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*EVENTS* *Farm to School Meet and Greet* Take advantage of this growing market opportunity. This is a great opportunity for Michigan farmers to meet school food service directors from Genesee and surrounding counties who are interested in purchasing local foods for school meals programs. *When: *Wednesday, May 5, 2010, from 4-6:00 pm * Where:* Genesee Intermediate School District, Health, Safety, and Nutrition Services, 2284 S. Ballenger Highway, Flint, MI 48503 *Why:* Join us for this Meet & Greet to get your questions answered. Participating school food service directors will discuss: - Products of interest to schools - Competitive bidding procedures - Delivery, packaging, and payment arrangements *How:* Cost: Free of charge. Please RSVP to Colleen Matts, *[log in to unmask]*or call (517) 432-0310. * * *Effective Spraying of Orchards* *When:* June 10, 2010, from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. *Where:* This workshop will be held at an orchard in the Door County area. Directions will be sent to you after you enroll. *Why: *This unique, innovative program provides an intensive, one-day applied course including hands-on demonstrations in the field. This course will help you: - Improve your knowledge of spraying techniques, leading to better deposition and less drift. - Improve your timeliness of application, resulting in better disease and insect control - Reduce off-target drift, keeping you within the law - Show you how to modernize your existing sprayer - Inform you of new developments in sprayer design, keeping you up-to-date - Help you reduce pesticide use by 30 to 40 percent, improving your profitability *How:* Cost: $20 (includes breakfast, lunch, workbook). To register visit * www.michiganorganic.msu.edu* under the events tab, and click on the event brochure. Deadline May 28, 2010. Course is limited to 24 participants on a first come, first served basis. No on-site registration permitted. * * *Effective Spraying of Vineyards* *When:* July 11, 2010, from 8 a.m.- 5p.m. * Where:* This workshop will be held at a vineyard in the Door/Kewaunee area. Directions will be sent to you after you enroll. *Why:* This workshop is similar to the Orchard Spraying workshop by focuses on Vineyards, this innovative program provides an intensive, one-day applied course including hands-on demonstrations in the field. This course will help you: - Improve your knowledge of spraying techniques, leading to better deposition and less drift. - Improve your timeliness of application, resulting in better disease and insect control - Reduce off-target drift, keeping you within the law - Show you how to modernize your existing sprayer - Inform you of new developments in sprayer design, keeping you up-to-date - Help you reduce pesticide use by 30 to 40 percent, improving your profitability *How:* Cost: $20 (includes breakfast, lunch, workbook). To register visit * www.michiganorganic.msu.edu* under the events tab, and click on the event brochure. Deadline May 28, 2010. Course is limited to 24 participants on a first come, first served basis. No on-site registration permitted. If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html