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Mid-Ohio Grower's M E E T I N G TOP-NOTCH EDUCATION FOR PRODUCE AND FLOWER GROWERS January 9-10, 2020 Mount Hope Event Center 8076 State Route 241 Millersburg, Ohio 44654 ( MOUNT HOPE AUCTION GROUNDS )

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M E E T I N G

TOP-NOTCH EDUCATION FOR PRODUCE AND FLOWER GROWERS

January 9-10, 2020

Mount Hope Event Center8076 State Route 241 Millersburg, Ohio 44654

(MOUNT HOPE AUCTION GROUNDS)

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Admission & MotelsAdmission to the Event(ONE ADMISSION COVERS BOTH DAYS)

At the door . . . . . . . . . . $25 .00 per personPre-registered . . . . . . . $20 .00 per person

preregistration deadline for both days is december 31, 2019 .

14 and under . . . . . . . . FREEREGISTRATION STARTS AT 7:00 A .M .

ALL PAID ADMISSIONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A 20' X 48' GREENHOUSE .

DRAWING AT 2:00 P .M . ON FRIDAY .

FILL OUT SESSION EVALUATIONS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN 1 OF 2 $50 CASH PRIZES AT THE END OF EACH DAY .

FOR PREREGISTRATION OR MORE INFORMATION, CALL OR WRITE

Mid-Ohio Growers LLCP .O . Box 111 | Mount Hope, Ohio 44660

P . 330 .275 .7566 | midohiogrowersmtg@gmail .comwww .midohiogrowers .com

You will want to visit the vendors in the trade show area to get the latest items available .

Some companies will have special offers .

Area HotelsBerlin Encore Hotel & Suites4365 SR 39, Berlin, OH 44610 | 1-888-988-2414

Berlin Grande4784 TR 366, Berlin, OH 44610 | 330-403-3050

Berlin Vil lage Inn5135 SR 39, Berlin, OH 44610 | 800-869-7571 | 330-893-2861

Carlisle Inn Walnut Creek4949 Walnut St, Walnut Creek, OH 44687 | 330-893-3636

Comfor t Inn Millersburg1102 Glen Drive, Millersburg, OH 44654 | 330-674-7400

Comfor t Suites Berlin4810 TR 366, Berlin, OH 44654 | 330-893-7400

Holiday Inn Express1005 S Washington St, Millersburg, OH 44654 | 1-234-301-9005

Sleep Inn & Suites Mt Hope8050 SR 241, Millersburg, OH 44654 | 330-294-9977

The Inn at Amish Door1210 Winesburg St, Wilmot, OH 44685 | 888-264-7436

Zinks Inn Berlin4703 SR 39, Berlin, OH 44610 | 330-893-6600

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10:00 - 11:00 Room BORGANIC PRACTICES FOR WEED CONTROLMark Williams

10:00 - 11:00 Room AOPPORTUNITY FOR WINTER PRODUCTION IN HIGH TUNNELKip Rondy

10:00 - 11:00 Room CIDEAS ON COMBINATION PLANTERSJim Mitchell

11:15 - 12:15 Room AHIGH TUNNEL TOMATO GROWING PRACTICESJudson Reid

11:15 - 12:00 Room BGROWING AND MARKETING CUT FLOWERSSarah Swope & Rebecca Zeisler

11:30 - 12:30 Room CPEPPER GROWING EXPERIENCESRick Molnar

1:00 - 2:00 Room BGROWING SWEET CORN FOR THAT JUNE MARKETDaniel VanPelt

1:30 - 2:30 Room CON FARM DO'S AND DON'TS IN FOOD SAFETYJeff Stoltzfus

2:15 - 3:15 Room BBALANCING SOIL MINERALSBill McKibben

2:30 -3:30 Room APEST AND DISEASE CHALLENGES IN FLOWER GROWINGSinclair Adam

2:45 - 3:45 Room CGROWER, BUYER, AUCTIONEER, AUCTION PANELAmos Hostetler - Daniel Hershberger - Jr Miller

Thursday, January 9Trade Show Open from 8:30 a .m . - 6:00 p .m .

= Ohio Pesticide Application Training CreditsBRING YOUR LICENSE

P .A .T .

1:15 - 2:15 Room AIMPROVING SOIL HEALTH WITH MYCORRHIZAEMichael Phillips

P .A .T . category 3 p . 45 min

P .A .T . category 5 p . 45 min

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Thursday, January 9 continued

Have a good day!

THERE WILL BE BREAKFAST AVAILABLEfrom 7:00 a .m . - 10:00 a .m . on both days .

THERE WILL BE A LUNCH BUFFET AVAILABLE from 11:00 a .m . - 2:30 p .m . on Thursday and

from 11:00 a .m . - 1:00 p .m . on Friday .

COSTAdults $12 .50 per day

4-9 years $8 .00 per day3 and under eat free

Food

3:45 - 4:45 Room AHOLISTIC SPRAY INGREDIENTS FOR ORCHARD PRODUCTIONMichael Phillips

3:30 - 4:30 Room BNO TILL PUMPKINS AND COVER CROPSDoug Biehls

6:00 - 7:00REFRESHMENTS WITH THE VENDORS

4:00 - 4:45 Room CGROWING SWEET ONIONSJeff Stoltzfus

5:00 - 6:00 Room ADEVELOPING & MAINTAINING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPSDallas Steiner

4:45 - 5:45 Room BSUPPLYING THE IDEAL NUTRIENTS FOR YOUR FLOWERSSinclair Adam

5:00 - 6:00 Room CDISPLAYING AT YOUR FARM MARKETDebbie Patton

P .A .T . category 3 p . 30 min

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Friday, January 10Exhibit Open from 8:00 a .m . - 2:00 p .m .

11:15 - 12:15 Room BSELECTING VARIETIES FOR THE BEST COMBO PLANTERSheryl Ingram

9:00 - 9:45 Room CMAPLE SYRUP part 1benefits of properly tapping maple treesKevin Lawyer

9:00 - 10:00 Room BSTARTING AND MAINTAINING AN ORCHARDMichael Phillips

9:00 - 9:45 Room AGROWING AND MARKETING STRAWBERRIESJeff Probst

10:00 - 11:00 Room AIMPORTANCE OF MINERAL BALANCING IN SOILTodd Zehr

11:15 - 12:00 Room APUMPKIN AND FALL MIX GROWING OPPORTUNITIESJeff Stoltzfus

1:00 - 2:00 Room ATIPS FOR GROWING HEALTHY SMALL BERRIESMichael Phillips

11:00 - 11:45 Room CTHE VALUE OF COMMUNITY FAMILY FARMSJerry D Miller

1:00 -2:00 Room CMAPLE SYRUP part 2boiling sap for top quality syrupKevin Lawyer

1:00 - 2:00 Room BFLOWER GROWING IDEAS (panel discussion)Andrew Yoder - Jonathan Gingerich - Sheryl Ingram

10:00 - 10:45 Room CINSECTS AND DISEASES IN HIGH TUNNEL CROPSJudson Reid

10:15 - 11:00 Room BFIRST STEPS FOR THE VEGETABLE FARMERJohn Miller Jr - David Fry - Jonas Esh

= Ohio Pesticide Application Training CreditsBRING YOUR LICENSE

P .A .T .

P .A .T . category 3 p . 30 min

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JONATHAN GINGERICH is the owner of Yonie’s Greenhaus, a family operation that began in 2004 . They grow and retail a wide variety of annual flowers in flats, 4 .5” pots, hanging baskets, and planters . They also grow lots of vegetable plants, including heirloom tomatoes . Herbs, perennials, and flowering shrubs round out the selection . Yonie’s uses a variety of beneficial insects for pest insect control . Jonathan is also a certified organic grain farmer on their 3rd generation family farm .

TODD ZEHR is the founder and owner of SoilBiotics, a company specializing in developing and manufacturing unique seed enhancements and plant nutritional products for agriculture . Todd located his company in the heartland of Illinois, and has moved SoilBiotics into the forefront of developing organic products that are not only 100% sustainable, but environmentally friendly to soils and ground water . Todd is dedicated to passing along his expertise and vision for sustainability by consulting throughout the agricultural industry on how to increase profitability by growing crops with less inputs and better management practices . As agriculture grows and the industry transforms, he is driven to impact the direction of technological advancement from the ground up .

BILL MCKIBBEN has a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science (combined Honors Program), The Ohio State University in Soil Chemistry . He is currently on the advisory board for Ohio State University for the Basic Cation Saturation Ratio project . This includes helping to set up testing protocol and parameters . His goal is to make a difference in agriculture especially in the area of soil analysis and crop yields . He feels this will be accomplished by combining the standard soil test with soil solubility analysis and tissue profiling . His book, The Art of Balancing Soil Nutrients, has been published by Acres USA .

JEFF STOLTZFUS has worked as a Farm Food Safety educator with Penn State since 2016 . Prior to that he spent 23 years with the ELANCO school district as an adult ag educator working with vegetable and crop production and eventually food safety . He lives on a small beef, vegetable and crop farm and grows strawberries and pumpkins .

JUDSON REID is a Senior Extension Associate with the Cornell Vegetable Program . He manages a series of research and education projects for greenhouse, high tunnel and field production of fresh market vegetables . Judson has conducted educational sessions with farmers in the U .S ., Mexico, Canada, Caribbean, Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Cuba (New York) . A high stepping, haybaling, barefoot youth from a northern dairy farm, Judson went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees from Cornell University in agriculture .

DALLAS STEINER is CEO of Venture Products, Inc . (VPI) with its headquarters in Orrville, Ohio . VPI is a global company that designs and manufactures two product lines; VENTRAC, a compact tractor with over 30 commercial grade attachments for markets that include slope mowing, golf courses, landscape/snow contractors, and municipalities, and TILMOR, a small agricultural tractor with implements and tool equipment that provide innovative solutions built for small-scale farms . With more than 40 years of experience in designing, manufacturing, and marketing outdoor power and agricultural equipment, Dallas is responsible for leading product growth in global markets and provides leadership to expanding export sales .

DR . MARK WILLIAMS has been a faculty member in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentucky since 2001 and he is currently the Chair of the department . His research interests are in sustainable agriculture, with a particular focus on evaluating and developing sustainable organic horticulture production systems . Dr . Williams has conducted a range of experiments in organic farming, from optimizing the production of direct-marketed vegetables to developing control options for specific pest problems in cucurbits, peppers, tomatoes and apples .

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JOHN MILLER JR grew up on a dairy farm here in north central Ohio . He has a 76 acre farm on which he has been growing 12-16 acres of organic produce for 10 years .

DANIEL VANPELT was born and raised on a farm in Mahoning County in northeast Ohio . His family has been raising produce for 35 years . Currently they raise 50+ acres of produce, 30 of which are sweet corn . Most of the produce is sold at VanPelt’s Farm Market .

JIM MITCHELL and his wife both graduated at NC State University with BS in Horticulture . While in school he helped with research on blueberries and she was the trial gardens manager at the forerunner of JC Ralston Arboretum . They started a small nursery in 1979 and did mowing as well as outdoor maintenance around local businesses . In 1993 they bought a small farm in King, to expand their tree and shrub growing . They grew our first greenhouse crop of poinsettias in ’96 and it has ‘Grown’ from there .

AMOS HOSTETLER has been growing produce since 1995, and involved with a Produce Auction since 2003 . He currently operates a farm market and grows hanging baskets, planters, and potted plants for the Produce Auction .

SARAH SWOPE & REBECCA ZEISLER are a mother/daughter team from Salem, Ohio that have been growing cut flowers for 12 years . They own and operate Heritage Lane Farm, raising produce, cut flowers and livestock in a sustainable manner . Their growing season begins in March and continues through December . The majority of flowers that are grown and harvested are arranged and sold at Shaker Square Farmer’s Market in Cleveland, Ohio . A few flowers are sold in bulk to local consumers and the duo also arranges flowers for several weddings and other events each year .

SINCLAIR ADAM JR has a B .S . in Plant & Soil Science from the University of Wyoming in 1983 and a M .S . in Plant & Soil Science from the University of Vermont in 1988 . He has published many articles, holds 15 plant patents and has bred Chrysanthemums, Tiarella, x Heucherella and Phlox .

MICHAEL PHILLIPS is renowned for helping people grow healthy fruit using herbal protocols . The community orchard movement that he helped found at GrowOrganicApples .com provides a full immersion into the holistic approach to orcharding . His Lost Nation Orchard is part of a medicinal herb farm in northern New Hampshire . Michael is the author of The Apple Grower and The Holistic Orchard which recently received Garden Book of the Year honors from the American Horticultural Society . He teamed up with his wife Nancy to write The Herbalist’s Way, to explore the many paths whereby herbalists find their green niche . Michael’s latest, Mycorrhizal Planet: How Fungi and Plants Work Together to Create Dynamic Soils, will rock you! Together we create the green leaf, the living mycelium, the amber grain, the good rain, the warm sun, and indeed the perfect apple .

ANDREW YODER and his wife Barbara are second generation owners of Mt Eaton Greenhouse . Two daughters and a son-in-law are currently employed as 3rd generation in the business . Mt Eaton Greenhouse is a retail garden center that is open year-round .

JONAS ESH has been on a produce farm since he was 10 years old where his family grew produce and sold at a roadside stand . Currently Jonas along with his wife Linda and 10 children grow 10 acres of produce for the Wayne County Produce auction in Indiana .

DAVID FRY owns a 38-acre farm in northern Indiana . David, with the help of his wife and family grow produce, popcorn and a few steers . He also serves on the committee of Truck Patch Connections and of the Food Safety Team .

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KIP RONDY has been a lifelong grower . He dropped out of graduate school in the 70's and moved to West Virginia to begin to a life long experience in Farming . Nearly 50 years latter he still is at it now located in southeastern Ohio with the development of winter long production of high tunnel greens with no external heat source . Crops in these greenhouses (kale, carrots, salad, etc .) have survived minus zero temps with little or no damage, or significant loss of production .

DANIEL HERSHBERGER is the owner of Hershberger's Farm and Bakery . He has been buying from a produce auction since taking the business over from his father in 1998 . Along with his wife Mary Esther and their 9 children they continue to operate the family business .

JERRY D MILLER and his wife Gloria Ruth have 7 children and live on Gloria Ruth’s 173 acre home farm . They have been certified organic since 2005 and are currently milking 60 Jersey cows relying on intensive grazing and market through Organic Valley .

RICK MOLNAR is a fourth-generation farmer at Molnar Farms in Poland, Ohio . The farm grows produce in addition to their grain operations . Most of their produce, including sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers and peaches, is sold through the farm’s retail store . Rick graduated the University of Akron with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and an MBA in Management .

KEVIN LAWYER has worked as a member of the Sales team and research and development at Leader Evaporator for 6 years . Originally from Bakersfield, Vermont and has lived there all of his life . Kevin learned Maple from his Father and Grandfather that boiled from 3,000 taps on a wood fired Leader Evaporator . He’s spent time in Maple regions all over the US and parts of Canada . He enjoys and has been in many hundreds of woods and sugarhouses across the country and also has his own 12,000 tap maple sugaring operation . In his free time he owns pick your own apple orchards and enjoys planting various crops for harvest during the fall .

JEFF PROBST owns and runs Blooms & Berries Farm Market & Garden Center in Cincinnati Ohio . With his parents, Jeff opened the farm to the public in 1999 with the intention of earning money for college and learning business skills . 20 years later Blooms & Berries has used authentic farm experiences such as branded Fall Festival and U-Pick Strawberries to grow to over 50,000 guest visits in 2019 . Jeff says his recipe for success is authentic farm experiences, blended with a charming environment and a great staff . Jeff and his team grow U-Pick Strawberries, blueberries, sunflowers and pumpkins .

SHERYL INGRAM has been a passionate and creative gardener for nearly 30 years . She particularly loves working with custom and designer planters and arrangements, and with all types of interior plants (succulents, minis, fairies, house plants, etc .) . Seven years ago, Sheryl joined Meadow View Growers and has been able to express her creative talents even further . Meadow View’s valued customers enjoy participating in the various workshops which she organizes and leads .

DOUG BIEHLS is part owner of Starr Farms Partnership and Top Choice Produce in Connersville, Indiana . The farm operation has been practicing no-till for over 40 years . Doug has been growing pumpkins on a large scale for shipping to distribution centers across the US for 10 years . Currently he no-tills 400 acres of pumpkins and fall items into a cereal rye cover crop in the spring . Doug plans on sharing some of the many benefits to his production system as well as some of the pitfalls .

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Ackermans Dalton, OHBetter Gro of Ohio LTD Millersburg, OHCedar Lane Farms Wooster, OHCertis USA PawPaw, MICounty Line Produce Auction West Salem, OHCushman Creek Supply Holton, MICVS Supply Dundee, OHD&S Farm and Garden Supply LLC Middlefield, OHDinky Flat Filler Fortuna, MOE&R Seed Monroe, INE-Z Trail Manufacturing Fredericksburg, OHFarmers National Bank Wooster, OHFarmers Produce Auction Mt . Hope, OHGreen Field Farms Wooster, OHHarvey’s Incred-A-Soil Shiloh, OHHolmes Ag Service Holmesville, OHHYR Brix Delaware, OHImpact Sales Inc . Cincinnati, OHM&M Flowers Monroe, INMartin's Produce Supplies Shippensburg, PAMartin's Wire Forming Bainbridge, OHMichigan Peat (Baccto) Sandusky, MIMiller Chemical Hanover, PAMonte Package Co . Riverside, MINourse Farms Inc . South Deerfield, MAODA/Food Safety Reynoldsburg, OHOmex Agri Fluids Duncansville, PAPioneer Equipment Inc . Dalton, OHPremier Tech Horticulture Quakertown, PAQuality Fresh Magnolia, OHRupp Seeds Wauseou, OHSchlabach Nursery Medina, NYSeedway LLC Hall, NYSpring Valley Flowers Fredericksburg, OHSummers Alive! Nursery Windsor, OHSuper Gro of Iowa LLC Brookville, OHThe Dewitt Co Sikeston, MOTimac Agro USA Reading, PAT .O . Plastics Clearwater, MNToro Micro Irrigation Accomac, VAYoder’s Produce Inc . Fredericksburg, OH

GoldS P O N S O R S

GoldS P O N S O R S

Greenhouses | Seeds | Irrigation Supplies and Equipmentfor your Horticulture & Agriculture needs.

Stop by our booth for Specials and Close-out Items

9599 S . Apple Creek RoadFredericksburg, Ohio 44627

330 .695 .5900

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OUR MISSIONis to provide educational

information on growing andmarketing fruits, vegetables, and

flowers for small growers .

SilverS P O N S O R S

Advancing Alternatives Lancaster, PABiosafe Systems Hartford, CTBull Country Compost Dundee, OHCisco Companies Indianapolis, INCutco North Ridgeville, OHCustom Field Tiling Millersburg, OHDema Engineering St . Louis, MODosatron International Clearwater, FLDubois Agrinovation Inc Saint-Remi, QBDutch Valley Growers LaCrosse, INFerris Farm New Wilmington, PAFertrell Bainbridge, PAFood Safety Education Team Crab Orchard, KYGlacier Valley Enterprises Barboo, WIGreenStar Farm Markets Greenford, OHGrimes Horticulture Concord-Township, OHGrowers Mineral Solutions Milan, OHGrowtech Inc . Worthington, OHHabrun's Insurance Service Millersburg, OHHarris Moran Seed Co . Fremont, OHHC Companies Middlefield, OHHeat Queen Furnace Fredericksburg, OHHostetler Equipment West Salem, OHJ&D Manufacturing Eau Claire, WIJDS Seeds Orrville, OHJonathon Marketing Nicholasville, KYMarrone Bio Innovations Lowell, MIMaysville Elevator Fredericksburg, OHMerit Seeds Berlin, OHMoreland Fruit Farm Wooster, OHNorth Union Farmers Market Cleveland, OHOhio Earth Food Hartville, OHOhio Ecological Food & Farm Association Columbus, OH Penn Valley Farms Lititz, PAPoly Expert Loval, QCRichland Micro Drainage Shiloh, OHRispens Seeds Beecher, ILRivulis Irrigation Fennville, MIRockford Package Supply Rockford, MIRooster's Organic Dundee, OHSF Organics Millersburg, OHShady Grove AG Products Bainbridge, OHStokes Seeds Inc Buffalo, NYTilmor Orrville, OHTroyer Wholesale Apple Creek, OHTurner Industrial Sales Southgate, KYUnited Granulation Seymour, INWayne Savings Bank Wooster, OHYoder's Massaging Insoles Londonderry, OH

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Address

Number Attending

Names of People Attending

Deadline for pre-registration is December 31, 2019Make checks payable to: Mid-Ohio Growers LLC

P .O . Box 111 • Mount Hope, Ohio 44660

Pre-Registration Form

OUR MISSIONis to provide educational

information on growing andmarketing fruits, vegetables, and

flowers for small growers .

Refreshments with the vendors . You will not want to miss this!Thursday Evening 6:00 - 7:00 .

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