Friday 3/13/2020
8-9 REGISTRATION – Visit with Vendors and Other Attendees
9:00 WELCOME TO THE 2020 American Aronia ANNUAL CONFERENCE
9:15 Brendon Evans, Assessment of the current aronia market and future outlook
10:00 – End User Panel
- Shari Coulter Ford, CEO, Tohi
- Wade Gronwold, CEO & Co-Founder, ax-water
- Bob Howard, Country View Dairy, Yogurt
11:15 – BREAK – Visit with Vendors and Other Attendees
11:45 – Frank and Kim Spillers (Process that got us to where we want to go)
12:30 LUNCH – Visit with Vendors and Other Attendees
1:30 – Insight Marketing Design, Marketing Consultant
2:15 Dr. John Holleran – Aronia, antioxidants, and medical research
3:00 Celebrating the MAA . . Drawings
3:05 BREAK – Visit with Vendors and Other Attendees
3:30 Regional Break-Outs (Guide will be provided.)
4:45 Final announcements
6:00 – 7:00 Cash Bar and Social
7:00 BANQUET – (Immediately following the banquet, bring your aronia baked goods,
wine, products, etc., for taste testing and sharing with other members)
*Keynote speaker:
Andrew Tickle, Johnsons Farm (Tickleberries), Kent, England
Saturday 3/14/2020
8:30 Jill Gifford, Manager of the National Food Entrepreneur Program
(Overview of the capabilities of Food Processing Center, University of Nebraska and how the NFPC can assist you in the development of your own products)
9:00 Mike McNeill – Product Development
10:00 Regional Break Out Reports
10:15 Introduction of Potential New Board Members
10:30 BREAK – Visit with Vendors and Other Attendees
11:00 10 Year Reunion Celebration (Founder Recognition / Past Presidents / Annual Attendees) Drawings
11:30 Andrew Tickle – Weed Control
12:00 LUNCH – Visit with Vendors and Other Attendees
1:00 ANNUAL MEETING –
2:00 New Board Announcement
Drawings
2:15 CLOSE – THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MAA
3:00 New Board Members / Existing Board Meeting
Non-Member Links
Annual Conference Single Day Ticket – NonMember
Annual Full Conference Ticket – NonMember
Member Links (must be logged in to use)
Annual Conference Single Day Ticket – Member
Annual Full Conference Ticket – Member
SILENT AUCTION….CALLING ALL MEMBERS: When you join us in March for our annual conference, we would love for you to bring an item along to donate to our Silent Auction. The item can be, but does not have to be, aronia related. Some examples may include: framed pictures, household goods, aronia products, harvesting products, tools, automotive, gift certificates, etc. Think outside the box! When you arrive at conference, hand your item (s) to the folks at the registration table and they will get it organized for bidding during the conference. All money raised will stay with MAA. We are raising money for the association in order to help continue to improve the benefits that our members receive. Let’s have a little fun with this.
Contact Lynn Jensen at ldj19624646@gmail.com.