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Grant Spotlight: Using Hedgerows to Manage Pests

August 14, 2023

Did you know hedgerow planting is a sustainable and effective way to manage pests?

Last year, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) funded an Alliance Grant project, led by Wild Farm Alliance (WFA), to provide information to growers on how to use integrated pest management (IPM) to preserve and increase habitats for natural enemies to better control target pests.

WFA’s project provides growers with information on how to use hedgerows as a biological control. WFA hosted a hands-on field day at Santana Lepe Orchards in Livingston, California to provide planting education to growers firsthand. In addition, WFA released this video resource to outline the benefits of hedgerows to manage pests and attract pollinators, including the positive financial impact on farm operations.

You can view the video on WFA’s website.

DPR’s Alliance Grants Program funds projects that promote or increase the implementation, expansion, or adoption of effective, proven, and affordable IPM systems or practices that reduce risks to public health and the environment in agricultural, urban, or wildland settings. For more information about DPR’s Grants Programs, visit us online at https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/dprgrants.htm.

Click here to watch the video and learn more about Juan Santana and Wild Farm Alliance!

Questions? Contact Us:

Please contact the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Integrated Pest Management Branch by emailing Andy Nguyen (andy.nguyen@cdpr.ca.gov). For additional information about Integrated Pest Management, please visit DPR’s website (https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pestmgt/ipminov/ipmmenu.htm)

Who We Are

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation protects human health and the environment by fostering safer and sustainable pest management practices and operating a robust regulatory system to monitor and manage the sale and use of pesticides across the state. DPR’s work includes registering all pesticides sold or used in California, conducting scientific evaluation of pesticides to assess and mitigate potential harm to human health or the environment, investing in innovative research to encourage the development and adoption of integrated pest management tools and practices, monitoring for pesticides in the air and water, conducting outreach to ensure pesticide workers, farmworkers and local communities have access to safety information, and enforcing pesticide regulations in coordination with 55 County Agricultural Commissioners and their 500 field inspectors.