Today
I have been calling Participants and putting together their spring fruit
order and advising them to be thinking about some disease prevention methods for their gardens such as crop rotation, pulling all dead plants and burning them and disinfecting their tools and oiling them. I also have been researching some grant opportunities for our youth garden programs.I also learned of an upcoming conference in Lexington,KY. that I am going to attend that I feel would be beneficial to some of our sister sites as well as our participants. I have included the information below.
If you have any questions concerning this conference you can contact Jeff Casada @ the Clay County Cooperative Extension Office ph.#(606) 598-2789. If you would like to attend it may be possible to get transportation and some financial assistance through Red Bird Mission and Grow Appalachia. If so contact Tracy Nolan
Ph. # (606) 598-0520
2012
Conference and Trade Show
JANUARY 5-6, 2012
Thursday and Friday
156th Annual Meeting
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41th Annual Meeting
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6th Annual Meeting
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Organic Association of Kentucky
3rd Annual Meeting
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Annual Meeting
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In cooperation with:
and
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Meeting Place:
Embassy Suites Hotel
1801 Newtown Pike
(859) 455-5000
FAX (859) 455-5122
Reservations: 800-EMBASSY
Meeting Outline
Wednesday, January 4 Pre-conference Sessions Room
3:00-5:30 p.m. Winemaking Techniques Workshop Coldstream 1 & 2
7:30-9:30 p.m. Fruit Round Table Discussion Coldstream 4
5:00-9:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-up
Thursday, January 5
8:00 a.m. Exhibits and Registration Desk Open
8:50 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
KSHS-KVGA Joint Session Coldstream 3
Winemaking Coldstream 1 & 2
10:30 a.m. Break
Noon Exhibitors & Growers Luncheon Coldstream 1 & 2
1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Farmers’ Markets Coldstream 1 & 2
Agritourism and Social Media Coldstream 3
Vegetable Production Coldstream 4
Tree Fruit And Blueberry Production Coldstream 5
2:30 p.m. Break
5:00 p.m. Exhibits Close
5:00-6:00 p.m. Celebration of Kentucky
6:30-9:00 p.m. Reception and Kentucky
Association Annual Meeting Coldstream 3
Friday, January 6
8:00 a.m. Exhibits Open
8:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Organic Farming and Gardening Coldstream 1 & 2
Vegetable Production Coldstream 3
Grape & Wine Short Course Coldstream 4
Tree Fruit Coldstream 5
Blueberry Production Fayette
10:00 a.m. Break
11:45 a.m. Grower Awards Luncheon Coldstream 1 & 2
1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Small Fruit Production Coldstream 1 & 2
Marketing Coldstream 3
Grape & Wine Short Course Coldstream 4
Hydroponic Tomato Production Coldstream 5
Wholesale Marketing Fayette
2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Closes
Dear Fruit and Vegetable Growers:
The 2012 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference and Trade Show will again be at the Embassy Suites Hotel,
Winemaking Techniques Workshop and a Fruit Round Table Discussion. During the conference there will be sessions on
Farmers’ Markets, Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production, Hydroponic Tomato Production, Small Fruit Production,
Organic Farming and Gardening, the Grape and Wine Short Course, Winemaking, Agritourism and Social Media, Marketing,
Wholesale Marketing, and Blueberry Production. We have many excellent out-of-state speakers this year including
Dr. Mike Ellis, Extension Plant Pathologist; Dr. Diane Miller, Associate Professor, and Kyle Daniel, Ph.D. student
from Ohio State University ; Jeff Kindhart, Senior Research Specialist, Dixon Springs Agricultural Center, Simpson , IL
Dr. Rick Snyder, Extension Specialist for Greenhouse and Field Vegetable Crops, Mississippi State University , Crystal
Springs, MS; Richard Barnes, Trellis Growing Systems, Fort Wayne , IN
Wszelaki, Extension Fruit and Vegetable Specialists respectively, from the University of Tennessee , Knoxville , TN.
The KVS will have an optional Celebration of Kentucky Wines featuring Kentucky
decided not to have a banquet and will have a Grower Awards Luncheon instead on January 6th.
We will have a Trading Post bulletin board to sell used equipment. If you are looking for equipment buyers, bring
along a description containing your name, phone number and the equipment price.
PLEASE make your room reservations directly with the hotel. Our block of rooms will be held until Jan. 2,
2012. After this, room prices will be higher. Be sure to let the hotel know that you will be staying for the Kentucky
Fruit and Vegetable Conference to obtain our special suite room rate (they are all suites) of $115.00. If you are told that
the block of rooms at our conference rate is full on or before Jan 2, please call Amy Stamper at Embassy Suites (859-455-
5109) to increase the number of rooms that we have blocked. The room cost includes an evening managers’ reception with
drinks and a full cooked-to-order breakfast daily. We encourage growers to stay at Embassy Suites Hotel to help cover
meeting overhead expenses. Note: if the hotel parking lot is full, meeting attendees may park along
Aristides Street in
Aristides Street in
front of the hotel.
The $30 meeting registration fee includes a year’s membership in the KVGA, KSHS or OAK and entrance into
the Grape & Wine Short Course. Please see the registration form to become a member of the Kentucky Vineyard Society
and to sign up for the meal functions and the Celebration of Kentucky Wines.
The enclosed pre-registration form enables you to preregister so your tickets and name tag will be ready for you
when you arrive at the meeting. NOTE: WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO PRE-REGISTER. LUNCHEON TICKETS
MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE REGISTRATION DESK. NAME BADGES WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENTER
MEETING ROOMS. PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS NEED TO BE IN OUR HANDS BY TUESDAY DECEMBER 20,
2011. Phone registrations will not be accepted. Participants that do not pre-register may register at the door. If you would
like to serve on the KVGA or KSHS boards of directors or would like to nominate another member, please designate this
on your registration sheet.
If circumstances are such that you cannot attend the meeting and would like to remain a member of the KVGA,
KSHS, KVS, or OAK, please complete and return the form to Ms. Mary Ann Kelley, Research & Education Center
Sincerely,
Robert Stone, President Larry Ayres, President
KY Vegetable Growers Association KY State Horticultural Society
All Times Are Eastern Standard Time
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS
3:00-5:30 p.m. WINEMAKING TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP
Coldstream 1 & 2 Rooms
Patsy Wilson and Jeff Wheeler, Presiding
7:30-9:00 p.m. FRUIT ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Coldstream 4 Room
John Strang, Presiding
5:00-9:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-up
Pre-Function Area & Lower Atrium
Central Kentucky Ag Credit
640 South Broadway
PH: 859-253-3249
randerson@AgCreditOnline.com
Nourse Farms, Inc.
41 River Rd.
PH: (413) 665-2658
info@noursefarms.com
Stokes Seeds
13265 Howe Rd.
Fishers, IN 46038
PH: 317-409-3445
kwagner@stokeseeds.com
Literature Table
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5
8:00 a.m. Exhibits Open, Pre-Function & Lower Atrium Areas
8:00 a.m. Registration, Pre-Function area outside meeting rooms
Meeting registration is $30.00. Please see the registration form for association memberships.
(1) KSHS-KVGA JOINT SESSION
Coldstream 3 Room
Robert Stone Presiding
8:45 a.m. Welcome - Larry Ayres
8:55 a.m. Horticulture Department
Update - Bob Houtz
9:00 a.m. Horticulture Council Update
- Jeff Hall
9:15 a.m. Kentucky Department of
Agriculture Produce Marketing
Update - James Comer,
Commissioner of Ag.
9:30 a.m. The Kentucky
- Melissa Newman
9:45 a.m. Introduction to Applying for
Grants - Larry Snell
10:00 a.m. The Vegetable Scene in China
- John Snyder
10:30 a.m. Farm Service Agency Update
- Marcinda Kester
10:35 a.m. Cider/Coffee Break and
Visit Exhibits
- Pre-Function and Lower
Atrium Areas
11:00 a.m. Kentucky
- Gerry Van Der Meer
11:15 a.m. Entrepreneurial Training
- Kim Strohmeier
11:30 a.m. Herbicide Residues in Hay,
Mulch and Compost
- J.D. Green
11:45 a.m. Heavy Metal Soil and Water
Contamination
- Edwin Ritchey
(2) WINEMAKING
Coldstream 1 & 2 Rooms
Jeff Wheeler, Presiding
9:00 a.m. Sheet Filtration
- Conor O’Hara
9:30 a.m. Membrane Filtration
- Ed Marchetti
10:00 a.m. Winery Sanitation
- Joe Lutomske
10:30 a.m. Cider/Coffee Break
and Visit Exhibits
- Pre-Function and
Lower Atrium Areas
11:00 a.m. Late Harvest Wine:
Cultivar Selection
& Wine Tasting
- Jeff Wheeler
(3) ORGANIC ASSOC.
OF KENTUCKY
MEETING
Fayette Room
Larry Brandenburg,
Presiding
11:00 a.m. Organic Association
of Kentucky
Meeting
All Times Are Eastern Standard Time
12:00 noon EXHIBITORS AND GROWERS LUNCHEON - Coldstream 1 & 2 Rooms
12:00 noon. KVGA AND KSHS BOARD MEETINGS
Board members should pick up their lunch at the Coldstream 1 & 2 buffet and then
meet in the designated room at the top of the stairs located over the meeting rooms.
1:30 p.m. KVS BOARD MEETING
5 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Concurrent sessions will enable participants to attend topics of interest in different sessions
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5
(4) FARMERS’ MARKETS
Coldstream 1 & 2 Rooms
Sharon Spencer, Presiding
1:30 p.m. Home-based Processor
and Micro-processor
- Everything You Need
to Know
- Shadrick Adams and
Donna Stucker
2:00 p.m. Heirloom Vegetables -
Old is New Again
- Bill Best
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break and
Visit Exhibits
- Pre-Function and
Lower Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Farmers’ Market of the
Year Competition
Summary - Janet Eaton
3:40 p.m. Ag Credit Ag Genius
Awards -
Farmers’ Market and
Mechanization Innovations
- John Wilhoit
(5) AGRITOURISM
AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Coldstream 3 Room
Ben Shaffar and
Kristin Goodin, Presiding
1:30 p.m. Are You Ready for Motor
Coach Tours?
- Pam Upton
2:00 p.m. How to Effectively Garner
and Conduct School
at Your Agritourism
Business - Cindy Peake
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break and
Visit Exhibits - Pre-Function
and Lower Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Marketing your Business
through Facebook and
Twitter - Anna Lucio
3:40 p.m. 2012 USDA Grant and
Loan Programs - Jeff Jones
4:10 p.m. What You Need to Know
Before You Start Adding
Value to Products
- Angela Anandappa
4:30 p.m. Living in the Country and
the Wise Use of Credit
- Chris Cooper and
Dianna McDowell
(6) VEGETABLE
PRODUCTION
Coldstream 4 Room
Glen Roberts, Presiding
1:30 p.m. Cover Crops, Crop
Rotation, Weed Control,
and Nutrient Contributions
- Annette Wszelaki
2:00 p.m. Continued
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break and
Visit Exhibits - Pre-Function
and Lower Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Vegetable Cultivar Trial
Results (Peas, Eggplant,
Seedless Watermelon, and
Heirloom Tomatoes)
- Tim Coolong, Chris
Smigell, and Crystal Sparks,
3:40 p.m. Vegetable Crop
Evapotranspiration and
Irrigation in Tomatoes
- Nathan Howell
4:10 p.m. Vegetable Crop Irrigation
and Mulches - Tim Coolong
5:10 p.m. A Tale of Two Tunnels
-- High Tunnels
- Debra Deif
(7) TREE FRUIT AND BLUEBERRY
PRODUCTION
Coldstream 5 Room
Ray Tackett, Presiding
1:30 p.m. Peach Irrigation and Fertigation
- Dave Lockwood
2:00 p.m. Sensor Equipped Smart Sprayers - Joe Luck
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits
- Pre-Function and Lower Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Fungicide Resistance and Fungicide Rates
- Mike Ellis
3:40 p.m. Acid Injection to Adjust Soil pH in Blueberries
- Dave Lockwood
4:10 p.m. Apple Rootstocks - John Strang
4:40 p.m. MAIA Progress and New Apple Cultivar Tasting
- Diane Miller and Jozsef Racsko
(8) ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
Fayette Room
1:30 p.m. Kentucky
- Eddie O’Daniel, Presiding
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits
- Pre-Function and Lower Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Kentucky
Meeting
- Dennis Walter, Presiding
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5
5:00 p.m. Exhibits Close
5:00-6:00 p.m. CELEBRATION OF KENTUCKY
Featuring Commercial Kentucky
Sponsored by the KVS. The cost is $15.00 for the tasting. (Baker-Bird Winery, Crocker Farm Winery,
Generation Hill Winery, Glisson Vineyards & Winery, Grimes Mill Winery, McIntyre’s Winery & Berries,
MillaNova Winery, Misty Meadow Winery, Rock Springs Vineyard & Winery, The Little Kentucky River
Winery, Verona
6:30–9:00 p.m. RECEPTION AND KY FARMERS’ MARKET ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING
Coldstream 3 Room
Janet Eaton, Presiding
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6
8:00 a.m. Exhibits Open, Pre-Function and Lower Atrium Areas
8:00 a.m. Registration, Pre-Function Area outside meeting rooms
5 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Concurrent sessions will enable participants to attend topics of interest in different sessions.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6
Concurrent sessions will enable participants to attend topics of interest in different sessions.
(9) ORGANIC FARMING AND
GARDENING
Coldstream 1 & 2 Rooms
Michael Fitzgerald, Presiding
8:30 a.m. Fall Cole Crop Production
- Ben Abell
9:00 a.m. The Search for Organic Alternatives to
Copper Fungicides - Paul Vincelli
9:30 a.m. The NRCS EQUIP Program
- Kate Little
10:00 a.m. Cider/Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits
- Pre-Function and Lower Atrium Areas
10:40 a.m. Organic Pawpaw, Sweet Sorghum, and
Primocane Blackberry Production
- Kirk Pomper
11:45 a.m. GROWER AWARDS LUNCHEON
- Coldstream 1 & 2 Rooms
Robert Slone, Presiding
(14) SMALL FRUIT PRODUCTION
Coldstream 1 & 2 Rooms
Andrea Dee, Presiding
1:30 p.m. The Rotatable Cross Arm Trellis for
Blackberries - Richard Barnes
2:00 p.m. Continued
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break
- Pre-Function and Lower Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Taking on The Most Prominent Strawberry
and Bramble Diseases
- Mike Ellis
3:40 p.m Growing Black Raspberries
- Shawn Wright
4:10 p.m. Table Grapes Can Be Very Profi table
- Sean Lynch
(15) MARKETING
Coldstream 3 Room
Brett Reese, Presiding
1:30 p.m. Economic Impacts of Sampling at Farmers’
Markets - TBA
2:00 p.m. Market Maker Training
- Tim Woods
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break - Pre-Function and
Lower Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Restaurant Rewards and Point of Purchase
Merchandising
- Angela Caporelli
3:40 p.m. Farm-to-School Program
- Sarah Fritschner
4:10 p.m. An Introduction to The H2A Program
- Rick Alexander
(10) VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
Coldstream 3 Room
Jay Hettmansperger, Presiding
8:30 a.m. Plant Disease Resistance and Induced
Resistance - Kenny Seebold
9:00 a.m. Bacterial Fruit Blotch, Vegetable Fungicide,
Insecticide, and Herbicide Changes
- Kenny Seebold, Ric Bessin, and
Shawn Wright
9:30 a.m. KVGA Annual Business Meeting
10:00 a.m. Cider/Coffee Break and Visit Exhibits
- Pre-Function and Lower Atrium Areas
10:40 a.m. Grower Vegetable Demonstration Plot
Results
- Ty Cato, Vaden Fenton, and Dave Spalding
11:10 a.m. Asparagus Production - Shawn Wright
(16) GRAPE AND WINE SHORT
COURSE
Coldstream 4 Room
Alicia McGuire, Presiding
1:30 p.m. Grape Disease Identifi cation
and Timing of Control
- Mike Ellis
2:30p.m. Cider/Coffee Break - Pre-
Function and Lower Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Alternative Control Methods for
Japanese Beetles - Ric Bessin
3:40 p.m. Wine Marketing and Economic
Outlook - Tim Woods
4:10 p.m. State of the Industry
- Dennis Walter and KDA
4:45 p.m. Ag Credit Ag Genius
Awards Ceremony
5:15-6:45 p.m. KVS Closing Reception and
Ag Credit Ag Genius Wine Tasting
(Bourbon Room) - Lowell Land
& Alicia McGuire
(11) GRAPE & WINE
SHORT COURSE
Coldstream 4 Room
8:55 a.m. Welcome Address
- Lowell Land
9:00 a.m. Effective Vineyard Spraying
- Understanding Your Sprayer
-Andrew Landers
9:30 a.m. Continued
10:00 a.m. Cider/Coffee Break and Visit
Exhibits - Pre-Function and
Lower Atrium Areas
10:40 a.m. Waste Not - Want Not!
- Methods of Improving Spray
Deposition and Reducing Drift
- Andrew Landers
11:10 a.m. Continued
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6
8:00 a.m. Exhibits Open, Pre-Function and Lower Atrium Areas
8:00 a.m. Registration, Pre-Function Area outside meeting rooms
5 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Concurrent sessions will enable participants to attend topics of interest in different sessions.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6
Concurrent sessions will enable participants to attend topics of interest in different sessions.
(12) TREE FRUIT
Coldstream 5 Room
8:30 a.m. Tree and Small Fruit Spray
Guide Update and Pest
Management Changes
-Ric Bessin, Nicole Ward,
and John Strang
9:00 a.m. Brown Rot Control in
Stone Fruit - Nicole Ward
9:30 a.m. Glyphosate and Winter
Hardiness - Kyle Daniel
10:00 a.m. Cider/Coffee Break and
Visit Exhibits - Pre-
Function and Lower Atrium
10:40 a.m. Reducing Organophosphate
Use in Apples, Grower
Discussion - Ric Bessin
11:10 a.m. KSHS Annual Business
Meeting
(13) BLUEBERRY
PRODUCTION
Fayette Room
Dennis Morgeson, Presiding
8:30 a.m. Basic Blueberry
Production - Jeff Kindhart
9:00 a.m. Netting for Bird Control
in Blueberries
- Nancy McCormick,
Dana Reed, Kevan Evans
9:30 a.m. Common Reasons for
Failure - Jeff Kindhart
10:00 a.m. Cider/Coffee Break and
Visit Exhibits - Pre-Function
and Lower Atrium Areas
10:40 a.m. Blueberry Automated
Quasi Pulse Irrigation
- John Strang
11:10 a.m. Blueberry Disease Control
- Mike Ellis
(17) Hydroponic
Tomato Production
Coldstream 5 Room
Kelly Jackson, Presiding
1:30 p.m. Water Quality
- Steve Berberich
2:00 p.m. Hydroponic Tomato
Production
- Rick Snyder
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break
- Pre-Function and Lower
Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. Continued
- Rick Snyder
3:40 p.m Continued
4:10 p.m. Continued
(18) WHOLESALE
MARKETING
Fayette Room
Adam Watson, Presiding
1:30 p.m. GAP Update and Develop
ments /Q&A Third Party
Audits Grower Panel
2:00 p.m. Out-of-Season
Production for Farm-to-
School Markets
- Tim Coolong
2:30 p.m. Cider/Coffee Break
- Pre-Function and Lower
Atrium Areas
3:10 p.m. One-On-One Meeting with
Wholesalers
3:40 p.m Continued
4:10 p.m. Continued
Embassy Suites Hotel, Lexington KY
Mark one: ADVANCE REGISTRATION I am not able to attend--continue my membership(s) as listed below.
NAME(S) for name tag (Please print)
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE ZIP
PHONE: ( ) OCCUPATION/FIRM
FAX: ( ) E-Mail
PLEASE LIST NAME(S)OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS:
I recommend____________________ for the □ KSHS or □ KVGA Board of Directors.
Complimentary registration for County Extension Agents, University Students, and children under 15 years of age accompanying an adult.
** A $30 registration allows entrance into any conference meeting session.
One year membership plus meeting registration. $30 PER PERSON
Organic Association of Kentucky
Grape & Wine Short Course, Jan. 6 ----------------Number attending
[Meeting registration only -- does not include organization membership.]
$30 each x Total number attending = TOTAL $
KVS Membership Renewal and New Member Fee -- $25 x Number attending_______= TOTAL
Register for the Celebration of Kentucky
Number attending x $15 each = TOTAL $
**Meal tickets are available only through advance registration.
EXHIBITOR/GROWER LUNCHEON -- January 5, 2012 / 12:00 Noon EST
MENU: All American Deli Buffet -- roast beef, smoked turkey, ham, cheeses, cole slaw, mustart potato salad, chefs dessert selection
Number attending x $26 each = TOTAL $
AWARDS LUNCHEON - January 6, 2012 / 11:45 p.m. EST
MENU: KY Original Buffet -- roasted corn chowder, market salad topped with toasted pecans, roast pork with bourbon glaze, buttermilk
fried chicken, bourbon whipped sweet potatoes, country green beans, warm corn break, KY Derby Pie, KY bread pudding and fruit pies
Number attending x $33 each = TOTAL $
→ Please make CHECKS payable to: KENTUCKY
CHECK # CHECK AMT $ CASH AMT $ TOTAL PAID $
Mail advance registration to:
Mary Ann Kelley, Research & Education Center
Phone: 270-365-7541 x 216; Fax: 270-365-2667
Dr. John Strang, Coordinator
ADVANCE REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 20,
Chad Brock
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