UMaine Wild Blueberry Conference Series/Organic Pest and Crop Management
Organic Pest and Crop Management; Speaker: Dr. Lily Calderwood (University of Maine)
Organic Pest and Crop Management; Speaker: Dr. Lily Calderwood (University of Maine)
Next Steps in Building a Wild Blue Wine Industry; Speakers: Bluet founders Eric Martin and Michael Terrien
Fresh Pack Line Improvements; Speaker: John Belding (University of Maine)
Wild Blueberry Pollination; Speaker: Dr. Phil Fanning (University of Maine)
Plant Stress and Climate Change; Speaker: Yonjiang Zhang (University of Maine)
Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine Update
Fertility and Water Management in Northern Highbush; Speaker: Dr. David Bryla (USDA ARS: Corvallis, Oregon)
Speakers: Chris Howard from the UMaine Extension Crop Insurance Program will give an update on crop insurance and food safety; and Hannah Mullally (NRCS): Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management (IPPM) […]
Rescheduled from March 12. Speakers: Dr. Beth Calder and Dr. Jim McConnon (University of Maine)
Dr. Lily Calderwood will kick off the conference with a talk covering the basics of wild blueberry weed management for both conventional and organic growers. She will also discuss the […]
Join this session to learn about how and when to apply for migrant labor through the H2-A Federal Department of Labor program. All sessions start a 4:00 pm and could run for 1 or 2 hours depending on discussion back and forth. The login link and password are the same for all sessions. This information […]
Producing and marketing fresh-pack wild blueberries has numerous challenges including the use of specialized equipment, limited time for product harvest and processing, and issues of shelf-life and shrinkage, just to name a few. Hear from two growers and one food scientist (Dr. Jen Perry) about some of the common as well as uncommon management practices, […]