Event Details
Date
Aug 2 - Aug 4, 2018
Time
Thursday August 2 morning through Saturday August 4 evening
Location
Adams County Region, Pennsylvania (Tour leaves from Geneva, NY)
Gettysburg, PA
Cost
$50.00 Early Registration Rate (by Monday July 23) $50
(additional attendee $50.00 ea.)
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit ProgramLOF NextGen Young Fruit Farmer Study Tour 2018 - Sponsorship Opportunities
August 2 - August 4, 2018
NextGen Young Fruit Farmer Study Tour in PA, August 2-4
(Sponsors Please Note: Scroll down for other LOF Program events to sponsor on "sponsorship opportunities" page)
The 3rd annual NextGen Young Fruit Farmer Study Tour will be held in the Adams County region of Pennsylvania August 2nd-4th.
The Young Growers Alliance (YGA) of Pennsylvania, the LOF team, the Future Fruit Growers of Lake Ontario, along with Matt Wells (New York Apple Sales), have organized an excellent itinerary.
The study tour is focused on helping next generation growers develop the knowledge and skills needed to take their family farms into the future.
There are no strict requirements to join. We have had people join the tour who are under 35, who are on family farms, who are growers in middle management positions, who may be beginning to manage farms, or who may be starting farms in the future. New growers are also welcome.
If you are not on the NextGen Young Fruit Growers email list (updates on the tour and any local events) and would like to be, please email Mark Wiltberger at mw883@cornell.edu.
For questions, don't hesitate to email or call Mark at 315-272-8530.
Register for this event by clicking here or on "Register for this Event Now" at the top of the page.
If you have contacted us to pre-register, please register online now.
Feel free to forward this to anyone you think may be interested! Is there someone in your organization who would benefit from this experience?
Trip Highlights:
The hosts at many of the stops are in the early years of their careers:
Visits to:
Delicious food and beverages:
Costs to you are:
Event Registration:
Event Registration will offset some of the transportation and other costs of the event:
Register now and save! Early Bird Registration rates end Wednesday July 25th!
Final deadline for registering the event is Wednesday July 26th!
We are limiting the tour to 30 spots!
Early Bird registration rate $50/person. Standard registration rate $60/person.
Register for this event by clicking here or on "Register for this Event Now" at the top of the page.
If you do not receive a confirmation email after submitting the registration form, please contact Mark at mw883@cornell.edu or 315-272-8530!
If you have contacted us to pre-register, please register online now.
The 3rd annual NextGen Young Fruit Farmer Study Tour will be held in the Adams County region of Pennsylvania August 2nd-4th.
The Young Growers Alliance (YGA) of Pennsylvania, the LOF team, the Future Fruit Growers of Lake Ontario, along with Matt Wells (New York Apple Sales), have organized an excellent itinerary.
The study tour is focused on helping next generation growers develop the knowledge and skills needed to take their family farms into the future.
There are no strict requirements to join. We have had people join the tour who are under 35, who are on family farms, who are growers in middle management positions, who may be beginning to manage farms, or who may be starting farms in the future. New growers are also welcome.
If you are not on the NextGen Young Fruit Growers email list (updates on the tour and any local events) and would like to be, please email Mark Wiltberger at mw883@cornell.edu.
For questions, don't hesitate to email or call Mark at 315-272-8530.
Register for this event by clicking here or on "Register for this Event Now" at the top of the page.
If you have contacted us to pre-register, please register online now.
Feel free to forward this to anyone you think may be interested! Is there someone in your organization who would benefit from this experience?
Trip Highlights:
The hosts at many of the stops are in the early years of their careers:
Visits to:
- Hollabaugh Bros, fourth generation orchard, farm, farm market, and bakery which collaborates with PSU Fruit Research and Extension Center.
- Three Springs Fruit Farm, a progressive orchard operated by grower Ben Wenk.
- Knouse Foods, packer and processor, known for Musselman brand.
- PSU Fruit Research and Extension Center, a look at their current research.
- Mt. Ridge Farms, owned and operated by the Slaybaugh family.
- Rice Fruit Company, a large packer and buyer of primarily fresh fruit.
Delicious food and beverages:
- Catered Dinner at Ragged Edge Coffee House & Local Hard Cider Sampling in Gettysburg.
- Hard cider and beer tasting at Thirsty Farmer Brew Works.
- Breakfast at Hollabaugh Brothers, fresh bakery and farm market.
- Lunch at The Apple Bin - homestyle American food.
Costs to you are:
- Registration fee
- Hotel 2 nights @$143/night approx. = $286
- Thursday night dinner is at no cost to you, catered meal at Ragged Edge Coffee House.
- Other meals: meals during transit, breakfast at Hollabaugh bakery, lunch at the Apple Bin, dinner on your own Friday night in Gettysburg, hard cider and beer tasting at Thirsty Farmer Brew Works. The eating establishments on the itinerary are moderately priced.
Event Registration:
Event Registration will offset some of the transportation and other costs of the event:
Register now and save! Early Bird Registration rates end Wednesday July 25th!
Final deadline for registering the event is Wednesday July 26th!
We are limiting the tour to 30 spots!
Early Bird registration rate $50/person. Standard registration rate $60/person.
Register for this event by clicking here or on "Register for this Event Now" at the top of the page.
If you do not receive a confirmation email after submitting the registration form, please contact Mark at mw883@cornell.edu or 315-272-8530!
If you have contacted us to pre-register, please register online now.
Room reservations:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn until Monday, July 30. It is up to each attendee to book their room. If you are unable to book a room at the Hampton Inn, please let us know, as we are planning logistics to depart from the Hampton Inn each day under the assumption that everyone is staying there.
The group rate is $129/night plus tax, for a total of approximately $143/night.
When you register, we will send you instructions on how to ask for the group rate for the room.
Itinerary:
Thursday, August 2nd
- 7:30am - 1:00pm Geneva Experiment Station, Geneva, NY to Biglerville, PA Geneva, NY Transit via mid-size shuttle.
- 1:00pm - 2:10pm Lunch at Apple Bin Biglerville, PA https://www.facebook.com/The-Apple-Bin-Grill-Bakery-113499752168803/
- 2:15pm - 3:50pm Three Springs Fruit Farm Aspers, PA http://www.threespringsfruitfarm.com/
- 4:00pm - 5:15pm Knouse Foods Biglerville, PA http://www.knouse.com/
- 5:30pm Dinner and Cider tasting at Ragged Edge Coffee House Gettysburg, PA http://raggededgecoffeehouse.four-food.com
Friday, August 3rd
- 8:15am - 9:45am Breakfast at Hollabaugh Brothers Biglerville, PA https://hollabaughbros.com/
- 10 am - Noon PSU Fruit Research and Extension Center Biglerville, PA https://agsci.psu.edu/frec
- 12:15pm - 1:15pm Thirsty Farmer Brew Works (Round Barn) Biglerville, PA https://thirsty-farmer-brew-works.business.site/
- 1:30pm - 2:45pm Mt. Ridge Farms Biglerville, PA https://www.facebook.com/mtridgefarms/
- 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Rice Fruit Company, Gardner, PA https://ricefruit.com/
- Dinner on your own Gettysburg, PA
Saturday, August 4th
- After breakfast - early PM Gettysburg, PA to Geneva, NY Depart from Gettysburg, PA for Geneva Experiment Station, Geneva, NY after breakfast, arrival by early PM
Any questions, please call or email me:
Mark Wiltberger
Cell: 315-272-8530
Email: mw883@cornell.edu
Mark Wiltberger
Area Extension Educator
Business Management
Lake Ontario Fruit Program
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cell: 315-272-8530
Email: mw883@cornell.edu
Mark Wiltberger
Cell: 315-272-8530
Email: mw883@cornell.edu
Mark Wiltberger
Area Extension Educator
Business Management
Lake Ontario Fruit Program
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cell: 315-272-8530
Email: mw883@cornell.edu
NextGen Young Fruit Farmer Study Tour Itinerary (PDF; 491KB)
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Sponsorship Notes
Sponsorship Opportunities for the Young Growers Tour
2018 LOF Young Fruit Farmer Study Tour - Thursday, August 2nd - Saturday, August 4th
For the 3rd year in a row, LOF (in partnership with New York Apple Sales and the Future Fruit Growers of Lake Ontario), is organizing an annual Young Fruit Farmer Study Tour. In 2016, Mario Miranda-Sazo (CCE-LOF) and Matt Wells (NYAS) coordinated a study tour of Washington State. Last year, Matt organized a tour of the Champlain Region of New York and Vermont. 15-20 young fruit growers from NY attended each tour and learned a tremendous amount of information that is positioning them to be successful in their operations. This year, the tour will be in the Adams County Region in Pennsylvania on August 2-4. The tour will include innovative grower orchards and the Penn State Fruit Research & Extension Center in Biglerville. The attendees will also be spending time with the Young Growers Alliance, a very well -organized group of young tree fruit growers from the mid-Atlantic region. Learning from the YGA will help our goal of developing a more cohesive state wide young growers group. For the past two years, we raised significant money from the industry that was used to reduce the trip costs for the young growers. This amount far exceeded our expectations and made the trip more affordable. Our goal is to be able to cover the transportation costs (rental cars or a bus), and some of the meals.
We know you will see value for your business in these educational opportunities for the industry, and invite you to participate as a sponsor to support this events.
We are suggesting the following sponsorship levels
• Silver $350
• Bronze $200
The benefits of being a sponsor of this event includes:
• Your company will be listed in all upcoming summer issues of our Fruit Notes newsletter, which reaches over 200 growers and others in the industry
• Your company will be acknowledged at the meeting
• In addition, your company's name will be listed on the back of the free T-Shirt that participants receive at the Young Fruit Farmers Tour.
Any donation you would like to make toward expenses for the events will be graciously accepted and acknowledged. You can simply send a check in any amount made out to "Cornell Cooperative Extension" and send to Kim Hazel at the address below.Sponsorship Letter (PDF; 245KB)
Sponsorship Registration Form (PDF; 295KB)
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