MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News - Vol. 1, No. 7

It’s strawberry time, and the Minnesota Grown Directory is here to help consumers find the nearest berry patch! Produced by the Minnesota Grown Program of the MN Department of Agriculture, the Directory lists information about farmers’ markets, nurseries, apple orchards, pumpkin & berry patches, and other locations where consumers can buy straight from the grower. There are more than 560 farms and markets listed in the 2004 guide, including more than 100 offering berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, elderberries, currants, black raspberries, and blackberries). Directories are available for free by calling 1-888-TOURISM. Minnesota Grown also offers them in boxes of 75 for distribution by calling 651-296-4939. (Growers who wish to participate can call that number as well.) The guide is also available online, with hot links to grower web sites and interactive maps at: www.minnesotagrown.com

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, hutch002@umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Division,jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Suzanne Wold-Burkness, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, woldx018@umn.edu

The Newsletter is published weekly from May through August, cooperatively, by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the University of Minnesota (U of MN). Reports are posted on the U of MN and MDA web sites on Fridays. If you have suggestions and/or comments, please send your contributions by 4 p.m., Tuesday to Jeanne Ciborowski, 651-297-3217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us , MDA, 90 W. Plato Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55107-2094. You can access the Newsletter at the U of MN web site in htm. format at: www.vegedge.umn.edu/MNFruit&VegNews/mnindex.htm and at the MDA web site in pdf. format at: www.mda.state.mn.us/biocon/fruitreports/default.htm

Partial funding for this publication is provided through partnership agreements with the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and the United States Department of Agriculture – Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the RMA Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership Program. These institutions are equal opportunity providers.

DISCLAIMER

References to products in this publication is not intended to be an endorsement to the exclusion of others which may have similar uses. Any person using products listed in this publication assumes full responsibility for their use in accordance with current manufacturer directions.

Last Revised June 17, 2004.
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