CONNECTICUT VEGETABLE AND SMALL FRUIT GROWERS' CONFERENCE What:  Educational Opportunity and Recertification Credits

When:  Thursday, January 18, 2001
             Registration prior to 9:00 a.m. conference start

Where: Tolland County Cooperative Extension Office,
             24 Hyde Avenue (Route 30), Vernon, CT (get map and driving directions)

Cost:     $10.00 per person, at the door (lunch not included). No pre-registration.

PROGRAM

Registration	Prior to 9:00 a.m.
9:00 AM	Welcome - Norm Gauthier, University of Connecticut (morning moderator)
9:15	Below-ground strawberry pests, Lorraine Los, University of Connecticut
9:45	Nutrient management, Thomas Morris, University of Connecticut
10:15	Introduction to trap cropping, Jude Boucher, University of Connecticut
10:45-11:00	Break
11:00	Pest management in the greenhouse, Leanne Pundt, University of Connecticut
11:30	Disease management for vine crops, Margaret Tuttle McGrath, Cornell University
12:00-1:15	Lunch (on your own)
1:15	Richard Ashley (afternoon moderator)
1:15	Growing a retail market, Theresa Freund, Freund's Farm Market, E. Canaan, CT
2:00	The advent of plant vaccines, Dean Remick, Eden Bioscience Corporation
2:30	Strawberry weed control, Todd Mervosh, CT Agricultural Experiment Station
3:00	Newly-labeled sweet corn herbicides, Frank Himmelstein, University of Connecticut
3:20	Recertification Credits - estimate of 4 credits - final number to be determined

Directions: Tolland County Cooperative Extension Office: Take Exit 67 off I-84. Take Route 31 north to junction of Route 30 at first traffic light. Turn right on Route 30. Extension Center is on right just after Rockville Savings Bank.

Contact: T. Jude Boucher, University of Connecticut, 860-875-3331

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