[CH] FWD: Upper Midwest Regional Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference
Michael Bowers (bowers@elsie.ucdavis.edu)
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:48:28 PST
From: "Nels Peterson" <npeterso@ndsuext.nodak.edu>
Organization: North Dakota State University
Fellow hot food lovers,
The 1999 Upper Midwest Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference will be
February 4, 5, & 6, 1999 at the St. Cloud Civic Center, St Cloud
Minnesota.
Sessions include:
Pumpkins, Squash and Gourds New Grower Orientation
Strawberry Production Irrigation Management
Biological Controls Extending the Season
Rhubarb Marketing and Production Alternative Crops
Direct Marketing Sweet Corn
Tomato and Peppers
I realize this is for commercial growers, and not a lot on chiles,
but there is a lot of good information for any gardener. It is a
chance to make some contacts with commercial suppliers - for those
people that are interested in producing commercially or those that
are considering processing and packaging a product. Besides that -
commercial supplies are usually priced less than at retail outlets.
This conference is sponsored by the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable
Growers Association in cooperation with the University of Minnesota
Extension Service, Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the North
Dakota State University Extension Service. I will be helping Dave
Kraenzel with the NDSU Extension Service with the new grower
orientation and will make a presentation on challenges of Pepper and
Toamto Production in Northeast North Dakota. If you have a chance to
attend look us up. We'll be talkin' peppers!
Nels in ND