SPARC Orchard Roundup Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:47:12 -0400 en-us © 2026 SPARC Orchard Roundup yes c8c63e34-35c4-50bd-9c59-3fe6bad60640 dus970@psu.edu SPARC SCRI episodic false This monthly podcast brings together researchers and Extension professionals from around the country under the banner of one USDA-NIFA grant to discuss pome fruit issues from their regions. If you want to know what's happening in other fruit growing regions, this is your one-stop shop.


This work is/was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Specialty Crop Research Initiative project "Preparing U.S. Pome Fruit Production for Extreme Temperatures in a Changing Climate" (2024-51181-43289; Accession #1032988)

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) SPARC SCRI dus970@psu.edu https://storage.buzzsprout.com/rpggrw1cn8a0fj2psl9ahatbf1l0?.jpg SPARC Orchard Roundup SPARC Orchard Round-Up: Season 1, Episode 1 - Introductions and Early Seasons SPARC Orchard Round-Up: Season 1, Episode 1 - Introductions and Early Seasons Don Seifrit (Penn State Extension) is joined by Emily Lavely (Michigan State University), Mike Basedow (Cornell University), Renae Moran (University of Maine), and Lee Kalcsits (Washington State University) to discuss orchard phenology and bloom around the country. This monthly podcast will be part of an ongoing educational series sponsored by a USDA-NIFA grant. Episodes will be short and full of information from the experts.

For more information, visit https://sparcscri.com/

This work is/was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Specialty Crop Research Initiative project "Preparing U.S. Pome Fruit Production for Extreme Temperatures in a Changing Climate" (2024-51181-43289; Accession #1032988)

Host: Don Seifrit

Speakers: Emily Lavely, Mike Basedow, Renae Moran, Lee Kalcsits

Music Credit: “Four Seasons - Spring Mvt1” by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players is licensed under a Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org

]]> Don Seifrit (Penn State Extension) is joined by Emily Lavely (Michigan State University), Mike Basedow (Cornell University), Renae Moran (University of Maine), and Lee Kalcsits (Washington State University) to discuss orchard phenology and bloom around the country. This monthly podcast will be part of an ongoing educational series sponsored by a USDA-NIFA grant. Episodes will be short and full of information from the experts.

For more information, visit https://sparcscri.com/

This work is/was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Specialty Crop Research Initiative project "Preparing U.S. Pome Fruit Production for Extreme Temperatures in a Changing Climate" (2024-51181-43289; Accession #1032988)

Host: Don Seifrit

Speakers: Emily Lavely, Mike Basedow, Renae Moran, Lee Kalcsits

Music Credit: “Four Seasons - Spring Mvt1” by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players is licensed under a Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org

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