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What: 2009 Horticulture Industries Show Conference
When: January 16 & 17
Where: Holiday Inn City Center Fort Smith, AR

It’s time to register for the 2009 Conference. December 12 is the pre-registration deadline for the conference and hotel.

“Conserving the Future – Managing Risks” is the theme for the 28th Arkansas and Oklahoma Horticulture Industries Show. This two-day grower meeting and trade show is sponsored by the University of Arkansas, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa Community College, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture. It has consistently provided growers the latest information on vegetables, fruit, herbs, Christmas trees, farmers market crops and public gardening issues. Growers from Oklahoma, Arkansas and surrounding states are welcome to attend.

On Friday and Saturday, each day will feature a keynote speaker following with six different grower organizations of H.I.S. providing concurrent educational programming on the following topic areas: Christmas Trees, Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs, Farmers’ Market Growing/Sustainable Agriculture, and Public Gardens/Master Gardeners. Attendees to the two-day event will receive a CD-Rom containing all programs presented during the event.

A file with information concerning the event can be opened by using Acrobat Reader. It can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.adobe. com/products/ acrobat/readstep 2_allversions. html or you can visit the website: http://www.hortla. okstate.edu/ his.htm for more information.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Donna Dollins via email or by phone.

We look forward to seeing you this year!

405-744-6460
Donna.dollins@ okstate.edu