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Annual Summer Meeting of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association |
10:00 AM Welcome -- Duane Greene, University of Massachusetts
10:15 AM Orchard Tour, including pathology, entomology, horticulture research & updates
NOON Catered Lunch* provided with the registration charge
1:15 PM Welcome to the Annual Summer Meeting and announcements -- Glen Cook, President
1:20 PM UMass update
1:30 PM Educational Program -- Win Cowgill "38 Years of Fruit Research& Extension, The Way I See It"
Win Cowgill is Professor Emeritus from Rutgers University and Visiting Scientist at UMASS-Amerest. Win retired April 1, 2016 after 38 years of service at Rutgers. He now owns and operates Win Enterprises International, LLC, a Pomological and Horticultural consulting company. He continues to do contract research on tree fruit and work with commercial fruit growers. He can be reached at 908-489-1476, email: wincowgill@mac.com
2:30 PM Adjourn
2 pesticide license recertification credit hours will be offered for the day.
Registration for this meeting will be $25 for Mass. Fruit Growers’ Association members ($35 for non-members) per person and will include theorchard tour, educational program, pesticide recertification credits, and lunch.
To ensure the availability of the meal, please pre-register by adding the appropriate number and type (member or non-member) registrations to your shopping cart and paying with a credit card.
*We must receive pre-registrations by MONDAY, July 11 to assure availability of the lunch.
PDF version of this announcement (for mail-in registrations paid by check; must be received by July 11!)