2009 Annual Meeting in New Orleans
January 19-21, 2009
We Are Still Accepting Registrations
at Early Bird Prices Thru Jan 15th!
Our Annual Conference will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 19 through 21st, 2009.
The speaker program looks very impressive with the following speakers confirmed and more to come.
- Philip Lieten, Fragaria Holland, Netherland
- Ray Daniels, Sunray Strawberries, Australia
- John Lewis, Nova Scotia
- Natalia Peres, Florida
- Eric Morrow, Louisiana grower
- David Handley, Maine
- Barbara Smith, Mississippi
- Bielinski Santos, Florida
- Dell Christianson, Minnesota
- In addition we will be having a number of panel and round table discussions.
The host hotel will be the beautiful and historic Hotel Monteleone, located on the world famous Royal Street in the French Quarter, just a block from the sights and sounds of Bourbon Street and world famous Canal Street.
Review the Agenda*Updated 1/12/09
This Year's Farm Tour, January 21
Call for Conference Posters-please read for submission information
Register Today We are still accepting registrations thru Jan. 15.
Click here to download registration form.
Great Sponsor Opportunities!
This is a great opportunity to highlight your company to berry growers and marketers. This conference is getting a great deal of publicity and interest and is expected to be very well attended. Click here for sponsor information.
Click here to see our Sponsors that have signed up so far.
Exhibitors
This is a great show to contact berry growers and related industries. You'll have two days of displays in a prominent location, designated Trade Show Breaks in the program, and company listing and product description in the Program.
Exhibitors include: Lassen Canyon, Nourse Farms, Norcal Nursery/Indiana Plant Company, J & M Industries, Filtrexx International, and Hillside Orchards.
• Click here for more information. • Click here to register for your booth now.
An Invitation to the Research Community
You are invited and encouraged to submit proposals for research grants for our 2009 funding considerations. We have committed more than $40,500 to research grants in each of the past 10 years, and NASGA is sensitive to the concerns of research scientists with regard to funding, publishing and university demands.
Proposals are due by December 15, 2008. Please review our Invitation to Researchers, Research Priorities, and the Guidelines for Submission.
New: NASGA NEWS
December 2008 Newsletter
This quarter's newsletter is full of great information about the upcoming winter conference in January, new research about strawberries and antioxidants, and a listing of important upcoming events. Read the NASGA News for December 2008 (NASGA member login required. If you have forgotten your login ID, please email us.)
View Photos from
6th International Strawberry Symposium in Huelva, Spain
A number of NASGA members attended the 6th International Strawberry Symposium in Huelva, Spain on February 28-March 2. Those attending also enjoyed a special NASGA lead three-day pretour of the area.
Past president Steve Polter, Polter Berry Farm, prepared a slide show of the visit.
NASGA MEMBERS
Special benefits of your NASGA membership include NASGA sponsored research reports, access to video quicktime movies of presentations at the 6th Annual Symposium, and our members newsletter. To view these items requires your membership ID and Password. If you have not yet received yours, contact Kevin Schooley or Steve Polter
Please Thank and Support Our Sponsors of the 2009 Winter Conference:
Gold
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![Lassen Canyon](images/sponsors/lassencanyon_07.gif) |
Silver
Sponsors |
![G.W. Allen](images/sponsors/GWAllen_2008.gif) |
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![Novafruit](images/sponsors/novafruit.gif) |
![Nourse Farms](images/sponsors/Nourse_Farms_07.gif) |
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