2007 Proceedings

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Organic Apple

• Potential Opportunities and Challenges of Organic Apple Production
  Dr. Renae Moran, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Organic Apple Production: the Pennsylvania Experience
  Dr. James Travis, Pennsylvania State University
• Horticultural Options when Starting an Organic Apple Orchard
  Dr. Elena Garcia, University of Arkansas
• Organic IPM
  Dr. Lorraine Berkett, University of Vermont
  

Peppers & Eggplants

• Diversify Your Peppers for Markets
  Dr. Paul Bosland, New Mexico State University
• Conventional & Organic Insect Management for Peppers & Eggplants
  Dr. Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• Management of Phytophthora and Other Diseases in Peppers and Eggplants
  Dr. Rob Wick, University of Massachusetts
• Weed Management in Peppers and Eggplant and Production Practices on My Farm
  Dr. Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension & Pleasant Valley Gardens
• Eggplant and Pepper Varieties on My Farm, from Production to Marketing
  Jim Barber, Barbers Farm

Root, Bulb & Tuber Crops

• Onions on Plastic - Growing and Marketing
  Dr. Mike Orzolek, Pennsylvania State University
• Growing Quality Garlic - Year After Year
  Skip Paul, Wishing Stone Farm
• Sweet Potato Varieties and Growing Practices for Northern New England
  Ruth Hazzard, University of Massachusetts
• Growing and Storing Carrots and Parsnips and Schoharie Valley Farms
  Richard Ball, Schoharie Valley Farms
• Managing Common Scab in Potato: a Multiyear Systems Approach
  Lauchlin Titus, AgMatters

Soil Health

• Soil Health: It's Happening on the Farm!
  Bob Muth, Muth Farm
• Cover Crops: What is Their Relationship to Soil Health?
  Caragh Fitzgerald, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Managing Sorghum Sudangrass as a Rotational Crop
  John Mishanec, Cornell University IPM Program
• Soil Biofumigants
  Dr. Peter Sexton, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Soil organic amendments: how much is enough?
  Dr. Thomas Morris, University of Connecticut

Strawberry I

• Strawberry Production Basics: Matted Row
  Dr. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Strawberry Varieties: Review and Future Prospects
  Dr. Courtney Weber, NYSAES/Cornell University
• Strawberry Nutrition: the ABC's of NPK
  Dr. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Strawberry Insect Management Update
  Dr. Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• Strawberry Soil Stewardship
  Dr. Marvin Pritts, Cornell University

Cucurbits

• Muskmelon Varieties and Effects of Rootshield
  Dr. Mark Hutton, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Phytophthora Capsici - What You Need to Know About its Biology and Management
  Dr. Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University
• No-Till Pumpkins
  Steve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm
• Managing Winter Squash for Fruit Quality and Storage
  Dr. Brent Loy, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension

Production & Marketing of Fresh Produce in Urban Setting

• How Farmers Can Access Urban Consumers, from Farmers' Markets to Supermarkets and Everything in Between
  Dr.Frank Mangan, University of Massachusetts
• Growing and Marketing Fresh Produce in the City
  Jess Liborio, The Food Project
• CSA Shares in Cities - How to Get Access to Urban Consumers
  Paula Lukats, Just Food
• Ethnic Crops in Ethnic Neighorhoods - How to Excel in Farmers' Markets in Urban Settings
  Maria Moreira, Flat Mentor Farm
• Peppers of the World for Urban Settings
  Dr. Paul Bosland, New Mexico State University

Season Extension

• Haygrove tunnels for extending the growing season
  Steve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm
• New techniques and covers for extending the growing season
  Dr. Mike Orzolek, Pennsylvania State University
• Strategies to control insects in successive plantings
  Dr. Kim Stoner, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Season extension for salad greens
  David Zemelski, Starlight Gardens
• Growing greens nine months of the year
  Rick Baruc, Seeds of Solidarity Farm
• Using forced air heat to warm the soil
  Dr. Martin Gent, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Stone Fruit

• Recently Introduced Products for Insect Control: a Consultant’s Perspective
  Glenn Morin, New England Fruit Consultants
• Pruning High Density Peaches for Yield and Fruit Quality
  Steve Hoying, Cornell Hudson Valley Lab
• Chemical and Mechanical Thinning of Peaches
  Dr.Tara Baugher, Penn State Cooperative Extension
• What We Have Learned About Growing High Density Cherries in the East
  Dr.Terence Robinson, Cornell University
• The Penn State AG Innovations Project
  Dr.Tara Baugher, Penn State Cooperative Extension

Strawberry II

• Organic Strawberry Production: Challenges and Rewards
  Dr. Eric Sideman, Maine Organic Production Farmers and Gardeners' Association (MOFGA)
• Organic Strawberries at Pleasant Valley Farm
  Paul Arnold, Pleasant Valley Farm
• Plasticulture at Nourse Farms
  Nate Nourse, Nourse Farms
• Plasticulture at Farm to You
  David Pike, Farm to You
• Strawberry Weed Management Update
  Dr. Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension

Apple I

• Club varieties; what does the future hold
  Phillip Baugher, Adams County Nursery
• Managing high density apple trees for high yield and fruit quality
  Dr.Terence Robinson, Cornell University
• The tall spindle system for apples in the Northeast
  Steve Hoying, Cornell Hudson Valley Lab
• Apple pest management using precision application timings of new products
  Peter Jentsch, Cornell Hudson Valley Lab
• Pear psylla management alternatives in Northeast orchards
  Peter Jentsch, Cornell Hudson Valley Lab

Blueberry I

• Blueberry site and soil requrements
  Dr. Sonia Schloemann, University of Massachusetts
• Blueberry variety review
  Nate Nourse, Nourse Farms
• Bird management
  Dr. Marvin Pritts, Cornell University
• Disease management update
  Frank Caruso, University of Massachusetts
• Blueberry marketing success stories - grower panel
  Mark Parlee, Parlee Farm

Brambles

• Bramble production basics
  Dr. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Bramble varieties: review and future
  Dr. Courtney Weber, NYSAES/Cornell University
• Bramble disease management review
  Dr. Cheryl Smith, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• Bramble insect management review
  Dr. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Brambles and protected culture: state of the art
  Dr. Marvin Pritts, Cornell University

Minor Crops

• Assessing broccoli varieties for heat tolerance and late season quality
  Andy Cavanagh, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension
• Organic fall cole crops
  Skip Paul, Wishing Stone Farm
• Culinary use information to better market potatoes
  Pat Sheldon, Sheldon Farms
• Asparagus - getting started
  Dr. Hugh Price, Cornell University
• Beans, beans and beans
  Paul Gove, Gove Farms

Renewable Energy on the Farm

• Making 3,000 gal/year of biodiesel from waste vegetable oil
  Richard Wiswall, Cate Farm
• Producing sunflower oil for energy on the farm
  Dorn Cox, Tuckaway Farm; Dr. Becky Grube, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• Heating greenhouses with corn
  Mike Kosinski, Kosinski Farms
• A solar-powered irrigation system
  Bruce Howden, Howden Farm
• The good and the bad of on-farm wind power
  Glenn Cook, Cider Hill Farm

Apple II

• Assessing the impacts of SmartFresh in 2007
  Dr.Chris Watkins, Cornell University
• Biotechnology 101
  Dr.Jim McFerson, Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission
• Non-browning apple varieties
  Neal Carter, Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc.
• Sanitation and biocontrol strategies to control apple scab
  Dr.Bill MacHardy, University of New Hampshire
• Panel discussion: Successful diversification for tree fruit growers
  Jonathan Bishop, Bishop's Orchard; Glenn Cook, Cider Hill Farm; Ezekiel Goodband, The Scott Farm

Blueberry II

• Blueberry pruning basics
  Dale Riggs, Stone Wall Hill Farm
• Blueberry plant nutrition
  Dr. Gary Pavlis, Rutgers University
• Insect management update
  Molly Harrow, Cornell University
• Weed management update
  Dr. Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension
• Blueberry farm profile
  John LaRue, Covered Bridge Berry Patch

Organic Production

• Matching your farming to your market
  Jack Manix, Walker Farm ; Mark Guzzi, Peacemeal Farm; Will Allen and Kate Duesterberg, Cedar Circle Farm
• Beyond rotation families: Vegetable crop rotations to manage disease
  Caragh Fitzgerald, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Integrating livestock production into a vegetable cropping system: pros and cons, dos and don'ts
  Dr. Rick Kersbergen, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Postharvest Management

• Food safety: the first step in good post harvest handling practices
  Diane Wright Hirsch, University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension
• New food safety regulations for farmers and producers
  Mary Yebba, U.S. Food and Drug Administation
• Vegetable storage and cooling 101
  Dr.Chris Watkins, Cornell University
• Maintaining post harvest quality at the farmers' market and beyond
  Nicole Vitello and Louise Ruggeri, Manic Organic Production Farms
• Post-harvest quality concerns from the grocer's perspective
  Bill McGowan, Whole Foods Market

Tomatoes

• Identification and management of foliar diseases of tomato
  Dr. Meg McGrath, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center
• Breeding fresh market tomatoes for the Northeast
  Dr. Eric Votava, Johnny’s Selected Seeds
• Open field fresh market tomatoes - start to finish
  Bob Muth, Muth Farm
• How we grow hoophouse tomatoes
  Dave Colson, New Leaf Farm
• Backyard farms - Maine grown hydroponic tomatoes
  Arie Vandergiessen, Backyard Beauties

Non-Chemical Weed Control

• Weed control at Fort Hill Farm
  Paul Bucciaglia, Fort Hill Farm
• Using buckwheat as a precise weed control tool
  Dr. Tom Bjorkman, Cornell University
• Biodegradable mulches: how well do they work?
  Dr. Anu Rangarajan, Cornell University
• Weed the soil: a whole-farm system of weed control
  Eric and Ann Nordell, Beech Grove Farm

Ornamentals

• Selling to Florists and Brides, What a Combo!
  Nancy Stedman, Little River Flower Farm
• Add Fall Color With No Pinch Garden Mums
  Dr. Cathy Neal, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• Selling Plants in Pots: Possible Profits, Possible Disappointments
  Ramona Snell, Snell Family Farm
• A Local Look at Consumer Cut Flower Preferences
  Barbara Murphy, University of Maine
• Diversity With Woody Crops
  Dr. Cathy Neal, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension

Sweet Corn

• Bio-Control and Lower-Risk Options for Insect Control in Sweet Corn
  Ruth Hazzard, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension
• Organic sweet corn production
  Jean-Paul Cortens, Roxbury Farm
• Latest and greatest weed control options for sweet corn
  Dr. Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension
• An IPM approach for insects of sweet corn
  Dr.David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• Bird control in sweet corn - grower panel discussion
  Chris Clegg, Four Town Farm; Mario Marini, Marini's Farm Stand, John Moulton, Moulton Farm

Viticulture I

• Critical Issues in Early Vineyard Establishment
  William Nail, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Grape Vine Nutrition for Quality Harvest
  Dr. Gary Pavlis, Rutgers University
• Dormant Grapevine Pruning for Young Vines
  Dr. Gary Pavlis, Rutgers University
• Insect Management in New England Vineyards
  Bill Coli, University of Massachusetts
• Grape Disease Management for New England Vineyards
  Dr. Richard Kiyomoto, University of Connecticut IPM Program

Lettuce & Greens

• Lettuce Production Strategies - a Growers' Perspective
  Dr. Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension
• The Scoop on Lettuce Varieties
  Lisa Bloodnick, Bloodnick Family Farm
• Lettuce and Greens - IPM Strategies for the Market Grower
  Ruth Hazzard, University of Massachusetts
• Physiology of Bolting
  Dr. Becky Grube, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
• Greens Production in High Tunnels
  Dr. Mike Orzolek, Pennsylvania State University

Pumpkins

• Plectosporium and Other Diseases of Pumpkins
  Dr. Rob Wick, University of Massachusetts
• Zone Tillage for Pumpkins
  John Altobelli, Altobelli Farmily Farms; Tim Stanton, Fuera Farm
• Are Pumpkins Really Making You Money?
  Michael Sciabarrasi, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extensio
• Powdery Mildew Tolerant Pumpkin Varieties
  John Mishanec; Cornell University IPM Program
• Pumpkin Weed Management
  Dr. Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension

Viticulture II

• Good Equipment Investments for Small New England Vineyards - Grower Panel
  Gary Crump, Priam Vineyards; others
• Wine and Table Grape Varieties for New England
  Chris Granstrom, Lincoln Peak Vineyard and Nursery; Dr.Peter Oldak, Jewell Towne Vineyards
• Trellis Construction for the Long Haul
  William Nail, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Weed Management in New England Vineyards
  Richard Dunst; Cornell Grape Research Lab

Sponsored By the Cooperative Extension System:
Universities of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maine; Cornell University; Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
and
New England Vegetable and & Berry Growers Association
and
Massachusetts Fruit Grower's Association