Richard Molinar retired on July 1, 2013. We are maintaining this webpage temporarily to provide access to his most recent research, which will also be archived elsewhere on the Small Farm website.
Weed Management: solarization and other methyl bromide alternatives
Integrated Pest Management
Vegetable Crops: lemongrass, capers, Chinese long beans, cherry tomatoes, daikon, gailon, ginseng, Chinese medicinal herbs, jujubes, yamaimo, echinacea
Specialty Crops
Niche Crops: blueberries
Extension Educational Outreach Projects
Annual Strawberry Growers Meeting
Crop and pest management meetings with Sunnyside Packing Company
Crop, pest management, and organic farming meetings with Hmong American Community organization
IPM, Fertilizantes, y Cosechas para El Agricultor en el Valle (IPM, Fertilizers, and Crops for the Farmer in the Central Valley: a workshop for Spanish-language farmers)
Kearney Field Days (several each year)
Collaborative or Other Special Projects
Small Farm Resource Network: a collaboration of agencies working with small farmers
Small Farm Resource Center: a new project to develop a training center for small farmers
Hmong American Cooperative: training programs to help farmers become more independent
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): training program for Hispanic Farmers
biweekly Hmong radio broadcasts: in cooperation with USDA Farm Service Agency
Publications
Contact Richard Molinar directly with questions regarding additional publications.
Newsletter Articles - San Joaquin Valley Vegetable Crops, Central Valley Specialty Vegetables
Master Gardener Handbook sections on Weed Control and Insect Management
Plant Disease Journal Articles - Daikon and Lemongrass
CD-ROM - UC Guide to Solving Garden and Landscape Problems
Miscellaneous
Small Farm advisor Richard Molinar with program representative Michael Yang
Speaks Spanish fluently
Michael Yang, field assistant, is employed by Richard Molinar, the UC Cooperative Extension Central Valley Region, and the UC Small Farm Center, to assist Southeast Asian growers in Fresno County. Michael Yang is fluent in Hmong and Lao languages.
