - Controlling Weeds with Electricity in Perennial Crops

On March 18th, 2024, Principal Investigator Marcelo Moretti of Oregon State University was the guest on the Organic BC Podcast. In the episode, he explores the potential of tools that use electricity to control weeds on the farm using an electric weeder produced by a Brazilian Company called Zasso for use in perennial cropping systems.

Listen at https://organicbc.org/captivate-podcast/controlling-weeds-with-electricity-in-perennial-crops/