US (NJ): Ultra niche winter lettuce sneak peek
Rutgers Cooperative Extension is continuing its Ultra-Niche Crop series in 2017 with the workshop “High Tunnel Winter Lettuce”. This workshop, the third class in the Ultra-Niche agricultural series for farmers seeking new crop opportunities, will take place on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The workshop will be held simultaneously in Cape May Court House, Bridgewater and Bordentown, New Jersey.
The speakers panel includes Jess Niederer, 2016 National Outstanding Young Farmer and organic grower at Chickadee Creek Farm (https://chickadeecreekfarm.com/) and award winning County Agent and Food Safety Expert, Meredith Melendez.
The cost for this workshop is $20 and includes dinner at 5:30 p.m., followed by the program at 6 p.m. For more information, contact Jenny Carleo at (609) 465-5115 or email Jennifer Matthews at JLM479@njaes.rutgers.edu.
To register go to Eventbrite: http://tinyurl.com/UNC2017winterlettuce. The deadline to register is January 27, 2017.