MN - Vegetable IPM Newsletter

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Welcome 2000!

Fruit and Vegetable Educational Meetings

Organic Fruit and Vegetable Meetings

Press Release: Organic Conference

News from Southern Minnesota

Vol. 2 No. 1   January 20, 2000

Organic Fruit and Vegetable Meetings


Minnesota Organic Conference and Trade Show

St. Cloud Minnesota Feb. 15-16, 2000: This conference will be held for those interested in production and marketing needs for several organic commodities (grains, vegetables, fruits, herbs, livestock). The conference will also host a Trade Show. Eighteen workshops and two panel presentations will be offered. The conference and trade show is designed to provide growers with the information they need to become better managers, reduce off-farm inputs, and/or consider organic certification.
For more information about the conference click here.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Prescott Bergh, MDA,Prescott.bergh@state.mn.us,
or Doug and Janet Gunnink
Gaylord, MN
ph: 507-237-5162




Organic Agriculture at the Crossroad -- Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference, 2000

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Wisconsin March 16-18, 2000, this conference is planned to provide beginning and veteran growers the information they need to be successful. Several hotels are available.

For more information, visit visit their website: http://agile.net/UMOFC/
or contact:
Liz Rose: 608-734-3349
Email: lizrose@mwt.net

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, hutch002@tc.umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, IPM Program, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Production Editor: Suzanne Wold, Research Specialist, University of Minnesota, woldx018@tc.umn.edu


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Last Revised January 20, 2000.
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