Vegetable Producers Round Up

Join us at the Vegetable (& other Specialty Crop) Producers Round Up!

Come learn about new marketing opportunities for your specialty crop operation and interact with local Northwest Florida produce distributors. We will be teaching new pest management techniques, the latest in food safety, and how plastic mulch is mechanically laid. You will also have an opportunity to take a peak at a model of a homemade packing-cooler trailer!

When?

January 15, 2013

Where?

Jay Community Center – 5259 Booker Lane, Jay, FL 32565

Agenda

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:15 Welcome and Introduction Blake Thaxton, UF/IFAS Extension, Santa Rosa County

9:15-10:00 Vegetable Marketing Basics: How to Sell Your Produce Sean McCoy, UF/IFAS Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center

10:00-10:30 Northwest Florida Fresh Produce Distributors Panel

10:30-11:00 Group A: Pest Control/IPM Bob Hochmuth, UF/IFAS Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center
Group B: Food Safety Regulations – Allison Meharg, UF/IFAS Extension Escambia County

11:00-12:00 Trade show and demonstration

12:00-end Lunch/Q&A with speakers, plus DOORPRIZES!

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Posted: December 14, 2012


Category: Agriculture
Tags: Food Safety, Marketing, Panhandle Agriculture, Santa Rosa, Small Farms, Vegetables


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