Fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in learning about produce safety, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), co-management, and the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. For more information about scheduled PSA Grower Training Courses in Kentucky, please visit the Food Systems Innovation Center website at https://www.uky.edu/fsic/trainings.php Deadline to register is Nov. 8, … Continue reading "FSMA Produce Safety Rule Training (in-person)"

Following our MarketReady Producer Training, we are hosting a five week series on MarketReady Advanced Topics. These are deeper dives into our various Producer Training topics. Visit https://www.uky.edu/marketready

Who Should Attend: Fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in learning about produce safety, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), co-management, and the proposed FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Register by October 20 with: Casey Newcomb (casey.newcomb@uky.edu) Food Systems Innovation Center 213 W. P. Garrigus Building 325 Cooper Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0215 … Continue reading "FSMA PSA Grower Training (online)"

Following our MarketReady Producer Training, we are hosting a five week series on MarketReady Advanced Topics. These are deeper dives into our various Producer Training topics. Visit https://www.uky.edu/marketready

Following our MarketReady Producer Training, we are hosting a five week series on MarketReady Advanced Topics. These are deeper dives into our various Producer Training topics. Visit https://www.uky.edu/marketready

Look out for a new video today in our series on Crop Insurance for Specialty Crop Growers. We will be discussing what crop insurance options are available for Nursery Crops. To watch, check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KYHortCouncil/  or our YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsbal0u__ba77aw2UTk1KZA. While there, you can also find our first two videos … Continue reading "Crop Insurance Video #3: Nursery Crops"

Following our MarketReady Producer Training, we are hosting a five week series on MarketReady Advanced Topics. These are deeper dives into our various Producer Training topics. Visit https://www.uky.edu/marketready

For our final 2021 webinar, we will be learning about Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) insurance. WFRP is a topic most specialty growers will want to learn more about so this is not a webinar you want to miss! You can register to attend here https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvf-iuqDgtG9PpErwxskqi8kZ3fVIRaULI and you can watch the previous webinars and other … Continue reading "Crop Insurance Webinar #3: WFRP (Whole Farm Revenue Protection)"

In our last video of 2021 for our Crop Insurance for Specialty Growers series, we will be discussing vegetable, fruit, and nut crop insurance. Find the video on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KYHortCouncil/  or our YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsbal0u__ba77aw2UTk1KZA. Be sure to check out all the other videos and recorded webinars in this series while … Continue reading "Crop Insurance Video #4: Vegetable, Fruit, and Nut Crops"

2022 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference hosted by the Kentucky State Horticultural Society (166th Annual Meeting) and Kentucky Vegetable Growers Association (51st Annual Meeting) and Organic Association of Kentucky and Kentucky Wine Association in cooperation with University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Kentucky State University, and Kentucky Department of Agriculture. This premier, … Continue reading "2022 KY Fruit & Vegetable Conference"