Attention Market Growers !!!!!!

Here's a great opportunity for the market growers out there ..... the 2009 Western Pennsylvania Vegetable & Berry Growers Seminar. Pre-registration deadline is November 11th. This year the program looks like a great one for farmers interested in specialty crops for markets. There's also a heavy feature on blueberries in the berry session. The afternoon business & marketing session (my favorite part from past years) focuses on the "Local Foods Movement" and has speakers from the Big Burrito Restaurant Group ....., East End Food Co-op ....., & Penn's Corner Farm Alliance. If you are a grower, you can't afford to miss this opportunity to speak with an executive chef and general managers about opportunities for your produce!
Here's another tip from folks who've attended in years past ..... take 2 people from your farm and split up. Some will need to take the crops credit sessions and having a partner means your farm won't miss out on the marketing sessions or berry sessions. Just do it!
While checking out the seminar, LFLF found it advertised in
FreshPlaza. This is a fantastic source for local & global fresh produce news. You can sign up for a daily email. Lots of interesting topics relating to all aspects of the industry ...... I used to recieve this when I worked in ag education at PSCE.