LSU AgCenter Issues Call For Entries For 2020 Get It Growing Calendar


instructions and vibrant photos of plants from across the state. The LSU AgCenter has issued a call for entries for


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photographs for the 2020 Get It Growing calendar to give professional and amateur photographers from Louisiana an opportunity to submit their work and earn recognition if their photos are selected for the 2020 lawn and garden calendar. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 28, 2019. LSU AgCenter faculty members will select approxi-


mately 40 photographs of Louisiana gardens, plants, vegetables and flowers, said Elma Sue McCallum, the project coordinator. “This is a great opportunity for gardeners and pho-


tographers to share their talents and help the LSU AgCenter with its gardening education initiative,” Mc- Callum said. Photographers chosen for the featured monthly


pages will receive five copies of the published calen- dar, and their names will be included with their pho- tos, McCallum said. Other contributors also will be listed with their photos, and they will receive two copies of the published calendar. Photographs must be submitted as high-resolution


digital images on CD with the photographer’s name, address, telephone number and email address at- tached. All images must be the original work of the photographer submitting the image. “Since our first call for entries in 2004, we have re-


lied on Louisiana gardeners and photographers to submit their beautiful photos of flowers, plants, veg-


The 2019 Get It Growing calendar features dozens of photographs taken by photographers and gardeners from across Louisiana.


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ouisiana flowers, vegetables and gardens take center stage in the LSU AgCenter Get It Growing calendar, which is filled with gardening tips and


etables and gardens for the calendar,” McCallum said. “Every year we are thrilled with the results and grateful to all the photographers who enter the com- petition.” Submission guidelines can be found on the Call for


Entries form, which is available at www.LSUAgCen- ter.com/GetItGrowingCalendar.


Contributors are asked to limit their entries to 25


or fewer of their best photos. The 2019 edition of the calendar includes a feature


on planting trees, shrubs and ground covers for fall; new Louisiana Super Plants; and an illustrated how- to on planting Easter lily bulbs. It is on sale now at www.LSUAgCenter.com/OnlineStore.


∆ Photo by Igor Kamalov/LSU AgCenter


2019 Kentucky Fruit And Vegetable Conference Set For Jan. 7-8


help their enterprises at the 2019 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Confer- ence Jan. 7-8 at Lexing- ton’s Embassy Suites Hotel. Preconference sessions


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on Sunday, Jan. 6 will begin with a vegetable roundtable discussion from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and a tree and small fruit roundtable from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. “This conference will


provide producers with valuable information that will help both business and production aspects of their operations,” said Rachel Rudolph, exten- sion vegetable specialist in the University of Ken- tucky College of Agricul- ture,


Food Environment. and “We’ve


tried to cater the confer- ence to both new, less ex- perienced growers and growers who have been farming for a long time. We have a wide range of presentations, including some topics that previous


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ruit and vegetable producers will find much information to


attendees have re-


quested, such as talks on irrigation and new prod- uct development and marketing.” Participants


may


choose from several con- current sessions with topics that include farm- ers markets, small fruit production,


vegetable


production, tree fruit pro- duction, high tunnel pro- duction, marketing and business management, organic production, the Grape and Wine Short Course and updates on Produce Best Practices Training and the Food Safety Modernization Act. In addition to UK exten-


sion associates and spe- cialists, speakers will include Bruce Bordelon, extension viticulturist from Purdue University; Carl Cantaluppi, retired North Carolina extension agent and East Coast as- paragus expert; Maria Pe- terson, filtration media specialist at Scott Labo- ratories, Petaluma, Cali- fornia; Celeste Welty, The Ohio State University ex- tension entomologist; and Annette Wszelaki, veg-


etable extension special- ist at the University of Tennessee. An Exhibitor/Grower


Luncheon will be offered on Jan. 7, with an op- tional wine tasting that evening. The luncheon on Jan. 8 will feature Ken- tucky Proud products. Participants will be able to explore exhibits on both days during the trade show. The conference is a joint


meeting of the Kentucky State Horticulture Soci- ety, the Kentucky Veg- etable


Growers


Association, the Organic Association of Kentucky, the Kentucky Wineries Association, and the Ken- tucky Horticulture Coun- cil, in cooperation with the UK College of Agricul- ture, Food and Environ- ment, Kentucky State University and the Ken- tucky Department of Agriculture. Conference preregistra-


tion is $40 per person, while registration after Dec. 14 or at the door is $60. Registration in- cludes


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