UConn Extension’s 2019
Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers’ Conference
When: Monday, January 7th, 2019 @ Maneely's in South Windsor
8:00-9:00 Pre-registration $40 – includes Trade Show, Continental Breakfast, Coffee, and Lunch Door registration $60. Student registration is $20 with valid student ID.
PROGRAM:
Morning Moderator – Mary Concklin, UConn Extension Fruit Specialist
- 8:55 Welcome – Shuresh Ghimire, UConn Extension Vegetable Specialist
- 9:00 Farm Labor: I-9 Pitfalls. Carolyn Ahern, Green Tree Risk Management
- 9:30 What I do for Successful Weed Management. Andre Cantelmo, Heron Pond Farm, S. Hampton, NH
- 10:00 Announcements
- 10:30 Break (Trade Show/Coffee & Tea)
- 11:00 Growing High Tunnel Brambles. Kathy Demchak, PSU
- 11:30 Managing Swede Midge – A New Vegetable Pest. Dr. Yolanda Chen, UVM
- 12:00- 1:00 Lunch Break/Trade Show
Afternoon Moderator – Shuresh Ghimire, UConn Extension
- 1:00 Growing High Tunnel Strawberries. Kathy Demchak, PSU
- 1:30 Edibles 52 Weeks a Year – Sal Gilberties, Gilberties Petite Edibles, Easton, CT. Author of ‘Cooking With Microgreens: The Grow-Your-Own Superfood’
- 2:00 Cut Flower Production – Gaining Momentum in CT. Evelyn Lee, Butternut Gardens, Southport, CT
- 2:30 High Tunnel Tomato Nutrient Management: Lessons Learned. Dr. Becky Sideman, UNH
- 3:15 Marketing – POS Systems – Panel: Bruce Gresczyk Jr, Gresczyk Farms; Michelle Collins, Fair Weather Acres; Randy Perham, Bishops Orchards
- 3:45 Re-certification Credits: 3.0 hours
Send completed form to: MacKenzie White, UConn Extension 24 Hyde Ave. Vernon, CT 06066
For more information, contact: MacKenzie White at mackenzie.white@uconn.edu