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Commercial Fruit Growers 

Grow Local : Production and Marketing Workshop

Saturday, Feb 18, 2012
8:30am to 4:00pm

Missouri State University
William H. Darr School of Agriculture
Bond Learning Center
2401 South Kansas Expressway, Springfield, Missouri

Registration fee $15.00 per person - Lunch included

We had a great meeting! New posting: Resources from the workshop.

Meat Labeling Laws     Strawberry Resources     Commercial Vegetable Resources     Sweet Corn Resources

Soil Data Mart Tutorial for Grapes and Productivity Ratings     Selected Soil Interpretations     Selected Soil Interpretations 2  Web Soil Survey     WebSoil Applications for Smart Phones

 

Learn how to capture the added value direct marketing has to offer! 

Check out the schedule! The morning session of this one-day workshop will include talks on the current local food movement, the potential for direct marketing in Springfield and the surrounding areas, and participation by HyVee, a local retailer interested in local produce. You will learn how to access USDA soil surveys and what these surveys mean for your production goals. In the afternoon, participants will have the opportunity to attend either the animal agriculture session or horticulture session. In each of these enterprise sessions, experts in the field will share their knowledge in short talks tailored to production topics.   

Send your check to the address below with your registration form; or call 417-547-7533 or 417-547-7500 to register with your credit card.
We must receive your registration by Wednesday, February 15 at noon for the lunch count.

Pamela Mayer, Workshop Registrar
Paul Evans Library of Fruit Science
Missouri State University
William H. Darr School of Agriculture
Mountain Grove Campus
9740 Red Spring Road
Mountain Grove, MO 65711-2999
PMayer@MissouriState.edu      417-547-7533
http://mtngrv.missouristate.edu