Winchester In-Depth Meeting Schedule

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Below are the dates for the upcoming commercial fruit meetings.  Drs. Keith Yoder, Chris Bergh, Shimat Joseph, and Greg Peck will be providing updated information and will be available for discussions and concerns regarding the upcoming season.

Thursday, March 29.  In-Depth Meeting 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates
Program: “A Rundown of Early Season Disease Management” – Dr. Keith Yoder

Thursday, April 12.  Breakfast Meeting 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates and Breakfast Provided

Thursday, April 26.  In-Depth Meeting 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates
Program:  “Managing Apple Crop Load in 2012” – Dr. Greg Peck

Thursday, May 10.  Breakfast Meeting 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates and Breakfast Provided

Thursday, May 24.  In-Depth Meeting 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Pathology, Entomology and Horticulture Updates
Program:  “All Bugs Considered” – Drs. Chris Bergh & Shimat Joseph

All meetings will be held at the Alson H. Smith AREC at 595 Laurel Grove Road, Winchester, Virginia.  Directions from I-81: take Stephens City exit (Exit 307).  Go west into Stephens City on Fairfax Street and proceed straight through traffic light onto Rt. 631 (Fairfax Street becomes Marlboro Rd.) and continue west approximately 3.5 miles.  Turn right (north) onto Middle Road (Rt. 628) at “T”.  Go 1.5 miles north on Middle Road and turn left (west) onto Laurel Grove Road (Rt.629).  Go 0.8 miles to AREC on left.

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Mark Sutphin, Frederick County Extension, at (540) 665-5699/TDD (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.

PDF version: Winchester Commercial Fruit Meetings 2012

Grow Local, Buy Local: Networking Event

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From Mark Sutphin, VCE agent, Frederick County. Please contact Mark for more details.

Dear Producers:

The Frederick County, Virginia Cooperative Extension Office is joining forces with Francie Kennedy, Project Coordinator for the Shenandoah Valley Farm-to-Table Project, to hold a networking event for producers and buyers (restaurant and institutional) in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. We have titled the event: GROW LOCAL, BUY LOCAL:
OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY IN THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. Our goal is to foster relationships between local producers and buyers to grow the local foods movement in our area. It will be held at the George Washington Hotel on Monday, February 6th from 9am-4pm.

Please register by February 1st at www.growlocalbuylocal.eventbrite.com

There is a great lineup of speakers scheduled to highlight local food initiatives that are occurring in the Northern Shenandoah Valley (Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren). We will enjoy a lunch prepared from food produced in the Shenandoah Valley.

Attached is a flyer with information. There are also more details posted at www.growlocalbuylocal.eventbrite.com, and you may contact Francie Kennedy directly at 540.432.6029 ext. 107. Feel free to contact me as well for assistance.

Please pass this information along to others you believe would be interested in attending. I look forward to seeing you there!

Mark Sutphin
Associate Extension Agent
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Horticulture Virginia Cooperative Extension Frederick County Office
107 North Kent Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone – 540.665.5699
Fax – 540.722.8380
mark.sutphin@vt.edu

For more details:

grow local winchester flyer

Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

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On January 26, I will be conducting a hands-on fruit tree pruning workshop in collaboration with John Allison of VCE, of the Charles City & New Kent County offices.

Please see the Fruit tree pruning clinic flier for time, location, and other details.

The information will be targeted towards those with small to medium commercial orchards or large home plantings.