We are excited to host the 2024 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference again this year at the Holiday Inn Sloan Convention Center, in Bowling Green, KY! This event will kick-off on Monday, January 2nd with some pre-conference sessions including a Farmers Market Short Course, Farm Food Safety Plan Writing Workshop, Bringing the Farm to School Grower Training followed by Vegetable and Tree and Small Fruit Round Table Discussions.
The conference continues on Wednesday, January 3rd and Thursday, January 4, 2024 with additional educational sessions being offered as well as a trade show. Conference sessions include Direct Marketing, Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production, Organic Production, Protected Ag (High Tunnel) Production, Marketing and Business Management, a Cut Flower Short Course, and more new educational tracks. Trade show will feature more than 60 exhibitors! You may pre-register by mail or online (https://2024KYFruitVegConf.eventbrite.com).
The $50 meeting pre-registration fee or $75 registration on site includes a year’s membership in the KVGA, KSHS, or OAK and entrance into all educational sessions as well as lunch on both days. Pre-registration means your tickets and name tag will be ready for you at the registration table when you arrive at the meeting. Name badges will be required to enter meeting rooms. Pre-registration forms or online registrations need to be in our hands by Friday, December 22, 2023. After this date you may continue to register online or on-site at the conference at the $75 rate.
Note that registration includes the Exhibitor/Grower (Wednesday) and Conference (Thursday) Luncheons planned featuring Kentucky Proud products. A Trading Post bulletin board will also be available to sell used equipment, so bring along any descriptions containing your name, phone number, and the equipment price for posting.
At this year’s Kentucky Fruit & Vegetable Conference, participants will have a chance to win a CoolBot which is a walk-in cooler controller! This CoolBot can be used to create a low-cost walk-in cooler using a standard digitally controlled window or mini-split air conditioner. It even has the capability to be controlled right from your smartphone! The winner will be drawn on the last day of the conference which is Thursday, January 4th. Participants must be in attendance at the conference to win.
To view the complete schedule for the 2024 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference, make sure to visit this page at https://kyhortcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-FV-Conf-Program_22Nov2023.pdf!
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