Horticulture - Planning Today: Growing Tomorrow March 17 & 18, 2010 Albatross Hotel – Gander NL SCROLL DOWN FOR AGENDA Our conference was a HUGE success with 91 participants! Lots of great information and plenty of interesting discussion. Hoping to see everyone back in 2011.
Day 1 - Wednesday March 17 2010
11:30am - 12:30pm Arrival and Registration
12:30pm - 12:40pm Welcome & Opening Remarks Melvin Rideout - President NLHPC Harry Harding - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister - DNR
12:40pm - 1:30pm Working Lunch -DNR Funding Programs 2010 - (DNR - Cost Shared Programs - Gerald Wicks / Sharon Wright)
1:30pm - 2:45pm Cooling and Storage of Fruit and Vegetables (D. McIsaac)
2:45pm - 3:15pm Atlantic Canada Pollination Issues (D. McIsaac)
3:15pm – 3:30pm Nutrition Break
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Small Acreage Application Equipment (Peter Burgess) Diseases in Fruit & Vegetables
4:30pm – 5:15pm Root Maggot Control (Peggy Dixon)
5:30 Cash Bar Salon ABC Second Floor 6:00pm - 7:15pm Banquet Dinner Session –Tunnel Technology & Producer’s Experience (C.Wien/P.Lomond))
7:15p.m.-7:30 p.m. Break
7:30p.m.-8:30 p.m. · Seed Potato Growers Initiatives (Agnes Murphy, AAFC)-Suite A · Blueberry Growers Initiatives (Dale MacIsaac, N.S.) · Organic Growers Initiatives · Cranberry Growers Initiatives (Dick Oram, DNR) · Christmas Tree Growers Initiatives (Matthew Wright) · Tunnel Technology Session (C.Wien)
Day 2 - Thursday March 18 2010
7:45am - 8:45am Buffet Breakfast – Networking- Q&A Session (M. Rideout)
8:45am - 9:45am Integrated Pest Management Strategies (P. Burgess)
9:45am - 10:45am Alternative Energy Sources (Cedric MacLeod)
10:45am - 11:00am Nutrition Break
11:00am - 11:45am Marketing Trends (Diane Jebson)
11:45am - 12:00pm Obsolete Pesticide Collection (Susanne Tilley, DE)
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch Session Kathy Gillam - DNR - Food Safety Update & Retailer’s Perspective Chris Lester - Lester's Farm Market - A growing Business
1:30 pm - 2:45pm R&D Strategy Roundtable Discussion (Facilitator - Crystal Anderson Baggs) Invited Participants Panel
2:45pm - 3:00pm Nutrition Break
3:00pm - 4:30pm R&D Strategy Roundtable Discussion (Facilitator - Crystal Anderson Baggs)
4:30pm - 5:00pm Closing Remarks (Otto Goulding - DNR) Adjournment POST-CONFERENCE PRODUCER SUPPER MEETING 5:30pm - 7pm Salon E (Melvin Rideout)
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