CALIFORNIA
S n .C l.M T Y CROPS COUNCIL
2017 California Specialty Crops Tour
Monday, August 7, 2017 Orientation Reception/Dinner (Visalia)
Times
Location
Agenda
4:30 PM
Visalia
Reception at Comfort Suites
5:30 PM
Visalia
Dinner and Orientation - Program concludes by 7 pm
Speakers Comfort Suites, Visalia Tricia Blttler, TCFB
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 Day 1 (San Joaquin Valley)
Times TBC
Location
Agenda
6:00 AM
Visalia
Breakfast at hotel - Load bus at 6:50 am
7:00 AM
Visalia
Depart Hotel at 7:00 am
7:05 AM
Visalia
Citrus AGP Quarantine - HLB
7:50 AM
N. of Visalia
Prune Production and IPM
9:15 AM
Reedley
Stone Fruit - Packing for Fresh Market
10:25 AM
Selma
Raisin Production
11:15 AM
Parlier
Nectarine Production
12:00 PM
Parlier
Lunch @ USDA-ARS facility
12:45 PM
Parlier
USDA/ Agricultural Research Service Overview
1:00 PM
Parlier
Water Management Issues in the San Joaguin Vail
1:30 PM
Parlier
Water Coalition Situation
2:00 PM
Parlier
Post-Harvest Research to overcome trade barriers
3:00 PM
Reedley
PCA Role, Chemical Storage - Gar Tootelian Inc.
4:30 PM
Arrive Visalia Return to Hotel /Dinner on Your Own
Sean Hardy, CDFA & Judy Zaninovich Rick Buckner - Gary Obenauf B&C Packing - Jeff Bortolussi Bill Chandler (John or Tom) Rod Milton Lunch @ USDA-ARS facility Jim Throne Jim Ayars Parry Klassen Spencer Waise Greg and Karen Musson
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Day 2 (Visalia to Salinas)
Times TBC
6:00 AM 7:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 11:15 AM 12:00 PM 1:10 PM 1:45 PM
5:30 PM
Eve.
Location
Visalia Visalia Visalia Huron Coalinga Coalinga King City King City Soledad Salinas area
Castro ville
Salinas
Agenda
Breakfast at hotel - Luggage out to bus by 6:30 am Depart Comfort Suites - Depart at 7:00 am Water Overview - Bus Speaker Garlic, Onions, Westside Water Situation Seguoia Packing - Onion packing facility Pepper 101 Pepper Field Visit Lunch @ King City Park B&P Packing - Carrot Packing Facility Leafy vegetables, pesticide applications, buffer zones, salad processing plant, thinning machine, tank mixing, posting reguirements, storage facility Dinner and Synthesis Discussion at La Scuola located in Castroville Hotel check in at Laurel Inn, Salinas
Load bus at 6:50 am
Aubrey Bettencourt Dave Anderson & Bob Ehn Christian Marrione Glen Fischer Glen Fischer Glen Fischer Nathan Sano & Bob Bigiongni Mary Zischke, Mark Mason Mark McLaughlin
Hosted by Grower-Shipper Association and Leafy Greens Research Board
Thursday, August 10, 2017 Day 3 (Salinas to Sacramento)
Times TBC 6:00 AM 6:50 AM 7:05 AM 8:00 AM 8:45 AM 11:15 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 2:45 PM 3:30 PM 4:45 PM
5:00 PM 07/20/17
Location Salinas Depart Salinas Salinas Salinas Salinas Los Banos Los Banos Los Banos Los Banos Delta area Delta area Sacramento
Sacramento
Agenda Breakfast at hotel - Luggage out to bus by 6:30 am Departure from Laurel Inn, Salinas Leafy Greens - harvesting Fumigation Demonstration Strawberry Production - MB alternative trials Melon Production & Food Safety Program Lunch Honey Bees and Pollination Leave for Walnut Grove IPM, in Pears and Cherries - Robert Arceo Ranch Vertebrate pests and control Arrive Sacramento - Amtrak?/Hampton Inn & Suites Arrive at Farm Bureau
Breakfast at hotel Departure from Laurel Inn, Salinas Mary Zischke Tri Cal- Abbie Asche Mercy Olmstead,& Jackie Vazguez Steve Wilson - Justin Patricio Gene Brandi Gene Brandi
Bob McClain - Chuck Ingles Roger Baldwin, UC Davis
A rrive S acram ento no la te r than 4:45 P M
Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA
Tiers 8&9
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