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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:22 PM CDT
Illinois Specialty Crop conference set for Jan. 6-8



The Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism, and Organic Conference will be held Jan. 6-8 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield.

Three pre-conference workshops will be offered during the daytime on Jan. 6, which will include “Grow Your Market: Creating a Memorable Experience for Customers,” “Getting Started in Local Food Production” and “Marketing, and Expanding Seasons and Markets with High Tunnels.”

On Jan. 7-8, the conference will kick off with an opening session titled “From Market Gardening to Commercial Readiness: Keys to Effective Production and Marketing Across a Range of Market Arenas,” by Tim Woods, University of Kentucky.

The remainder of the conference will include the traditional concurrent breakout sessions on fruits, vegetables, herbs, irrigation, agritourism/marketing and business management.

New to the conference this year will be two organic tracks. Thursday evening will feature a banquet followed by the announcement of the annual cider contest winners and comments from Doc Patterson, Fire Service chaplain for the Lake County Honor Guard.

To receive registration materials or to obtain exhibitor information, contact Diane Handley at 309-557-2107 or e-mail handley@ilfb.org.

A detailed conference agenda can be viewed at www.specialtygrowers.org.

The Crowne Plaza Hotel is reserving a block of rooms for $83 per night plus tax. Call the hotel directly at 529-7777 to make a reservations and ask for the Illinois Specialty Crops, Agritourism, and Organic Conference rate.

Mary Cox is the manager of the Coles County Farm Bureau.


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