Soil, meals safety highlighted at Thirty third HTFG Confab Oct. 5-7 in Honolulu

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“Safety Begins with the Soil” is the title of the Thirty third Hawaii Worldwide Tropical Fruit Convention Oct. 5-7 on the Neal Blaisdell Middle in Honolulu. The 2023 convention presents a full lineup of academic choices, panel discussions, a commerce present, and the Well-known Friday Fruit Tasting.

Geared to farmers, educators, orchard managers and proponents of sustainable agriculture, the convention is offered by the statewide Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers (HTFG) and open to the general public. Take pleasure in an early fowl low cost of $50 by way of September 1.

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Analysis updates will likely be offered by Dr. Marisa Wall of the US Dept. of Agriculture on avocado lace bug, a staff from the UH Faculty of Tropical Agriculture and Human Sources and Director Sharon Hurd of the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture. Senator Mike Gabbard will even current a Hawaii legislative replace.

Convention attendees can attend a wide range of panel discussions on native fruit entry, soil well being and practices to enhance fruit manufacturing. Break-out periods will give attention to soil well being, meals preservation, going natural and Go Farm, plus grants and funding alternatives.

As well as, there will likely be Oahu excursions at Lokea Farms and the Wahiawa Produce Improvement Middle.

The convention is made doable with the assist of the Hawaii Division of Agriculture, D.R. Horton, Waianae Complete Well being Middle, Go Farm, Sodexo, Hawaiian Earth Recycling and HTFG members from throughout the state.     

Registration and price schedules can be found at https://www.htfg.org/event-details/Thirty third-annual-hawaii-tropical-fruit-growers-conference-2023 or by contacting Ken Love at kenlove@hawaiiantel.internet or Mark Suiso at mark.suiso@gmail.com.

Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers

Marking its thirty fourth yr, HTFG was included in 1989 to advertise tropical fruit grown in Hawaii. It’s a statewide affiliation of tropical fruit growers, packers, distributors, and hobbyists devoted to tropical fruit analysis, training, advertising and promotion; www.HTFG.org.

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