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Mar 11: Third Annual Virginia Berry Production and Marketing Conference

3rd Annual Virginia Berry Production and Marketing Conference

March 11, 2010

8:45 am - 4:45 pm

Registration fee is $12.00 per person and includes materials and lunch.

This conference is designed to assist experienced and new growers about production and marketing of different berry crops.

 

Virginia State University Cooperative Extension
3rd Annual Virginia Berry Production and Marketing Conference
Thursday- March 11, 2010

Please print clearly
Name ....................................................................................................
Address ..................................................................................................
City ......................................... State .........................Zip ................
Telephone ................................................
Email ....................................................................................................
(Your email will be used for registration confirmation)
Conference Fee: $12.00 per person (includes lunch and conference materials)
Make check or money order payable to Virginia State University
Please mail this registration form and payment by March 1, 2010 to:
Virginia State University
Attention: Dr. Rafie
P.O. Box 9081
Petersburg, VA 23806
Tel. (804) 524-5960 Fax (804)524-5714
cstreetman@vsu.edu
If you are a person with disability, please contact this office ten (10) days prior to the activity to arrange accommodations.

 

Virginia State University
School of Agriculture
L. Douglas Wilder Building
Petersburg, VA

 

From the North
(Fredericksburg, Washington, D.C., Maryland, etc.)
Take Interstate 95 South to Exit 54 (Temple Avenue) - Turn left at the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp. Turn left at the second traffic light onto Route 301 (The Boulevard).
Continue to the Fourth Red Light - turn right onto Dupuy Road (Wawa Gas Station on right-hand corner). Travel approx. ½ mile, the University will be on the left, entering at Matthew-Jefferson Drive. Make left into first parking lot entrance. The Cooperative Extension Building is the first brick building on the left.

From the South
(Emporia, North Carolina, etc.)
Take Interstate 95 North to exit 54 (Temple Avenue). Take this exit and continue as above.
From the Northwest
(Staunton, Charlottesville, etc.)
Travel I-64 East to Rt.288 South to I-95 South to Exit 54 and continue as indicated above.

From the Southwest
(Roanoke, Lynchburg, Blackstone, etc.)
Travel 460 East to Interstate 85 North (approximately 10 miles from Petersburg). Take Interstate 85 North to Interstate 95 North. Stay on Interstate 95 North to Exit 54 (Temple Avenue). Continue with above directions.

From the East
(Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Wakefield, etc.)
Travel 460 West through Disputanta and Hebron. Stay on 460 West until traffic light at Wagner Road (McDonald's on the right). Turn left on Wagner Road. Stay on Wagner until you see the 1-95 North exit on the right. Take 1-95 North to Exit 54 (Temple Avenue). Continue with above directions.
Anyone in need of special services or accommodations in order to participate
must call in advance to make arrangements.