CONNECTICUT VEGETABLE &
SMALL FRUIT GROWERS CONFERENCE
Thursday,
January 24, 2008
Tolland County Agricultural Center, 24 Hyde Avenue (Route 30), Vernon, CT
Sponsored by: University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System & Plant Science Dept.
8:00 - 9:00 Registration $25 at the door - Coffee &
donuts/Trade Show
(lunch & coffee/donuts included in registration fee as a
4-H Club benefit)
PROGRAM:
Morning Moderator - Lorraine Los, University of Connecticut
9:00 Welcome - Roger Adams, Jr., University of Connecticut
9:05 Updated New England Vegetable Management Guide Highlights – Jude Boucher, UConn
9:15 New Developments in
Raspberry Production - Marvin Pritts, Cornell University
9:45 Are There Differences Among Phytophthora
Tolerant Peppers for Yield, Quality and Tolerance? - Wesley Kline,
Rutgers University
10:15-10:30 Break (Coffee & donuts/Trade Show)
10:30 Nutrient Management for Berry Crops - Marvin Pritts, Cornell University
11:00 “Sweet Corn Charlie”: Innovative Vegetable Production - Chuck Mohler, Syracuse, IN
11:45 Sharing the Harvest - Steve Slipchinsky, FoodShare
11:50 – 12:45 Lunch break/Trade Show (Lunch included in registration fee as a 4-H Club benefit)
Afternoon moderator - Jude Boucher, University of Connecticut
12:45 Round Red and Heirloom Tomatoes for Early, Mid and Late Season Production - Wesley Kline, Rutgers University
1:15 Go Where the People Are: How to Set Up and Run Satellite Markets - Chuck & Tammy Mohler, Syracuse, IN
2:00-2:15 Break (Trade Show)
2:15 Vegetable Farmers and Their Innovative Tillage Systems - Vern Grubinger, UVM
2:45 The Ins & Outs of the H2A Foreign Worker Program - Joseph Young, NEAC
3:15 Re-certification Credits: 3
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.
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