This conference is designed to meet the special needs of vegetable growers in Central Pennsylvania.
Information is specific for the region, climate, crops grown, and markets.
There will be 8 educational sessions with well-known speakers from Penn State University and regional extension agents of the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service. If you have ever considered extending your growing season earlier in the spring and later in the fall, a high tunnel production system can achieve that goal. Dr. Bill Lamont of Penn State University will discuss cropping options in these simple, non-permanent greenhouse structures and how they can be utilized to expand your growing season. If vegetable diseases give you a headache, Dr. Alan MacNab of Penn State University will present information that could help you diagnose your plants problem. He also plans to discuss control measures for some of these devastating plant diseases.