November 4, 1998 Holiday Season Gathering and Herbal Education Program, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, 2016 Fanning Bridge Rd., Fletcher, NC. From 6:30-8:30 pm. Two special programs will be offered simultaneously for the enthusiast and the business person: Herbal Gift Making for the Holidays and Getting Your Greenhouse and Herb Beds Ready for Winter. For more information call Rick Morgan at 828-689-5974.
November 6-8, 1998 13th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference will be held at the Madren Center at Clemson University in Clemson, SC. There will be many educational tours, including those to aquaculture facilities, the SC Botanical Garden, an intentional community, and much more. The Madren Center is a beautiful, well-equipped facility with a hotel, large meeting rooms, comfortable seating, talented chefs, and ideal locations for exhibitors and our famours silent auction. The children can enjoy a great program housed at the SC Botanical Garden, so plan to bring the whole family. For more information, contact the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association at 919-542-2402 or cfsa@sunsite.unc.edu.
The 13th Annual Southeast Vegetable and Fruit EXPO promises to be the best yet! WATCH FOR THE COMPLETE PROGRAM IN NEXT MONTH'S VEGINEWS.
This year's EXPO session topics are as follows:
Pickling Cucumbers
Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
Peppers
Grapes
Sweetpotatoes
Greenhouse Vegetables
Cucurbits
Small Fruits
Labor Tax & Estate Management
Snap Beans
Sustainable Agriculture
Direct Marketing
Irrigation for Horticultural Crops
Transplant Production
Herbs
The keynote address will be "Point:Counterpoint, What is Sustainable Agriculture" by Dennis Avery and Charles Benbrook
For more information, please contact Bonnie Holloman at 919/772 2204, or fax 919/779-1685.
February 19-21, 1999 The North Carolina Herb Association Winter Conference will be held at the North Carolina Baptist Assembly on Oak Island, NC. Dr. Jim Duke will be the keynote speaker and will be involved in a number of workshops during the weekend. This unique site offers tennis courts, a gymnasium, and pier fishing. You can also tour historic Fort Caswell during your spare time. To find out more, contact Meg Shelton at 910-253-5964.
Preliminary Program:
Wednesday - evening Welcome Reception
Thursday - 3 concurrent tours and evening night out
optional spouse tour
Friday - keynote session, research presentations, trade show, Awards
Saturday - research presentations, trade show
Keynote Session:
"Climate Deja Vu"
Dr. Dale Linville, Agricultural Meteorologist, Clemson University, South
Carolina
Trade Show of Plasticulture Technology and Related Industry Suppliers
Additional Educational Opportunities:
Southeastern U.S. Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Conference and Trade Show
Wednesday, May 19, 1999 - Tallahassee site
Extension Agent and Grower Plasticulture Workshop scheduled as part of the Congress, targeting topics of special interest to county agents and growers, with certified crop advisor credit available to Congress attendees
Location:
Tallahassee is located in a region well-known for its picturesque oaks,
historic plantation homes, and intensive agricultural production. This area,
once home to "shade tobacco," is now an established production center for
vegetables and ornamental plant materials, much of it grown on plastic, and
shipped throughout the eastern United States and into Canada.
Congress Co-Chairs:
Darbie M. Granberry and K. Dean Batal, University of Georgia
Stephen M. Olson, University of Florida
For more information, contact:
American Society for Plasticulture
526 Brittany Drive, State College PA 16803-1420
Phone: 814-238-7045, FAX: 814-238-7051 e-mail: peh4@psu.edu
Web page last updated on November 5, 1998 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr..