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Meredith Hoggatt is initially from Draper, VA the place she grew up on her household’s cow-calf operation. She obtained her B.S. in Zoology with a focus in Ecology and a minor in Insect Biology from the University of Wyoming in 2012.
After graduating school, Hoggatt returned to Southwest Virginia and labored because the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Compliance Coordinator at Red Sun Farms in Dublin, VA. There, Hoggatt was answerable for creating and implementing the IPM technique for the 18 acres of tomatoes underneath glass whereas additionally aiding within the growth of the meals security program and non-GMO and natural certification/compliance.
She returned to Wyoming the place she served because the Greenhouse Coordinator for the UW Williams Conservatory from 2015-2018. This place mixed her ardour for vegetation, bugs and outreach whereas sparking her need to work in extension. Following this place, Hoggatt served because the Horticulture Program Coordinator for Campbell County Extension in Gillette, WY.
She relocated again to Draper, VA along with her husband in July of 2020 to be nearer to household and to be extra concerned on the household farm. She returned to work for Red Sun Farms as their Greenhouse Supervisor/Student Coordinator coaching workers in greenhouse manufacturing actions (crop care, deleafing, harvesting) and pest/illness scouting.
Hoggatt is presently engaged on her M.S. in Natural Resources and hopes to use this information in the direction of encouraging sound agricultural practices to additional the success of producers within the county.
She would like to get to know the wants of Montgomery County’s agricultural producers and residents, so be at liberty to contact her on the Montgomery Co. Extension Office at (540)382-5790 or through e-mail at mhoggatt@vt.edu.
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