Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook - 2023 - iv

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR 2023
DATE/TIME
LOCATION
TBD
CONTACT INFO
ALABAMA
Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association Annual Conference and Trade Show
Annually in Nov.
Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network Food and Farm Forum
Annually in Nov/Dec
Location Varies
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Grown Conference
25-28 Jan
Embassy Suites, Little Rock, AR
Oklahoma Arkansas Horticulture Industries Show (HIS)
TBD
TBD
GEORGIA
Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Conference
5 to 8 Jan
https://arkansasgrown.org/
hortindustriesshow@gmail.com
https://www.hortindustriesshow.org/
Savannah, GA
Georgia Watermelon Associate Conference
27 to 29 Jan
Georgia Organics Conference & Expo
16 to 17 Feb
Sunbelt Ag. Expo
17 to 19 Oct
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Fruit & Vegetable Conference and Trade Show
2 to 4 Jan
Sloan Convention Center
Bowling Green, KY
Organic Association of Kentucky Conference Series
26 to 28 Jan
LOUSIANA
Louisiana Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
TBA (Nov to Dec)
TBA
MISSISSIPPI
Private Pesticide Applicator Trainings
Anytime
Virtual
Various (TBA)
Various
Produce Safety Alliance Training
Various (TBA)
Various/Virtual (TBA)
Sweet Potato Production Workshop
TBA (late Jan)
Thurs in June
Kiki Fontenot at kkfontenot@agcenter.lsu.edu or 225-235-9968
Gene Merkl at gm53@msstate.edu
http://extension.msstate.edu/content/online-private-applicatorcertification-program
Gene
Merkl at gm53@msstate.edu
http://extension.msstate.edu/agriculture/pesticide-applicator-certification
Juan Silva at jsilva@foodscience.msstate.edu or
Joy Anderson at joy.f.anderson@msstate.edu
https://extension.msstate.edu/food-and-health/food-safety/produce-safety
Calhoun County Extension Office
Pittsboro, MS
Beaumont Horticultural Unit Field Day
1st
MAFES Beaumont Horticulture Unit,
478 Hwy 15N, Beaumont, MS
Mississippi State University Sweet Potato Field Day
TBA (mid- to late August)
NORTH CAROLINA
Winter Vegetable Conference
22 to 23 Feb
Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station,
Pontotoc, MS
Crown Plaza Resort
Asheville, NC
Business of Farming Conference
11 Feb
Organic Growers School
24 to 26 Feb
Business of Farming Conference
Asheville, NC
Mars Hill University
Mars Hill, NC
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Lorin Harvey at lh1853@msstate.edu
christine.coker@msstate.edu
Lorin Harvey at lh1853@msstate.edu
Kentucky State University,
Frankfort, KY
Rachel Rudolph at rachel.rudolph@uky.edu or 859-257-3374
https://kyhortcouncil.org
info@oak-ky.org
Perry, GA
Moultrie, GA
St Simons Island, GA
Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, 877-994-3842
http://www.gfvga.org
http://www.georgiawatermelonassociation.org
http://georgiaorganics.org
http://www.sunbeltexpo.com
Blake Thaxton at BThaxton@alfafarmers.org
http://www.afvga.org
Alice Evans at 256-743-0742
http://www.asanonline.org
Craig Mauney at rcmauney@ncsu.edu
https://www.ncagr.gov/markets/commodit/horticul/tomatoes/
Molly Nicholie at molly@asapconnections.org
https://asapconnections.org/events/business-of-farming-conference/
outreach@organicgrowersschool.org
http://organicgrowersschool.org
2023 Vegetable Crop Handbook for Southeastern United States

http://www.afvga.org http://www.asanonline.org https://www.arkansasgrown.org/ https://www.hortindustriesshow.org/ http://www.gfvga.org http://www.georgiawatermelonassociation.org/ http://georgiaorganics.org/ http://www.sunbeltexpo.com/ https://kyhortcouncil.org http://extension.msstate.edu/content/online-private-applicator http://extension.msstate.edu/agriculture/pesticide-applicator-certification https://extension.msstate.edu/food-and-health/food-safety/produce-safety https://www.ncagr.gov/markets/commodit/horticul/tomatoes/ https://asapconnections.org/events/business-of-farming-conference/ http://www.organicgrowersschool.org

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