Great Plains Growers Conference
Date: January 12 – 14, 2017
The Great Plains Growers Conference (GPGC) is a combination of two great conferences:
- Great Plains Vegetable Conference and
- Mid-America Fruit Conference.
The three-day conference features presentations by knowledgeable speakers from throughout the nation. The conference showcases educational information from all five states: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota, along with vegetable specialists and growers from those states.
Some of the topics covered in past conferences include:
- High Tunnel Production
- Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Mini School
- GAPs/Food Safety
- Fruit Growing
- Honey Bees
- Farming Smarter, Not Harder
- Beginning Growing
- Vegetable Production
- Pest Management
- Cut Flower Tracks
- Farmers' Markets
- Organic Production
- Marketing & Agritourism
- Ethnic Vegetables
- Small Fruit & Tree Fruit
- Irrigation Practices
- Beginning Vegetable Production (for Spanish-speaking attendees
- Urban Horticulture & Gardens
- & Many More
To sign up for this year's conference, check out their web site at www.greatplainsgrowersconference.org
