Registration for the 2022 Fruit and Vegetable conference is now available! The event is scheduled for January 3-4, with pre-Conference events on Sunday, January 2. This will be the first time this event has been held at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green, KY (https://www.bgky.org/convention-center).
The annual Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference is the premier event for Kentucky produce growers to interact and gain valuable production and marketing training. The Kentucky State Horticultural Society (KSHS), Kentucky Vegetable Growers Association (KVGA), Organic Association of Kentucky (OAK), Kentucky Wineries Association (KWA) and Kentucky Horticulture Council (KHC) in cooperation with University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (UK), Kentucky State University College of Agriculture, Communities and the Environment (KSU), and Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) have planned an excellent program with more than 75 speakers covering both general interest and specialized production topics. The trade show will have more than 60 exhibitors for attendees to visit about products and services.
The full conference program, information about pesticide CEUs, and registration instructions are available on the Conference webpage: https://kyhortcouncil.org/2022-ky-fruit-vegetable-conference/.
The Conference will include a general session as well as sessions on protected agriculture production technologies, organic production, vegetable production (beginner and advanced), fruit production (beginner and advanced), and business management. New sessions added this year include MarketReady, farm-to-school, value-added production, and ag water. Other conference events include a Farmers’ Market Short Course organized by KDA, a crop insurance workshop organized by KHC and the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (KCARD), and a labor ready workshop offered by AgSafe as well as the fruit grower and vegetable grower roundtable sessions.
Kentucky specialty crop growers will be presenting as well as Kentucky Extension specialists and excellent out-of-state speakers including: Dr. John Clark, Distinguished Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Dr. Chieri Kubota, Professor, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Dr. Dave Lockwood, Extension Fruit Specialist, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Dr. John McMaine, Extension Specialist – Water Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD; and Dr. Annett Wszelaki, Professor of Horticulture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Pre-registration is available online through Eventbrite (https://2022-ky-fruit-veg-conference.eventbrite.com) or by mailing in the meeting registration form by Friday, December 17, 2021. After this date, you may continue to register online or on-site. The conference pre-registration fee is $50 (or $75 on site) and includes a year’s membership in the KVGA, KSHS, or OAK and full access to recorded content for a year after the meeting.
For registration questions call: 859-490-0889 or email: info@kyhortcouncil.org.