This is the 591st meeting of the NEVBGA, and the second of two winter meetings hosted by NEVBGA and the Cooperative Extension programs of New England, and co-sponsored by UMass Extension Risk Management/Crop Insurance Program.
9:30 Registration: There is a $20 registration fee. This fee is waived for members of NEV&BGA
PROGRAM
10:00 Organic Fertilizers and Tissue Testing for High Tunnel Tomatoes, Andy Radin, URI Extension
10:50 Spoiler Alert: a New Online Marketplace for Selling Surplus and Donating Produce, Ricky Ashenfelter, Founder/CEO
11:10 It IS Still Possible to Grow No-Spray Blueberries in the Age of SWD! Dale-Ila Riggs, The Berry Patch
Noon Lunch buffet, price TBD. Pay in advance with your pre-registration or at the door. To reserve a lunch, please contact the Secretary by January 27. Contact Lisa McKeag at (917) 573-5558 or secretary@nevbga.org. If you order lunch and cannot attend, please call to cancel. We will have to bill you for unpaid meals.
1:00 NEVBGA Annual Meeting & Elections
1:30 What’s New with Crop Insurance. Tom Smiarowski and Paul Russell, UMass Extension Risk Management/Crop Insurance Education Program
1:55 NE Small Fruit Guide Update, Sonia Schloemann, UMass Extension
2:30 The Buzz on Massachusetts Apiary Program. Kim Skyrm, MA Apiary Inspector, MDAR
3:30 Adjourn
** 2 Pesticide recertification credits have been approved for this meeting. **
Commercial members of NEVBGA are welcome to put up table-top displays.
To register and to reserve a lunch, please contact Lisa McKeag by January 27 at (917) 573-5558 or secretary@nevbga.org.
