Michael Lachance

Unit Coordinator
Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Horticulture
(434) 263-4035
lachance@vt.edu

Education and Degrees

Michael Lachance received a Bachelor's degree in horticulture and soils, plus a Master's degree in entomology, both at the University of Missouri. He has also taken doctoral level courses and has done research at Virginia Tech.

Work Experience

Michael Lachance serves as the Unit Coordinator and Agricultural Agent in Nelson County, Virginia, where he provides Extension programs in commercial fruit and vegetable production for the Central Virginia area. Integrated pest management, local market development, plus farm and rural community sustainability issues are key components of his Extension programming efforts. He has worked in Nelson County since November 1992.

Prior to the Nelson County appointment, Michael worked as an area Extension agent, doing integrated pest management work, with grain producers in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula counties of eastern Virginia.

Michael lives with his wife and two sons in the Rockfish Depot area of Nelson County.