Fall Gardening Series: Cover Crops for Your Vegetable Garden
Schedule
Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 01:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
150 E L ST, Benicia, CA, United States, California 94510 | Benicia, CA
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Join Maggie Kolk of UC Master Gardeners of Solano County as we explore the benefits of planting cover crops, including soil improvement, W**d suppression, increased yield potential, and more!Maggie Kolk, Board President
Maggie is a dedicated food safety and quality professional with diverse experience in training, auditing and consulting across the food supply chain. She has developed and implemented food safety programs for a variety of food processing, manufacturing and retail facilities preparing for FDA and USDA regulatory compliance. She is an enthusiastic, experienced trainer with a background in instructional design and has developed and delivered accredited courses in HACCP, Advanced HACCP, GMPs, Internal Auditing and related topics. Maggie is an approved training provider for Global Food Safety Initiative standards and is a certified trainer for Seafood HACCP. She is also a lead trainer for the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Preventative Controls course and Produce Safety.
Maggie has volunteered with a many U.S. food and agricultural organizations, including Global Growers, Clarkston, Georgia, and Slow Food Atlanta – Farm to School programs. She was the SQF International Conference chair from 2013-2017. Maggie is the current co-manager of Sustainable Solano’s Avant Community Garden in Benicia with her husband, Jack. She was recognized by Congressman Garamendi as one of Solano County’s 2023 Women of the Year. Her degrees and certifications: A.S. Business Administration, Peirce College in Philadelphia; B.S. Food Science and Nutrition, M.S. Food Science, SJSU in San Jose; CP-FS, National Environmental Health Association; ATD Instructional Design Certification.
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