Event Details
Date
March 16, 2016
Time
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location
LeRoy Country Club
7759 E Main Rd (Rt 5)
LeRoy, NY 14482
Cost
$20.00 CVP enrollee
(additional attendee $20.00 ea.)
$30.00 all others
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)
if registered by March 10
At the Door
$25.00 CVP enrollee
$35.00 all others
Host
Cornell Vegetable ProgramCarol MacNeil
5853138796
email Carol MacNeil
2016 NYS Dry Bean Meeting - Sponsorship Opportunities
March 16, 2016
Join us for production updates on Western bean cutworm, white mold, varieties and bean breeding, and soil health. There will be a marketing update from Tim McGreevy, CEO, American Pulse Assoc., Moscow, ID, on: 2016 - International Year of Pulses: Why they are the Future of Food (dry beans/peas, lentils, chickpeas are pulses).
In addition, final results of Robin Bellinder's reduced tillage dry bean weed control trials, and trials of potential new dry bean herbicides, will be reported. Food safety practices and documentation required by buyers will be covered. There will also be a report from the December 1, 2015 Organic Dry Bean Discussion Group. The NYS Dry Bean Industry Committee will meet at 3:00 pm, and decisions on funding 2016 dry bean research will be made.
Lunch will include tasty, NYS dry bean dishes from the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food. 1.75 DEC credits (1a, 21, 23, 10) and CCA credits will be available.
Cost: $20 for Cornell Vegetable Program enrollees receiving VegEdge; $30 for all others if registered by March 10. After March 10 cost is $5 more.
This event is sponsored by Genesee Valley Bean Company, Gowan, and New York Bean, LLC.
Sponsor opportunities are available. Questions or special needs, contact Carol MacNeil. In case of bad weather, call 585-313-8796.
Sorry, the opportunity to sponsor this event has passed.
Asparagus
Beets
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cucumbers
Dry Beans
Eggplant
Ethnic Vegetables
Garlic
Horseradish
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce / Leafy Greens
Melons
Mushrooms
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Pumpkins / Gourds
Radishes
Rhubarb
Rutabaga
Snap Beans
Squash - Summer
Squash- Winter
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
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