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Maine Vegetable & Fruit
School
Sponsored by:
The University of Maine Cooperative
Extension, Maine Crop Insurance Education Program, and the Maine
Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers Association
Two Dates - Two
Locations
Cost: $30.00 per person
Date: Tuesday, March
31, 2009
Time: 8:45 a.m.
Bangor Motor Inn
701 Hogan Road, Bangor, Maine
207-947-0355 or 1-800-439-3550
Directions:
www.bangormotorinn.com
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Date: April 1, 2009
Time: 8:45 a.m.
Keeley's Banquet Center
178 Warren Avenue, Portland, Maine
207-797-3550 or 1-800-439-3550
Directions :
www.keeleythekaterer.com |
Guest Speaker-
Vernon P. Grubinger,
Vegetable
and Berry Specialist, University of Vermont Extension
Vernon P. Grubinger is the vegetable and berry specialist for the
University of Vermont and the director of the Northeast SARE program. He
has produced the
videos
Farmers and Their Diversified
Horticultural
Marketing Strategies, Vegetable Farmers and Their Weed-Control
Machines,
and
authored the book
Sustainable
Vegetable
Production From Start-Up to Market.
Speakers
Caragh Fitzgerald
- Extension Educator, UMaine Extension
Dr. David Handley
- Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist, UMaine Extension
Dr. Mark Hutton
- Vegetable Specialist, UMaine Extension
Tori Lee Jackson
- Extension Educator, UMaine Extension
Dr. John Jemison
- Water Quality and Soil Specialist, UMaine Extension
Dr. Ellen Mallory
- Sustainable Agriculture Specialist, UMaine Extension
Lauchlin Titus -
Crop Advisor, Ag Matters
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AGENDA |
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8:45 AM
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REGISTRATION |
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9:00 AM |
Managing Farm Energy Costs: Saving
Now and
Prospects for the Future,
Caragh
Fitzgerald |
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9:30 AM |
Growing Raspberries in High Tunnels,
Dr. David
Handley |
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10:00 AM |
Pumpkin Disease Management,
Dr. Mark Hutton |
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10:30 AM |
BREAK |
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10:45 AM |
Corn Weed Management: Match the
Product
to the Field,
Dr. John
Jemison |
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11:15 AM |
Rotations and Cover Cropping for
Healthy
Soil,
Dr. Vernon
Grubinger |
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12:00 PM
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LUNCH |
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12:45 PM |
Crop Insurance Update,
Tori Lee
Jackson |
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1:00 PM |
Making the Most of Mechanical Weed
Control,
Dr.
Vernon Grubinger |
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1:45 PM |
Growing Day-Neutral Strawberries:
Profits
and Problems,
Dr. David
Handley |
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2:15 PM |
BREAK |
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2:30 PM |
Keeping Your Soil Healthy: What Do Soil
Amendments Really Do?,
Dr. Ellen
Mallory |
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3:00 PM |
My Favorite Vegetable Varieties,
Lauchlin Titus |
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3:30 PM |
WRAP-UP &
EVALUATION |
Pre-registration is
required to attend the Vegetable and Fruit School.
To
register, send attached
brochure and payment to: Pam St.
Peter, PO Box 179, Monmouth, ME 04259 or contact Pam at 207-933-2100.
For more
information about this or other workshops please contact:
Mark
Hutchinson, Extension Educator
University
of Maine Cooperative Extension
Knox -
Lincoln Counties
377
Manktown Road
Waldoboro,
ME 04572-5815
207-832-0343 or 1-800-244-2104 (in Maine)
markh@umext.maine.edu
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Last
Modified:
09/01/09
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