A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable
News (Volume 16, number 18) has been posted on
the web. To reach the home page for the Illinois
Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all
issues and additional resources), use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html
For direct access to issue 16:18, use the following link:
http://ipm.illinois.edu/ifvn/volume16/frveg1618.html
Note that a pdf file of this issue is available for those who wish to print it.
In this issue ... note the revised dates for tree
fruit programs in southern and southwestern
Illinois. Kudos to Elizabeth Wahle and the local
Extension staff members who managed to reschedule
these after last weeks storm
.
Upcoming Programs
2011 Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism, and
Organic Conference presentations available online
Regional Updates (from Maurice Ogutu)
Specialty Crops and Local Foods Issues (Whole
Foods seeking growers / suppliers; GAP and food
safety notes from ISCAOC in January; AGR-LITE insurance)
Fruit Production Pest Management (Cold hardiness
and winter stress, woolly apple aphid management)
High Tunnel Production Systems (Questions and
answers and data from the DSAC from 2010)
University of Illinois Extension Specialists in
Fruit & Vegetable Production & Pest Management
Upcoming Programs
· Southern Illinois Commercial Vegetable
School, February 9, 2011. Mt Vernon Holiday Inn,
Mt. Vernon, IL. For more information, contact
Elizabeth Wahle, 618-692-9434; <mailto:wa...@illinois.edu>wa...@illinois.edu.
· Southern Illinois Commercial Tree Fruit
School, rescheduled for February 10,
2011. Franklin County Extension Office, 1212 Rt.
14 W., Benton, IL. Registration begins at 9:30
a.m. For more information, contact Elizabeth
Wahle, 618-692-9434; <mailto:wa...@illinois.edu>wa...@illinois.edu.
· Southwestern Illinois Commercial Tree
Fruit School, rescheduled for February 16,
2011. First Presbyterian Church, Hardin,
IL. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. For more
information, contact Elizabeth Wahle,
618-692-9434; <mailto:wa...@illinois.edu>wa...@illinois.edu.
· Western Illinois Fruit and Vegetable
School, February17, 2011. Adams County
Extension Office, 330 S. 36th, Quincy, IL Contact
Mike Roegge at
<mailto:roeg...@illinois.edu>roeg...@illinois.edu
or the Adams/Brown Extension Unit at 217-223-8380.
· IL-WI Stateline Fruit and Vegetable
Conference, February 21, 2011. Union, IL,
contact Maurice Ogutu at <mailto:og...@illinois.edu>og...@illinois.edu.
* Sales and Aggregation Meeting, Whole Foods
and FamilyFarmed.Org, February 21,
2011. 2:00-5:00 p.m., Best Western Ashland
House, 201 E. Ashland Street, Morton, IL. For
reservations, call 708-763-9920 or email
<mailto:i...@familyfarmed.org>i...@familyfarmed.org.
See note below under Specialty Crops and Local Foods Issues.
* Sales and Aggregation Meeting, Whole Foods
and FamilyFarmed.Org, March 1, 2011. 2:00-5:00
p.m., Prairie Crossing Farm Bus. Development
Center, 32400 N. Harris Road, Grayslake, IL. For
reservations, call 708-763-9920 or email
<mailto:i...@familyfarmed.org>i...@familyfarmed.org.
See note under Specialty Crops and Local Foods Issues.
· 2011 MOSES Organic Farming Conference,
February 24-26, 2011. LaCrosse, WI, see
<http://www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html>http://www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html
· Illinois Small Fruit and Strawberry
Schools, March 1-2, 2011. Mt. Vernon, IL. For
more information, contact Elizabeth Wahle at
618-692-9434 or
<mailto:wa...@illinois.edu>wa...@illinois.edu or
Jeff Kindhart at 618-695-2770 or
<mailto:jkind...@illinois.edu>jkind...@illinois.edu.
· Greenhouse Tomato Short Course, March
8-9, 2011. Eagle Ridge Conference Center,
Raymond, Mississippi (close to Jackson and
Jackson-Evers International Airport, Code:
JAN). For more information, see
<http://greenhousetomatosc.com/>http://greenhousetomatosc.com.
Conference registration fee is $125.
· Meet St. Louis Retail and Foodservice
Buyers, March 11, 2011. Randolph County Farm
Bureau, 1403 Hillcrest Drive, Sparta, Illinois,
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for Illinois fruit and
vegetable growers. For reservations, contact the
Randolph County Farm Bureau at 618-443-4511 by
March 7, 2011. Free, lunch provided.
Rick Weinzierl
Richard A. Weinzierl, Professor and Extension Entomologist
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
S-334 Turner Hall, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
weinz...@uiuc.edu, Ph. 217-333-6651
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