Tuesday, December 15

Trade Show, 8am-2pm and 4pm-6pm

Morning Program

9:30 – 12:00, Five Concurrent Sessions

Crunching Numbers
Location: Curriers
Moderator: Vern Grubinger

  • 9:30 Tracking Sales and Per-Acre Profits for Farmers' Market
    Paul Arnold, Pleasant Valley Farm
  • 10:00 Using Quickbooks to Monitor Returns of Crops and Markets
    Jane Sorenson, River Berry Farm
  • 10:30 How do you Know if you are Making Money?
    Mike Sciabarrasi, UNH Cooperative Extension
  • 11:00 Spreadsheets that makes sense for CSA recordkeeping
    Dan Kaplan, Brookfield Farm
  • 11:30 An Economic Study of 19 Organic Vegetable Farms
    John Hendrickson, University of Wisconsin

Minor Crops
Location: Frost/Hawthorne
Moderator: Barbara Murphy
Pesticide credits: 1.5

  • 9:30 How we grow season long carrots
    Mark Guzzi, Peacemeal Farm
  • 10:00 Onions in the Northland
    Jason Kafka, Checkerberry Farm
  • 10:30 Growing Asparagus, Not By the Book
    Geo Honigford, Hurricane Flats Farm
  • 11:00 Never Enough Garlic
    Jason Kafka, Checkerberry Farm
  • 11:30 Speaking of Leeks
    Cliff Hatch, Upingill Farm

Pumpkins
Location: Salon A
Moderator: Becky Sideman
Pesticide credits: 1.5, CCA credits: 1.0 crop

  • 9:30 How we grow certified organic pumpkins & winter squash
    Howard Prussak, High Meadows Farm
  • 10:00 Pumpkin Varieties: What's new and what's coming
    Dr. Brent Loy, University of New Hampshire
  • 10:30 Can Punkin' Chuckin' increase your sales?
    Steve Siegars, Yankee Farmer
  • 11:00 Sales Trends and New Pumpkins from Johnny’s Selected Seeds
    Chris Hillier, Johnny's Selected Seeds
  • 11:30 How to Grow Pumpkins with Zone Tillage
    George Ayres, Fresh Ayr Farm

Strawberry I - Basics
Location: Salon BCD
Moderator: David Handley
Pesticide credits: 2.5, CCA credits: 1.0 crop, .5 pest

  • 9:30 Matted Row Strawberries: The Basics
    Dr. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
  • 10:30 Day Neutral Strawberries: Off Season Opportunities
    Dr. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
  • 11:00 Insect Management
    Dr. Alan Eaton, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
  • 11:30 Disease Management
    Dr. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Year-Round Growing and Marketing
Location: Armory
Moderator: Sandy Arnold and Chuck Bornt
Pesticide credits: 1.5

  • 9:30 High Tunnel Construction & Internal Environmental/Pest Management
    Adam Montri, Ten Hens Farm/MSU Student Organic Farm
  • 10:00 'The ABC's of Inground Heating and Alternative Fuels
    John Bartok, University of Connecticut
  • 10:30 Profitable Winter Greens in Ground-Heated Tunnels
    Seth Jacobs, Slack Hollow Farm
  • 11:00 Marketing Year-Round with Rowcovers & Moveable Tunnels
    Skip Paul, Wishing Stone Farm
  • 11:30 Year-Round, Horse Powered Membership with Full Diet, Free Choice
    Mark and Kristin Kimball, Essex Farm

Afternoon Program

2:00 – 4:30; Five Concurrent Sessions

Pepper and Eggplant
Location: Curriers
Moderator: Frank Mangan
Pesticide credits: 1.5, CCA credits: 0.5 crop, 1.0 pest

  • 2:00 Pepper varieties for your markets: from bells to habaneros and everything in between
    Dr. Frank Mangan, University of Massachusetts
  • 2:30 Grafting eggplant for Verticillium wilt management
    Dr. Mike Orzolek, Pennsylvania State University
  • 3:00 Management update of Phytophthora and other diseases in peppers and eggplants
    Dr. Rob Wick, University of Massachusetts
  • 3:30 Growers' Panel: How we grow and market peppers and eggplant
    Brian Reeves, Reeves Farm
    Gideon Porth, Atlas Farm
    Pooh Sprague, Edgewater Farm

So You Want to Farm - Five Farmers Share their Beginnings
Location: Frost/Hawthorne
Moderator: Kristen Castrataro

  • 2:00 The First Year . . .
    Kristen Wilmer, 1st year farmer
  • 2:30 CSA Start-Up
    Marcy O'Connell, Holland Farm CSA
  • 3:00 The Incubator Farm Experience
    Pat McNiff, Manager, Casey Farm, RI
  • 3:30 The Farmers' Market Market
    Nate Drummond and Gabrielle Gosselin, Six River Farm
  • 4:00 Restaurants, Direct
    Paulette Satur, Satur Farms

Strawberry II - New Ideas
Location: Salon B-C-D
Moderators: David Handley
Pesticide credits: 1.5, CCA credits: 1.5 crop, 0.5 pest

  • 2:00 Weed Management
    Dr. Rich Bonanno, University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension
  • 2:30 Growing in High Tunnels: Expanding Our Market
    Bob Gray, Four Corners Farm
  • 3:00 Runner Management to Boost Efficiency
    Sonia Schloemann, University of Massachusetts
  • 3:30 Strawberry Varieties for Today and Tomorrow
    Nate Nourse, Nourse Farms
  • 4:00 Variety Performance in New England
    Dr. David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Tree Fruit I
Location: Salon A
Moderator: Duane Green
Pesticide credits: 1.5, CCA credits: 1.5 crop, 1.0 pest

  • 2:00 Whats new in IPM trapping of oriental fruit moth and dogwood borer in NH?
    Alan Eaton and George Hamilton, UNH Cooperative Extension
  • 2:30 MOPUP-The Massachusetts Orchard Production Upgrade Program and what we have learned about planting and managing tall-spindle orchards
    Jon Clements, University of Massachusetts
  • 3:00 Organic apple production in eastern US- Pennsylvania perspective
    Greg Krawczyk, Pennsylvania State University
  • 3:30 Whole farm approach to manage insect pests
    Greg Krawczyk, Pennsylvania State University
  • 4:00 Harvest and storage practices to optimize and prevent loss of apples
    Renee Moran, University of Maine

Tunnel Innovations
Location: Armory
Moderator: Sandy Arnold and Chuck Bornt
Pesticide credits: 1.5, CCA credits: 1.0 crop

  • 2:00 A Tour of Tunnels of All Types
    Dr. Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont
  • 2:30 Growing Diverse Crops in Walk-In Caterpillar Tunnels
    Ted Blomgren, Windflower Farm
  • 3:00 Profitable Production in Diverse Types of Tunnels
    Michael Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick Family Farm, Middle Granville NY
  • 3:30 Economics and Marketing of Winter High Tunnel Production
    Adam Montri, Ten Hens Farm/MSU Student Organic Farm
  • 4:00 Plastics on Tunnels For Different Seasons
    John Bartok, University of Connecticut

 

4:30-6 pm: Social Mixer
Light hors d’oevres and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.

 

 

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