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Northwest Berry Foundation

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle work, 11/9/2018, by Jason Myer

Week 47
November 21, 2019 Julie Pond
Northwest Berry Foundation

W H AT ' S INSIDE
Announcements
Industry Calendar Reflecting on this Thanksgiving 2019 edition of the Small Fruit Update
I’m drumming up a little nostalgia and a lot of thanks.
Commission & Councils
I’ve been immersed in agriculture all my life. I was raised watching the
grain prices and weather all day every day, recognizing if I wanted to
spend time with my family it needed to happen in the cab of a tractor,
and expecting that early morning wake up call to start the farm day.
SUBSCRIBE >> These often chaotic activities shaped who I am and I’m extremely
thankful for them.

For those that don’t know, I was raised on a farm in Saskatchewan.

Canadian Thanksgivings were always spent scrambling to get the
crops off before the snow flew. If it rained, we grumbled around the
Thanksgiving table and if the weather was fit for harvest, we were
eating our turkey dinner out of Tupperware plates in the field. Either
way, it was usually a short-lived occasion, but we always took a few
minutes for perspective to celebrate the bounty we brought in that
year.

Fast forward to the last decade of me being part of the Pacific North-
west berry industry (ok, it’s been more than a decade but I’m starting
to lose count). I’ve worked alongside researchers, industry represent-
atives, and dedicated community members. But nothing is better
than working alongside growers all of whom work tirelessly towards
producing fruit they are proud of.

So as I prepare to celebrate my Thanksgiving here as a newly minted

American citizen, a citizen who is still proudly working in agriculture
I’ll leave you with this reflection of thanks. Thanks to you all for being
part of the bounty making that makes celebrations like this meaning-
ful.

I hope to see you at the NCSFR Conference and the Small Fruit Confer-
Small Fruit Update is ence the week after Thanksgiving.
produced once a week
during the growing Happy Thanksgiving,
season and then
bimonthly outside the
growing season.
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Drs Man-Yeon Choi and Jana Lee, Research

Entomologists at USDA-ARS are hunting for a M.S.
Student. Student will be fully funded and can start
immediately. Study is a non-toxic alternative for
SWD control. Contact man-yeon.choi@usda.gov
or jana.lee@usda.gov with your CV and letter of
interest initially. More info here....

Click to read.

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DECEMBER 2-4 DEADLINE JANUARY 8
NCSFR Northwest Center for Small OSC Oregon Strawberry Commission
Fruits research Conference Silver Reef Hotel Meeting Noon-3:30pm Hotel Oregon 2nd Floor
Ferndale, WA. SPECIAL NOTE: Hotel discount ends Nov meeting room, McMinnville, OR, Portland, OR. Contact
22nd! Register now. Dana for more info.

DECEMBER 4-6 JANUARY 19-22

WA Small Fruit Conference & Lynden Ag NASGA 2020 Annual Meeting &
Show Click to see agenda and register. Conference Holiday Inn Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX
Register here.
DECEMBER 4
WRRC Washington Red Raspberry JANUARY 22
Commission Meeting 8am-9:30am at the WA WRRC Washington RED RASPBERRY
Small Fruit Conference. See above event. Contact COMMISSION BOARD Meeting Noon-5pm 204
Henry Bierlink. Hawley St. Lynden, WA. Contact Henry Bierlink.

DECEMBER 5 JANUARY 29-30

WBC Washington Blueberry Commission Northwestern Vegetable & Berry
Meeting 8am-9:30am at the WA Small Fruit Confer- Farmers Conference Information to come.
ence. See above event. Monarch Hotel, Clackmas OR. Register here.

DECEMBER 10 JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 1

ORBC Annual Grower's Meeting Pacific Agriculture Show - Abbotsford
8:30am-2:00pm. If you recieved funding you are expected Tradex Exhibition Centre, Abbotsford, BC. See website.
to attend and report. Wellspring Conference Center, Wood-
burn, OR. Contact Phillip Gütt. FEBRUARY 3
OBC Oregon Blueberry Conference
JANUARY 6-7 Salem Convention Center, the Grand Hotel, Salem, OR.
79th Annual PNWIMC: Pacific Northwest Click here for agenda and registration.
Insect Management Conference 2020
9am-4:30pm Hilton Downtown Portland, OR. To Sponsor, FEBRUARY 12
attend, and present read more here. OSC Oregon Strawberry Commission
Annual Meeting Save the date! OSU NWREC,
JANUARY 8-10 Aurora, OR.
94th Annual Orchard Pest and Disease
Conference 9am-4:30pm Hilton Downtown Portland, MARCH 3-6
OR. To Sponsor, attend, and present read more here. 2020 NARBA Annual Conference Chase Park
Plaza Hotel, St Louis, MO. See conference website.
JANUARY 8
WRRC washington red raspberry MARCH 3-6
commission Research meeting 10am-Noon to 2020 Behind the Blue | NABC Spring
review research proposals. 204 Hawley St., Lynden, WA. Meetings Washington D.C. SAVE THE DATE!.
Contact Henry Bierlink.

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About the
Small Fruit Upate
This is the sole industry publication
gathering grower and producer
news and weekly field reports to
unite, stabilize, and strengthen the
Northwest berry growing region
(Canada and US).
Production is independent of
government and commerical
control and made possible by the
following commission & councils.
Oregon Red Raspberry Click group to learn more!
9/3/2019 by Heather Fara

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