Conference Schedule – 2024
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“Better Berry. Better Life.”
This years conference will be a 1.5 day in person.
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Friday 4/12/2024
5:30 Registration Opens
6:00 Hors d’oeuvres, Social Hour & Vendors open
7:00 Welcome
7:05 Keynote Address — Tim Rexius, Rexius Nutrition – Click here for speaker bio
8:05 Social time
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Saturday 4/13/2024
8:00 Welcome
8:05 Dean Trannel — Pruning Aronia – Time of Year
8:20 Jeff Polfer — Earth Brew Organics
9:00 Bill Withers — Keynote Address, “ Our New Experience Economy, It’s all about Relationships”
9:45 Break
10:15 Bill Withers — Working Session
11:15 PJ Connolly — Savanna Institute
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Teresa Wiemerslage — Iowa State Extension, GAP certification {Good Agricultural Practices}
1:45 Dean DuVal — AABA Research & Education Chairman
2:00 Randall Vos — Iowa State Extension Fruit Specialist
2:30 Break
3:00 Evan Elford — New Crop Development Specialist – Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, “ Adding
Value to Alternative Berry Crops “. This will be a zoom presentation.
4:00 Kyle Bridges — Buehler Organics / Elder Farms
4:45 Wrap up
5:30 Annual Meeting
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Click here to make Hotel Reservations
Non-Member Links
Full Conference Ticket – NonMember
Member Links (must be logged in to the AABA website to use)
Full Conference Ticket – Member
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Click here for Membership information
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