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2009 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention |
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Tuesday Morning |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Tuesday Evening |
| Aztec |
Core Credits |
Farm Management/Labor |
Grower Reception |
| Nigerian |
Tree Fruit/Plenary |
Tree Fruit |
Grower Banquet |
| Empire AB |
Organic Vegetables |
Organic Vegetables |
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| Empire CD |
Leafy Greens |
Snap Beans |
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| Crystal |
Four Season Production |
High Tunnels |
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| Wild Rose |
Marketing |
Marketing |
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| Magnolia ABC |
Vine Crops |
Pumpkins |
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| Magnolia D |
Wine Grapes |
Wine Grapes |
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| Room |
Wednesday Morning |
Wednesday Afternoon |
Wednesday Evening |
| Aztec |
Direct Marketing |
Peaches |
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| Nigerian |
Tree Fruit |
Tree Fruit |
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| Empire AB |
Greenhouse Ornamentals |
Greenhouse Ornamentals |
Cut Flower Discussion |
| Empire CD |
Potatoes |
Potatoes |
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| Crystal |
General Vegetables |
General Vegetables |
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| Wild Rose |
Food Safety |
Small Fruit |
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| Magnolia AB |
Sweet Corn |
Sweet Corn/Wildlife Control |
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| Magnolia CD |
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Direct Marketing |
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| Great Lobby |
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Ice Cream Social |
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| Cocoa Suites |
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Apple Marketing Reception |
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| Room |
Thursday Morning |
Thursday Afternoon |
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| Aztec |
Peaches |
Peaches |
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| Nigerian |
Tree Fruit |
Tree Fruit |
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| Empire AB |
Basics of Greenhouse Vegetables |
Basics of Greenhouse Vegetables |
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| Empire CD |
Cut Flowers |
Energy Issues |
| Crystal |
Tomatoes |
Tomatoes |
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| Wild Rose |
Small Fruit |
Blueberries |
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| Magnolia ABC |
Soil Health |
General Vegetables |
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Tuesday Morning, February 3, 2009
Pesticide Safety - Aztec Room
Session Chair -
9:00 **A Simple Way to Meet the Worker Protection Standard Training Requirement for Orchard Workers and Handlers - Phil Pitzer, Kerry Richards and James Harvey , Penn State Univ.
9:30 Industry Show and Tell
9:45 **Translating Pesticide Rates into Practical Amounts - Emelie Swackhamer, Penn State Coop. Ext.
10:30 Adjourn to Plenary Session
Vine Crops - Magnolia Room
Session Chair -
9:00 *Seed Treatments for Cucurbit Crops - Dr. Thomas Kuhar, Virginia Tech
9:30 Industry Show and Tell
9:45 Increasing Yield while Decreasing Nitrogen with Precision Fertilizer Applications - Dr. Gerald Brust, Univ. of Maryland
10:30 Adjourn to Plenary Session
Four Season Production - Crystal Room
Session Chair -
9:00 Extending the Direct Market Season - Fall Produce Sales - Dr. Jeanine Davis, NCSU, Mountain Research Station
9:30 Industry Show and Tell
9:45 Winter Lettuce Production in High Tunnel - Does It Work - James Burridge, Penn State Univ.
10:30 Adjourn to Plenary Session
Organic Vegetables - Empire Room AB
Session Chair -
9:00 Crop Rotation Impacts on Crop Yields, Weeds and Economics - John Teasdale, USDA ARS
9:30 Industry Show and Tell
9:45 Media for Organic Transplant Production - Dr. Anusuya Rangarajan, Cornell Univ.
10:30 Adjourn to Plenary Session
Leafy Greens - Empire Room CD
Session Chair -
9:00 Leafy Green Production in Valencia - Arthur King, Harvest Valley Farms
9:30 Industry Show and Tell
9:45 Lettuce Varieties: What's Available - Lisa Bloodnick, Bloodnick Family Farm
10:30 Adjourn to Plenary Session
Marketing - Wild Rose Room
Session Chair -
9:00 Organizing an Ag Tour Package - Katy Lessor, Penn State Coop. Ext.
9:30 Industry Show and Tell
9:45 To Be Announced
10:30 Adjourn to Plenary Session
Tree Fruit - Nigerian Room
Session Chair: Matthew Boyer, President, SHAP
9:00 Invocation - James Clarke, U.A.P.
9:05 President¿s Address - Matthew Boyer, Boyer Orchards
9:15 George Goodling Memorial Lecture - The Future in Orchard Technology - Dr. Sanjiv Singh, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute
10:00 Colony Collapse Disorder and Alternatives to European Honeybees - Maryanne Frazier, Penn State Univ.
10:30 Adjourn to Plenary Session
Wine Grapes
Session Chair - Dr. Daniel Ward, Rutgers Coop. Ext.
9:00 Plans and Early Results of the USDA NE1020 Wine Grape Variety Trials - Dr. Daniel Ward, Rutgers Coop. Ext. and Dr. Robert Crassweller, Penn State Univ.
9:45 Testing Alternative Wine Grape Varieties - Dr Joseph Fiola - University of Maryland.
10:30 Adjourn to Plenary Session
Plenary - Nigerian and Aztec Rooms
10:45 Mid-Atlantic Legislative Affairs Update - Gary Swan, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
11:00 Keynote Presentation - Making the Most of the Buy Fresh Trend- Brian Nicholson, Red Jacket Orchards
Tuesday Afternoon, February 3, 2009
Tree Fruit - Nigerian Room
Session Chair: Reed Soergel, Soergel Orchards
1:30 *What Current Practices Qualify as Organic Methods?
Controlling Diseases - Dr. James Travis, Penn State Univ.
Controlling Insects - Dr. Greg Krawczyk, Penn State Univ.
Weed Control and Varieties - Dr. Robert Crassweller, Penn State Univ.
2:15 Industry Show and Tell
2:30 **The Certification Process - Dr. Noemi Halbrendt, Penn State Univ.
3:00 Industry Show and Tell
3:15 Consumer Behavior and Preference for Locally-Grown and Certified-Organic Produce and Value-Added Products - Dr. Kathleen Kelley, Penn State Univ.
3:45 Adjourn
4:05 SHAP Annual Business Meeting
4:15 Maryland Board of Directors Meeting - Cocoa Suite #2
New Jersey Board of Directors Meeting - Cocoa Suite #4
Labor/Farm Management- Aztec Room
Session Chair -
1:30 Farm Pond Management - Thomas McCarty, Penn State Univ.
2:00 Travels to Interpoma - grower panel to be announced
2:45 Consumer Research in Apples - Karen Rodriguez - Penna. Apple Marketing Program
3:15 H-2A Labor Usage - Merlin Williams, Maryland Dept. of Labor
4:00 Adjourn
Pumpkins - Magnolia Room
Session Chair -
1:30 *Management Strategies for Cucurbit Viruses: Risks, Benefits, and Modes-of-Action - Kerry Mauck, Penn State Univ.
2:00 *Getting Ahead of Pumpkin Downy Mildew with Forecasting and Fungicides- Dr. Beth Gugino, Penn State Univ.
3:00 Industry Show and Tell
3:15 *Topic TBA - Meg McGrath, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell Univ.
4:00 Where Do Your Pumpkins Go? History of the Punkin Chunkin Contest - Frank Shade, Punkin Chunkin Association
4:30 Adjourn
Season Extension/High Tunnels - Crystal Room
Session Chair -
1:30 How We Produce Snap Beans and Sweet Corn Three Weeks Earlier - Jennifer Schmehl and Sean McDermott, New Morning Farm
2:00 Organic Fertility and Production in High Tunnels - Terrance Nennich, Univ. of Minnesota Extension
2:30 Cut Flower Production in High Tunnels - Catherine Rasmussen, Penn State Univ.
3:00 Industry Show and Tell
3:15 What is Happening in High Tunnels in Ohio- Dr. Matthew Kleinhenz, Ohio State Univ.
4:00 So You¿re Thinking of Getting into High Tunnels!- Dr. William Lamont, Penn State Univ.
4:30 Adjourn
Organic Vegetables - Empire Room AB
Session Chair -
1:30 To Be Announced
2:00 *Softer Chemistries for Tomato Disease Management - Steven Bogash, Penn State Coop Extension
2:30 Continuous Cover: Fitting Cover Crops into Your Tight Rotation Schedule - Tianna Dupont, Penn State Coop. Ext.
3:00 Industry Show and Tell
3:15 Farming in the Dark A Discussion About the Future of Sustainable Agriculture: Interviews with Vegetable Growers - Dr. Rhonda Janke, Kansas State Univ.
4:00 Reduced Tillage for Organic Vegetable Production - Dr. Anusuya Rangarajan, Cornell Univ.
4:30 Adjourn
Snap Beans - Empire Room CD
Session Chair -
1:30 No-Till Snap Beans - Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State University
2:00 *Slugs: Their Biology and Management - Ronald Hammond, Ohio State University
2:30 No-till Snap Beans - Joel Myers, Myers Farms and Mark Bierly, Hanover Foods
3:00 Industry Show and Tell
3:15 *What¿s Keeping CMV Epidemics Out of Pennsylvania Snap Beans - Amanda Bachmann, Penn State
4:00 *Dealing with White Mold After Ronilan - Dr. Beth Gugino, Penn State University
4:30 Adjourn
Marketing - Wild Rose Room
Session Chair -
1:30 Selling Local Produce to Restaurants - Jamie Moore, Eat¿n Park Restaurants
2:15 Follow -up to Keynote Presentation - Brian Nicholsen, Red Jacket Orchards
3:00 Industry Show and Tell
3:15 Grower Representation for Sales - Growing Large Acreage for Pennsylvania Chain Stores - William Saussaman, Seminole Produce
3:45 Produce Traceability Initiative
4:30 Adjourn
Tuesday Evening
Social
6:00 Fruit and Vegetable Grower Reception - Chocolate Lobby
7:00 Fruit and Vegetable Growers Banquet - Aztec and Nigerian Rooms (ticket required) - buffet dinner, recognitions and awards
9:00 PVGA Hospitality Room - Room 3341 - visit with fellow growers and speakers - open until 11:00 p.m.
Pool Open until 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday Morning, February 4, 2009
Direct Marketing - Aztec Room
Session Chair -
9:00 Using Trends, Tips and Techniques to Encourage Sales in Your Retail Outlet - Dr. Kathleen Kelley, Penn State Univ.
9:45 Industry Show and Tell
10:00 Advertising in a Difficult Market - Recession, What Recession? - John Berry, Penn State Coop. Ext.
10:30 Food System Protections - Marketing to a Concerned Customer - William Pool, Wegman¿s Markets
11:30 PA Farm Market Development Grant Program - Sandy Hopple, PA Dept. of Agriculture
12:00 Luncheon Buffet - Great Lobby and Cocoa Suite Lobby (cash)
Sweet Corn - Magnolia Room
Session Chair -
9:00 *Trends and Tools to Manage Insect Pressure - Dr. Shelby Fleischer, Penn State Univ.
9:30 Buying Local Sweet Corn: A Grocery Store¿s Perspective - Eric Crossing, Wegman¿s
10:00 Industry Show and Tell
10:15 The Why¿s and Hows for No-Till Sweet Corn - Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State Univ.
11:00 Planter Set-up for Residue Management and Good Stands in No-till - Joel Myers, Myers Farms
11:30 PVGA Annual Meeting - Crystal Room
12:30 Luncheon Buffet - Great Lobby and Cocoa Suite Lobby (cash)
General Vegetables - Crystal Room
Session Chair -
9:00 *Herbicide Dissipation on Low Density Polyethylene Mulch - Dr. Timothy Grey, Univ. of Georgia
9:30 Medicinal Herb Production for Farm Markets - Dr. Jeanine Davis, North Carolina State Univ .
10:00 Industry Show and Tell
10:15 *A Review of the Most Serious Vegetable Diseases in 2008 - Dr. Beth Gugino, Penn State Univ.
11:00 *Managing Bell Pepper Diseases with Fungicides and Alternative Strategies - Dr. Kelly Ivors, North Carolina State Univ.
11:30 PVGA Annual Meeting - Crystal Room
12:30 Luncheon Buffet - Great Lobby and Cocoa Suite Lobby (cash)
Greenhouse Ornamentals - Empire Room AB
Session Chair - Steven Bogash and Alan Michael, Penn State Coop. Ext.
9:00 Managing Nutrition in Media Mixes with Composted Products - Fred Hulme, Scotts Professional Products
9:30 Using Fertilizer Efficiently - Cari Peters, J.R. Peters, Inc.
10:00 Industry Show and Tell
10:15 Photoperiod, Timing and Energy - Matthew Blanchard, Michigan State Univ.
11:00 *Insect Control - Casey Sclar, Longwood Gardens
11:30 PVGA Annual Meeting - Crystal Room
12:30 Luncheon Buffet - Great Lobby and Cocoa Suite Lobby (cash)
Potatoes - Empire Room CD |