HOT (links) for Horticulture: Annual Conference Preview
You’ve probably already circled and starred these sessions in your PFI Annual Conference brochure, but here are a few more tidbits about our horticulture speakers to whet your appetites.
See you in a few weeks!
Andy Dunham (Weathering the Weather, Saturday, 1:45-3:15)
Laura Frerichs (In the Black: Eight Years of Vegetable Budgets, Friday, 12:30-4:30).
Laura Krouse (Growing Potatoes: From Source to Store, Saturday, 11:30-12:30).
Adam Montri (Taking Your High Tunnel to the Next Level, Friday, 12:30-4:30) and (Are You Making Money in Your High Tunnel? Saturday, 9:00-11:00 am)
Elizabeth Ü (Raising Dough: Financing Your Farm Business, Saturday, 7:30-8:45 am).
And don’t forget about the U-pick sessions, panel discussions, and breakfast clusters!
U-Pick: Farm-scale composting: Techniques for Iowa
U-Pick: Policy to protect people from pesticide drift
U-Pick: On-farm renewable technologies
U-Pick: Non-operator landowners and our changing agriculture
U-Pick: Food safety of integrating livestock into fruit and vegetable production
Panel: Over the fence: Discussing spray drift with neighbors
Panel: Institutional sales: Partnering with college dining services
Breakfast Cluster: Coffee Shop with Laura Frerichs
Breakfast Cluster: Map your delivery routes: Are there opportunities to aggregate?
Breakfast Cluster: Combine supply orders to decrease product or shipping costs
Photos: Laura Frerichs with her husband, Adam Cullip, in their high tunnel; lettuce grows in Adam Montri’s hoop house last March at Michigan State University.