• Production Basics: Matted Row
  David T. Handley, University of Maine
• Production Basics: Plasticulture
  William Lord, University of New Hampshire
• Weed Management Update
  Richard Bonanno, University of Massachusetts
• Fruit Rots: Management Update
  Michael Ellis, Ohio State University
• White Grub Management Strategies
  Richard Cowles, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

• Field Tomato Variety Trials in Maine
  Mark Hutton, University of Maine
• Organic and Sustainable Production Techniques
  Bob Muth, Muth Farms, Pitman, NJ
• Heirloom Variety Trials and Production
  Amy LeBlanc, East Wilton, ME
• Effect of Shade on Quality of Greenhouse Tomato
  Martin Gent, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Grafting Tomatoes
  Jack Manix, Walker Farm, Dummerston, VT

• Soil Health, Tillage and Compaction
  Harold van Es, Cornell University
• Permanent Cover Cropping System
  Steve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm, Holtwood, PA
• Cover Crops for Soil Health
  Richard Kersbergen, University of Maine
• Mineralization Rates of Compost
  Timothy Griffin, USDA-ARS
• Phosphorous Status of Organic Vegetable Fields In the Northeast
  Tom Morris, University of Connecticut

• Connecting to Your Markets - The Other Half of The Job
  Gregory Franklin, Gregory S. Franklin Associates, Lebanon, NH
• The Uphill Adventures of Red Tomato
  Michael Rozyne, Red Tomato, Canton, MA
• Trends in Specialty Vegetables and Fruits -
  Opportunities for Growers
  Henry Wainer, Sid Wainer & Son, New Bedford, MA
• Food Safety: How To Generate Dollars, Not Costs
  Todd Silk, Cornell University

• Strawberry Variety Update & Review
  Courtney Weber, Cornell University
• Now There’s a Good Idea! A Consultant’s Notebook
  Lauchlin Titus, AgMatters, Vasselboro, ME
• The Future of Disease Management: Research Update
  Michael Ellis, Ohio State University
• Managing Spider Mite Problems
  Richard Cowles, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• The Strawberry Plant: What You Should Know
  David Handley, University of Maine

• Weed Biology
  George Hamilton, University of New Hampshire
• Physical and Cultural Weed Management Principles
  Richard Bonanno, University of Massachusetts
• Cultivation Tools for Effective Weed Management
  Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont
• Herbicides and Rye Mulch for Vegetable Production
  Todd Mervosh, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Cover Cropping Effects on Weed Seed Banks: Unanswered Questions
  Chris Reberg-Horton, University of Maine

• The Newest, Latest and Best in Greenhouse Designs and Equipment
  John Bartok, University of Connecticut
• Season Extension with High Crop Diversity
  Peter Johnson, Pete’s Greens, Greensboro, VT
• Latest Techniques with High Tunnels
  Bill Lamont, Penn State University
• Novel Structures for Extending the Cut Flower Season
  Ted Blomgren, Windflower Farm, Albany, NY
• Grower Panel: Winds, Wildlife, and Weeds:Managing Rowcovers
  John Bartlett, Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm, Nantucket, MA
  Mark Parlee, Parlee Farm, Tyngsboro, MA

• The Pick of the Crop – Highmoor Farm Pepper Variety Trial
  Mark Hutton, University of Maine
• Pepper Disease Control – Starts With the Seed
  Tom Zitter, Cornell University
• Growing Peppers in New Jersey – A Grower’s Perspective
  Bob Muth, Muth Farms, Pitman, NJ
• Insect Management Update for Peppers and Eggplant
  Jude Boucher, University of Connecticut
• Eggplant Varieties and Cultural Recommendations
  Rick VanVranken, Rutgers University

Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Tree Fruit I: Organic Apple Production

• Organic Production of Apples From a Grower’s Perspective
  Brian Caldwell, NOFA-NY, Spencer, NY
• Fertilizers for Organic Apple Production
  James R. Schupp, Cornell University
• Ground Floor Management and Rootstock Selection for
  Organic Apple Production
  Ronald Perry, Michigan State University
• Research on Organic Apple Thinners
  James R. Schupp, Cornell University

Sweet Corn

• Early Season Fertilization Basics and Irrigation Management
  Steve Reiners, Cornell University
• Trickle Irrigation Sweet Corn Under Plastic
  Jim Colter, Colter Farms, Lockport, NY
• 10:15 Transplanting Corn Seedlings into Plastic Mulch,
  Covered by Row Cover
  Jake Guest, Killdeer Farm, Norwich, VT
• Sweet Corn Genotypes – How do they differ?
  Blake Myers, Siegers Seed Co.
• Early Season Sweet Corn Varieties
  David T. Handley, University of Maine
• Floating Row Cover is for Me
  Tim Stanton, Eura Farms, Feura Bush, NY
• 11:45 Why I Like Plastic
  Keith Buhrmaster, Buhrmaster Farms, Ballston Spa, NY

Blueberry I

• Production Basics
  William Lord, University of New Hampshire
• Insect Management
  Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire
• Disease Management
  Frank Caruso, University of Massachusetts
• Mulching and Organic Matter
  Kathy Demchak, Pennsylvania State University
• Cultivars
  Gary Pavlis, Rutgers University

Beans and Peas

• Picking for Profit
  Paul Arnold, Pleasant Valley Farm, Argyle, NY
• Grower Panel: The Way We Grow Beans for the Farm Stand: Harvesting by Hand or Machine
  Charles Hardy, Brookdale Fruit Farm, Hollis, NH
  Paul Gove, Gove Farm, Leominster, MA
• Best Peas and Beans for Direct Marketing
  Rob Johnston, Jr., Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Winslow, ME
• Discussion Panel: Diseases, Insects and Weeds: Chose Your Foe
  Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire
  Cheryl Smith, University of New Hampshire
  Richard Bonanno, University of Massachusetts

Tree Fruit II

• Relation Between Nutrition and Fruit Quality
  William J. Bramlage, University of Massachusetts
• Orchard Soils and Their Influence on Apple Root Systems
  Ronald Perry, Michigan State University
• Research on Plum Curculio and Apple Maggot: Latest Developments
  Ronald Prokopy, University of Massachusetts
• Recent Developments in Apple Disease Control
  David Rosenberger, Cornell University
• Managing Insect Pests in New England Orchards
  Heather Faubert, University of Rhode Island

Cucurbits

• High Plant Populations and Plasticulture Techniques Increase Winter Squash Yield
  Ted Blomgren, Cornell University
• Specialty Melons
  Mark Hutton, University of Maine
• 2:45 Transplant Size and Sowing Date for Cucumbers
  Mark Hutton, University of Maine
• Spray Recommendations and Other Cultural Practices for Disease Control in Cucurbits
  Tom Zitter, Cornell University
• Perimeter Trap Cropping for Summer Squash and Cucumbers
  Jude Boucher, University of Connecticut
• Cucurbits on Plastic at Pinecroft Farms
  Gordon Burson, Pinecroft Farms, East Longmeadow, MA

Blueberry II

• A Multi-faceted Approach to the Management of Blueberry Pests and Diseases Annemiek Schilder, Michigan State University
• Blueberry Weed Management Update
  Richard Bonanno, University of Massachusetts
• Blueberry Fertilization
  Gary Pavlis, Rutgers University
• Blueberry Wine Production
  Joe Sullivan, Chester Hill Winery/Kelso Homestead, Chester, MA
• White Grub Management in Blueberries
  Richard Cowles, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Organic Production

• Enhancing Organic Research: NEON Update
  Anu Ranaranjan, Cornell University
• Two Organic Farms: A Contrast in Styles
  Brian Caldwell, NOFA-NY, Spencer, NY
• Promising New Materials for Organic Pest Control
  Emily Brown Rosen, Organic Materials Review Institute, Pennington, NJ
• Transition to Organic Made Easy
  Bob Muth, Muth Farms, Pitman, NJ
• Expanding Organic Highbush Blueberry Production
  Bill Sciarappa & Gary Pavlis, Rutgers

Thursday, December 18, 2003

Pumpkin School I

• Establishing, Spacing and Fertilizing to Maximize Pumpkin Yields
  Steve Reiners, Cornell University
• Selecting the Best Varieties for Your Market
  Charles Bornt, Cornell University
• Getting a Handle at Harvest Time
  Brent Loy and Melanie Berg, University of New Hampshire
• Reduced Tillage, Growing Pumpkins Using Zone Tillage
  Andy Williamson IV, County Fair Farm, Jefferson, ME
• What You Need to Know to Get a Good Fruit Set
  Chris Wien, Cornell University

Wildlife Management

• Deer Habitat and Behavior
  Uma Ramakrishnan,
  Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Fencing Options for Deer Control
  David Kennard, Wellscroft Fence Systems LLC, Harrisville, NH
• Grower Experience with Moveable Fencing
  Nat Arena, Arena Farms, Concord, MA
• Avitrol Use and Certification for Bird Management
  Don Wilda, USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services
• Woodchuck Ecology and Management
  John McConnell, USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services

Brambles

• Production Basics
  David T. Handley, University of Maine
• Insect Management
  Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire
• Container Grown Raspberries
  Sonia Schloemann, University of Massachusetts
• Bramble Fertility Management
  William Lord, University of New Hampshire
• High Tunnel Bramble Production
  Kathy Demchak, Pennsylvania State University

Leafy Greens and Herbs

• A High Yield Year-Round Spinach Production System
  Paul Arnold, Pleasant Valley Farm, Argyle, NY
• Organic Seed Crop Production: A New Niche for N.E. Farmers
  C.R. Lawn, Fedco Seeds, Waterville, ME
• Winter Greens Under Plastic
  Lisa Turner, Laughing Stock Farm, Freeport, ME
• Club Root on Brassicas
  Frank Mangan, University of Massachusetts
• Managing Flea Beetles on Brassica Greens
  Ruth Hazzard, University of Massachusetts
• Organic Cooking Greens for the Wholesale Trade
  Dewitt Thomson, Full Bloom Market Garden, Amherst, MA

Pumpkin School II

• Insects and Pumpkins Don’t Mix – The Insect Link to Pumpkin Diseases
  Tom Zitter, Cornell University
• Growing and Marketing Pumpkins at Riverbank Farm,
  Anne Mattice, Mattice’s Riverbank Farm, N. Blenheim, NY
• Diseases: Angular Leaf Spot to Wilts and How to Manage Them
  Meg McGrath, Cornell University
• Weed Management in Pumpkins
  Richard Bonanno, University of Massachusetts
• An Overview of Road Side Marketing: Ideas to Take Home
  John Mishanec, Cornell University

Featuring New Farmers

• Adding Horticulture to an Already Diversified Dairy Farm
  Amanda Thurber, Lilac Ridge Farm, W. Brattleboro, VT
• How I Started an Organic Vegetable Farm with My Friends
  Mark Guzzi, Peacemeal Farm, Dixmont, ME
• Growing Berries and Customers Organically at Beebleberry Farm
  Emmanuel Farrow, Beebleberry Farm,
  Randolph Center, VT
• Establishing Our Community Supported Agriculture Farm
  Ryan Voiland, Red Fire Farm, Granby, MA
• Our First 5 Years in Farming
  Eileen Droescher, Ol’ Turtle Farm, Easthampton, MA

Ornamentals

• New Vegetative Annuals
  Lois Berg Stack, University of Maine
• Retailing Color Through Baskets and Tubs
  Jeff Marstaller, Marstaller Greenhouses, N. Yarmouth, ME
• A Season of Cut Flowers
  Chas Gill, Kennebec Flower Farm & Nursery, Bowdoinham, ME
• Ideas for Merchandising Ornamentals
  Dianne Chauncy, Chauncey Farm, Antrim NH
• New Color Introductions in Spoon & Egg Gourds
  Brent Loy, University of New Hampshire

Grapes

• Viticulture Basics: Site and Soil Requirements
  Mark Chien, Pennsylvania State University
• Young Vine Pruning and Trellising Basics
  Gary Pavlis, Rutgers University
• Grape Disease Management
  Annemiek Schilder, Michigan State University
• Seedless Table Grapes for the Northeast
  Bruce Reisch, Cornell University
• Wine Grape Production in New England; A Best Kept Secret
  Joetta Kirk, Sakonnet Vineyards, Little Compton, RI