CONNECTICUT VEGETABLE & SMALL FRUIT GROWERS’ CONFERENCE
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tolland County Agricultural Center, 24 Hyde Avenue (Route 30), Vernon, CT
Sponsored by: University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System & USDA
UConn Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Trade Show Exhibitors
8:00-9:00 Registration $30 at the door - Trade Show/Coffee & Donuts (included in Registration)
PROGRAM:
Morning Moderator – Jude Boucher, UConn Extension
9:00 Welcome – Roger Adams, Interim Associate Dean Extension and Head, Department of Extension, University of Connecticut College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
9:05 Applying for Farm Improvement Grants – Ron Olsen, CT Department of Agriculture
9:30 Late Blight & Disease Resistant Tomato Varieties – Tom Zitter, Cornell University
10:15 Food Safety, Marketing Orders, and a Whole Lot of Paperwork – Rich Bonanno, Pleasant Valley Gardens, Methuen, MA/UMass Extension/NEVBGA
10:45-11:15 Break (Trade Show/Coffee & Donuts)
11:15 CSA’s are No Longer Just for Organic Growers – Fred & Stacia Monahan, Stone Garden Farms, Shelton, CT
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Break/Trade Show (Lunch included in registration fee as a 4-H Club benefit)
Afternoon moderator – Lorraine Los, UConn Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
1:00 Blueberry Pruning – Gary Pavlis, Rutgers University
1:30 Summer and Winter Cover Crops for CT - Paul Bucciaglia, Fort Hill Farm, New Milford, CT
2:15 Blueberry Nutrition - Gary Pavlis, Rutgers University
3:00 Re-certification Credits: 4 hours
Directions: Take Exit 67 off I-84. Take Route 31 north to junction of Route 30 at first traffic light. Turn right on to Route 30. Tolland County Ag Center is on right just after Rockville Savings Bank. Contact: Jude Boucher 860 875-3331.
The University of Connecticut is an equal opportunity program provider and employer. Please call three weeks prior to this event if special accommodations are needed.
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