Vegetable Producers Round Up!

Vegetable Producers Round Up!
The Vegetable Producers Round Up is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jay Community Center located at 5259 Booker Lane in Jay. The event features training topics for producers on marketing strategies, new pest management techniques, and the latest in food safety. Admission is free and includes lunch.
The event program includes speaker Sean McCoy, extension agent at the UF/IFAS Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center, who will discuss marketing strategies followed by a question and answer session with a panel of fresh produce buyers and distributors from Northwest Florida. Attendees will also have an opportunity to see a demonstration on laying plastic mulch mechanically and preview an example of a homemade packing cooler trailer at this training event.
To register: call (850)981-2082 or email bthaxton@ufl.edu.
For more information contact Blake Thaxton:
Office: (850)623-3868 Mobile: (850)449-2120
bthaxton@ufl.edu

Extension Service programs are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, age, handicap or national origin.