Maria Gorgo-Simcox
Affiliate Faculty Instructor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Department
Produce Safety Alliance Lead Instructor, FSMA Produce Safety Rule
Latinx Agricultural Network Community of Practice, Leadership Committee Member
Extensión En Español
- Commercial Horticulture (Green Industry, Vegetable, Tree Fruiy and Small Fruit and, Mushroom Productions)
- Integrated Pest Management
- Farm Food Safety - FSMA and GAP
- Latino Community Outreach
- Beginning Farmer
- Conservation Practice
- Phone: 484-335-2091
- Email: mag38@psu.edu
- Location:
- Chester County
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Most recent education by Maria Gorgo-Simcox
- Producción de Champiñones: Técnicas de Exclusión para el Control de Plagas
- Phoridos – La mosca del Champiñon
- IPM in Mushroom Production: Exclusion Techniques for Pest Control
- Herramientas para Escribir un Plan de Inocuidad de los Alimentos para la Huerta
- Como Construir una Cama Elevada de Siembra
Maria Gorgo-Simcox is a bilingual Commercial Horticulture Extension Educator based in Chester and Berks Counties. In 2018, she joined the Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Department at the College of Agricultural Sciences as an Affiliate Faculty Instructor. Maria conducts educational programs in the areas of vegetable, small fruit and mushrooms production; green industry; IPM solutions, FSMA, GAP and farm food safety; beginning farming and pesticide safety for various agricultural industries in Pennsylvania. Maria is also adapting new, culturally appropriate trainings and outreach materials and assessing the needs of the Latino Community.
She worked for USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service as a Soil Conservationist assisting farm owners in the planning, application and maintenance of a variety of agronomic and engineering practices. She also previously worked for Penn State Extension until January 2015 where she served as outreach coordinator, educator and trainer for the PA IPM, Farm Safety and Food Safety Programs.
Fully bilingual in English and Spanish. Worked for international educational institutions and private companies (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile).
M.S. Animal Production, Pontifical Argentine Catholic University, Buenos Aires, Argentina