ISU Fruit and Vegetable Field Day
Date: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 
Start: 8:30 am End: 3:00 pm
Location: ISU Horticulture Station, Ames, Iowa
Contact: Ajay Nair, 515-294-7080, 515-294-5045, nairajay@iastate.edu
The field day will feature research-based information on a variety of topics including biochar, apple root stocks and training systems, organic production, and high-tunnel fruit and vegetable production. During the afternoon session a panel of growers, researchers, agriculture professionals and extension personnel will discuss current and future needs of the fruit and vegetable industry in Iowa. Also showcased will be a student-run vegetable enterprise geared towards developing entrepreneurial and business skills.
The Department of Horticulture and Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture will partner with the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association to sponsor the event.
The $25 field day registration fee includes lunch, refreshment breaks and abstracts of ongoing research projects. Online registration. Early registration for the field day is $25 through midnight, July 16. Late registration or at the gate will be $35. To assist with meal and facility planning advance registration is greatly appreciated.
Related information
Register online here [ISU Extension website]
Event website - shows agenda and welcome from Ajay Nair [ISU Extension website]
Event flier [PDF] and map showing alternate routes due to construction traffic [PDF]
News release [ISU Extension website]
Directions: The station is three miles north of Ames on Highway 69, turn east on 170th Street and the station is about one and a half miles on the north side.
Read the 2012 brochure of ISU Research and Demonstration Farms field days [PDF]
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture |
Ames, Iowa 50011 |
(515) 294-3711 |
leocenter@iastate.edu