Calendar
UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE 16–18 NPC SUMMER MEETING Inn of the Rio Grande Alamosa, Colo. Contact: Hollee Alexander at (202) 682-9456 or
hollee@nationalpotatocouncil.org
JUNE 20–22 WASHINGTON POTATO & ONION ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION Campbell’s Resort Lake Chelan, Wash. Contact: Tracy Mullen at (509) 528-4956 or tracymullen@hotmail.com
JULY 12–13 PMANA SUMMER MEETING 2010 Potato Marketing Association of North America Delta Calgary South Calgary, AB, Canada The meetings will start Monday, July 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., followed by a western-style barbeque dinner at the Clubhouse Calgary Stampede. The group will then attend the GMC Rangel and Derby.
Contact: Margie Bos at (403) 223-2262 or www.pmana.org
JULY 13–14 IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION 2ND ANNUAL WATER CONFERENCE Williamsburg, Va.
JUNE 15–16 SNAKE RIVER WEED CONTROL TOUR
Kimberly, Aberdeen R&E Centers Kimberly and Aberdeen, Idaho
The annual Snake River Weed Control Tour will begin at the Kimberly R&E Center on June 15 and continue on June 16 at the Aberdeen R&E Center. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the tour starts at 8:30. Contact: Pamela Hutchinson at phutch@uidaho.edu
JUNE 7–11 UNITED FRESH PRODUCE INSPECTION TRAINING PROGRAM USDA Fresh Products Branch National Inspectors’ Training and Development Center Fredericksburg, Va. United Fresh and the USDA-AMS have partnered to bring a unique program that
IA will again bring strategists, academics, environmentalists and water managers together with irrigation practitioners for a dialogue on the world’s water challenges and our industry’s role as part of the solution.
Contact: (703) 536-7080 or www.irrigation.org
is designed to provide real, hands-on instruction from USDA experts to anyone involved in the produce supply chain— grower to retailer. Contact: www2.unitedfresh.org or Tressie Tillar at (202) 303-3414 or ttillar@unitedfresh.org.
JULY 15 NORTHERN PLAINS POTATO GROWER ASSOCIATION GOLF OPEN Hillcrest Country Club Park River, N.D. Contact: www.nppga.org
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