MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News - Vol. 4, No. 1

The Minnesota Grown Directory is an annual statewide consumer guide to "direct from the farm" products. It lists more than 660 locations (a new record) where consumers can "Buy Local". Hot off the press, the 2007-08 Directory includes 85 public farmers' markets, 83 places to find fresh strawberries in season, and almost 100 apple orchards among the direct-marketing farms and markets listed. This is the 27th year a directory has been printed by the MN Department of Agriculture. The Minnesota Grown Program printed 175,000 copies this year. This large print run is made possible by the support of many advertising sponsors and participating growers who pay $40 each for a listing in the guide.

Complimentary Directories are available to anyone with an interest in supporting Minnesota's direct-marketing growers and "Buying Local". Free single copies of the Directory are available to consumers by calling Explore Minnesota Tourism at 1-888-TOURISM (1-888-868-7476). The guide is also offered online for download, ordering print copies, and as a searchable database at the MN grown web site: www.mda.state.mn.us/food/minnesotagrown/directory.htm

For bulk quantities or questions, contact Brian Erickson at 651-201-6539.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison (hutch002@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Management and Development Division, and Suzanne Wold-Burkness (woldx018@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota

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., Wednesday to Jeanne Ciborowski, 651-201-6217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us , MDA, 625 Robert St. North, St. Paul, MN 55155. 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/plants/pestmanagement/ipm/ipmnews.htm

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

DISCLAIMER

Reference 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 May, 2007 by woldx018@umn.edu
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