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REGIONAL FEB. 10-12 - North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Conference, Boston Park Plaza hotel, Boston, MA - Virginia Schwarzenbach, North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association; 413-529-0386; info@nafdma.com; www.nafdma.com

NEW YORK FEB. 14-17 - Empire State Fruit and Vegetable

Expo, OnCenter, Syracuse, NY - Lindy Kubecka, New York State Vegetable Growers Association; 315-687-5734; nysvga@twcny.rr.com

WISCONSIN FEB. 15-16 -Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association Industry Show, Holiday Inn, Stevens Point, Wl - Julie Braun, Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association; 715-623-7683; www.wisconsinpotatoes.com

REGIONAL FEB. 17-19 - North American Berry Conference, Doubletree Nashville hotel, Nashville,TN - Debby Wechsler, North American Strawberry Growers Association; 919-542-3687; info@nasga.org; www.nasga.com

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NATIONAL MARCH 1-4 - Greenhouse Tomato Short Course, Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry Museum, Jackson, MS - Rick Snyder, Mississippi State University; 601-892-3731; RickS@ra.msstate.edu; www.mstate.edu/dept/cmrec/ghsc.htm

REGIONAL FEB. 24-26 - Mid-Atlantic Direct Marketing Conference, National Conference Center, Landsdowne, VA - Cathy Belcher, Virginia Department of Agriculture; 804-786-4046; chfilcher@vdacs.state.va.us; www.madmc.com

REGIONAL MARCH 1 - Mid American Ag and Hort Services Annual Meeting, Roberts Convention Centre, Wilmington, OH - Jennifer Hungerford, Mid American Ag and Hort Services; 614-246-8289; maahs@ofbf.org; www.midamservices.org

NATIONAL MARCH 5-9 - Plasticulture 2005, Francis Marion hotel, Charleston, SC - Patricia Heuser, American Society for Plasticulture; 814-238-7045; www.plasticulture.org

NATIONAL MARCH 9-11 - Farm Women's Symposium, Holiday Inn, Grand Blanc, Ml - Sheryl Smith, Farm Women's Symposium; 517-543-1360; ssmith 1 @greenstonefcs.com

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  • Upcoming meetings for Agri marketers.
    • FEBRUARY JAN. 29-FEB. 1: Cattle Industry Annual Convention & Trade Show, Nashville, Tenn. Contact 303/694-0305 or visit www.beef.org. JAN. 30-FEB. 1: American Corn Growers Association ......
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    • NEW YORK FEB. 14-17 -Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo, OnCenter, Syracuse, NY - Lindy Kubecka, New York State Vegetable Growers Association; 315-687-5734; www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/expo TENNESSEE ......
  • Distribution News.
    • SNK America, Inc. (Elk Grove Village, Ill.), the North American sales arm of Shin Nippon Koki Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) has agreed to have Meritage ......
  • Bigger and better
    • HEADNOTE Expanded Southeast Vegetable and Fruit Expo offers in-depth educational sessions. IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 IT'S time for the 18th Annual Southeast Vegetable and Fruit Expo ......
  • Go Southeast Young Man
    • HEADNOTE Growers head to Greenville for the popular Southeast Vegetable and Fruit Expo. THE produce industry will once again have an opportunity to learn, share, ......
  • The case for refusable packaging: cost savings can tie in with ECR, EFR initiatives.
    • Reusable packaging is a growing concept in the food industry, just as it was in the automotive industry a few years ago. Since the early ......
  • Come To Learn
    • HEADNOTE Educational sessions for the 2004 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention will cover crops, marketing, labor, and legal issues. IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 THE place is ......
  • OHIO FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GROWERS CONGRESS A SUCCESS.
    • The Ohio Fruit Growers Society, Ohio Vegetable and Potato Grower Association, Direct Agricultural Marketing Association and The Ohio State University joined forces to host the ......
  • A field of pumpkins
    • HEADNOTE Crops & Markets A FIELD OF PUMPKINS Here's another example of our industry remembering others. The New York State Vegetable Growers Association (NYSVGA) delivered ......
  • Converging on the buckeye state
    • HEADNOTE OHIO FRUIT & VEGETABLE GROWERS CONGRESS HEADNOTE Renowned business management and marketing experts will be on hand at Ohio's annual Fruit & Vegetable Growers ......
  • Saying Good-bye
    • MEMBERS of the North Carolina Vegetable Growers Association called him "Dr. Doug." It is with heavy hearts that we report the passing of Dr. Doug, ......
  • In The Deep South
    • HEADNOTE Fruit & Vegetable Growers Conference HEADNOTE Timely industry concerns highlight this year's Deep South Conference. THE Deep South Fruit & Vegetable Conference and Trade ......
  • National role model
    • IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 E d i t o r i a l By Rick Melnick rick_melnick@meisternet.com BACK in 1997 we published a special 90th anniversary ......
  • Country of Origin Labeling —What's the Big Deal?
    • The 105th session of Congress ......
  • Safety In Numbers
    • HEADNOTE Growers can keep tabs on food safety, thanks to a new initiative. FOOD safety is a constant concern along each link of the produce ......
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