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STATE TECHNICAL TEAM MEETING AGENDA

January 8, 2007
9:30 – 12:00 p.m.
USDA Conference Room, Warwick RI

RI Small-Scale Farms Technical Support Project Report
December 19, 2007

Speaking Engagements:

  • RI Ag Council Meeting—Project Overview
  • Sweet Peas Village—Corn
  • RI Farm Bureau Annual Meeting—Project Overview
  • Kickemuit Grange—Local Farming and the Harvest
Meetings Attended:
 
  • RI Farms & Forest Meeting
  • Precision Ag Net Meeting
  • MicroIrrigation Net Meeting
     
Sponsored/Co-Sponsored Events:
  • Soil Health Workshop, URI—Attended by 29 individuals, including farmers, NRCS, state ag professionals, and regional ag extension employees.
  • 2007 Greenhouse Tomato Conference, Sturbridge, CT—Attended by approximately 160 individuals, primarily farmers and extension employees, from 5 states. 
  • New England Vegetable and Fruit Grower’s Conference—December 11-13, Manchester, NH—Over 1200 registered attendees.  Moderated two sessions—Lettuce & Greens, Post-Harvest Handling—and assisted with one—Minor Crops. 
Farmer Contacts:
  • Performed site visits and communicated with RI growers via e-mail, telephone, and office calls. 
Update on Funding for Position:
  • The grant under which I am working concludes at the end of June 2008.  RI growers, ag service providers, and government agencies are eager to see this become a permanent element of URI’s Cooperative Extension endeavors.  Future funding opportunities are being explored, including but not limited to multi-disciplinary grants and inter-organizational partnerships.  Letters of support for this position can be addressed to:
  •  Dean Jeffrey Seemann, CELS URI, Woodward Hall, Kingston, RI 02881
  • Associate Dean Richard Rhodes, III, CELS URI, 111 Woodward Hall, Kingston, RI 02881
Upcoming Events:
  • Currently entertaining topics for a February or March grower meeting at URI.  Feel free to contribute.  Top two at the moment are cover crop management and biocontrol of pests. 
  • Check out the website for up-to-date event info:  http://cels.uri.edu/sustainableag

The meeting place is accessible to mobility impaired persons. Individuals requesting interpreter services for the hearing impaired must notify the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service at 828-1300 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting date.

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