Specialty Fruit Crops Workshop Scheduled in Bolivar
Current and Prospective Fruit Producers are Invited to Attend!
The UT Extension Center for Profitable Agriculture and the Tennessee Fruit and Vegetable Association are teaming up to host educational workshop for farmers interested in growing specialty fruit crops across the state.
The workshop will be offered on March 9, 2023 from 10 am – 3 pm local time at the Bolivar Municipal Center and Falcon Ridge Farm.
While the sessions will focus on blueberries, elderberries, and persimmons, other specialty fruit crops will also be addressed. Dr. David Lockwood, UT Extension commercial fruit specialist, Dr. Natalie Bumgarner, UT Extension residential and consumer horticulture specialist, and the Extension Fruit and Vegetable workgroup will address production practices, including a live pruning and plant management demonstration.
Rachel Painter, marketing specialist in the Center for Profitable Agriculture, will present blueberry budgeting tools developed by Dr. Margarita Velandia in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and marketing considerations for commercial fruit producers.
There is no cost to attend the workshop, but registration is required a minimum of one week in advance of the training. Register at tiny.utk.edu/fruit2023.
For more information please contact Lee Sammons at lsammons@utk.edu or call (731) 658-2421.
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