ALL DAY MEETING & A COMMERCIAL MEMBERS DAY
At the Eastern Massachusetts Extension Center, 240 Beaver Street, Waltham
MA
*Commercial Members are invited to set up exhibits of their products
or services.
10:00 am SPECIALTY CROPS GRANT REPORTS
Betty MacKenzie of Red Tomato, Jeff Cole of the Massachusetts Federation
of Farmers Markets, and Ruth Hazzard & Frank Mangan, both
of the University of Massachusetts. These groups all received funding
from the Specialty Crops Grant awarded to the Association from the
Mass. Dept. of Food & Agriculture. They will report on what was
accomplished with the funds.
10:45 am VEGETABLE VARIETY TRIALS
Dr. David Handley, of the University of Maine. NEV&BGA awarded
a research grant to Dr. Handley to conduct vegetable variety trials
this year and he will report on the results of his trials.
11:00 am FENCES – DEER, COYOTES, PEOPLE, ETC.
David Kennard of Wellscroft Fence Systems. David is in the fence
business and knows all about them. He will include some case studies
in his presentation.
11:30 am UPDATE ON CUCURBIT DISEASES
Dr. Robert Wick of the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Wick also
received a research grant from the Association and will report on his findings.
12:00 pm LUNCH - RESERVATIONS ONLY!!
Chef du Jour John Ayotte will provide us with a sumptuous lunch including
banana fritters. Please phone reservations with your name and number
of reservations (or make changes) until noon on Wednesday, January 29th
by calling Dom Marini at (508) 378-2546. The lunch is $12 per person.
If you are unable to attend after making reservations, please phone since
the Association must pay for all meals reserved.
1:00 pm BUSINESS MEETING, ELECTIONS, REPORTS
1:30 pm BIO TECH UPDATE
Kimberly Morin of Monsanto Company. Much progress is being made on
bio-tech and Ms. Morin will discuss some of the latest developments.
1:45 pm PEST MANAGEMENT UPDATE
Ruth Hazzard, Dr. Robert Wick and Dr. Richard Bonanno all from the University
of Massachusetts will speak on insects, diseases and weeds,
respectively. A review of changes in registration and regulations,
new materials and their effectiveness, and changes in recommendations.
3:15 pm ADJOURN
NOTE: We are requesting Recertification Credit for Certified Pesticide Applicators attending this meeting.