I wanted to let everyone know about our 4th Annual Winter Hops Conference!
To be held Friday, February 22, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at The Essex Resort & Spa in Essex, Vt.
Join us to learn about hop fertility and irrigation management as well as important handling principles from proper harvest timing and drying to quality preservation techniques. Guest speakers include Graham Ollard, a hops consultant from the Yakima Valley in Washington; Rich Andrews, a Colorado organic hop farmer; Krista Delahunty and Jason Johnston of Aroostook Hops in Westfield, Maine; and our own Chris Callahan, the Northwest Crops & Soils team and UVM College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences students.
If you are interested or know someone that might be, visit our registration page at www.uvm.edu/extension/hopsconference. Register soon as we might hit maximum capacity for registrations!!
Thanks,
Susan Brouillette
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Susan Brouillette
Program Manager
UVM Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program
278 South Main Street, Suite 2
St. Albans, VT 05478-1866
(802) 524-6501
1-800-639-2130 (in VT only)
Fax: (802) 524-6062
susan.brouillette@uvm.edu