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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Scholarships Available for the 2013 PlacerGROWN Farm Conference

Scholarships are now available to apply for attending the 2013 PlacerGROWN Farm Conference!

The theme of the 2013 PlacerGROWN Farm Conference is Survive and Thrive. This conference will be held Saturday, January 26th at Lincoln High School, from 8:00a.m. – 3:00p.m.

The conference is co-sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension and PlacerGROWN. The keynote part of the conference will feature a panel that will discuss trends over the next 5-10 years on the following topics: Land Use, Water, Regulations, Local Farms, Demographics, and Marketing of Local Food. Participants will be provided an opportunity to respond to each panel member’s presentation. There will be discussion on implications and potential responses with the audience.

After the keynote will be two workshops sessions, one before and one after lunch. Workshops will
run for one hour and 15 minutes. Workshops have a theme of selling strategies, consumer education,
and improving profitability. Workshops include:
-Consumer Outreach to Enhance awareness and Marketing of Specialty Crops in the Placer and
Nevada  Counties
-Display Ideas and Interactions with Customers That Can Improve Your Sales
-Things to Consider in Becoming Effective at Direct Marketing
-Understanding Selling Wholesale and its Potential in Expanding Your Sales
-How to Project Profit and Cash Flow Before the Beginning of Your Production Year
-Production Planning Based on Economic and Cash Flow Projections
-Developing Your Niche Meat Business
-Learning How Social Media Can Improve Sales
-Determining Your Niche Meat Marketing Costs

You can find the scholarship application form online at ucanr.edu/sites/PGFFC/. The application is due by January 18th.

The cost of the conference is $40 if you pre-register by January 18th, and $50 after that date. The registration fee includes: continental breakfast, proceedings, trade show, keynote panel, workshops and lunch. Details for admission and registration are available at the PlacerGROWN website, placergrown.org. More conference information is available at ucanr.edu/sites/PGFFC/.


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Friday, December 14, 2012

Placer Mandarin Growers Celebrate Peak of Season this Weekend with Orchard Days

Tasty tree-ripened, hand-picked mandarins, with a cold fighting benefit, are set for stardom during this year’s Mountain Mandarin Orchard Days presented by Placer County’s Mountain Mandarin Growers Association (MMGA).

Expect mandarin activities throughout the hills at various orchards during this free family event, including tasting of mandarin based products, crafters, artists and farm animals. Local Roots Food Tours also available. For information on Mountain Mandarin Orchard Days, please visit MountainMandarins.com.

  • When:  December 15 and 16. Most growers open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., rain or shine. Check website for individual orchard times.
  • Where: Penryn, Newcastle, Lincoln, Loomis and Auburn. Visit MountainMandarins.com for map and orchard information.
  • Who:  Over 30 mandarin growers welcome visitors. For full list of participating orchards visit, MountainMandarins.com. Guided bus tours through Local Roots Food Tours also available, stopping at several growers on each tour.
  • What: Crowds of visitors, mandarins and mandarin products, artists, crafters, other food items, farm animals and more family fun!
Cold Fighting Owari Satsuma Mandarins
Placer County Owari Satsuma mandarins offer high concentrations of the cold fighting phytochemical synephrine, as reported in 2008 by the USDA’s Department of Agriculture and published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. According to the study of mandarins grown in the Placer County orchards, synephrine concentrations were found to be up to six times higher than values previously determined for orange juices.

About Mountain Mandarin Growers’ Association (MMGA)
More than 30 mandarin growers throughout Placer County make up the Mountain Mandarin Growers’ Association. From Auburn to Loomis, Lincoln to Penryn and Newcastle, Ca., the warm days and cool nights make it the perfect place to grow this sweet, seedless, popular fruit. The MMGA’s goal as an organization is “To provide quality mandarins and expand markets to support local agriculture.” The public is encouraged to visit the orchards during harvest season from mid-November through January each year.

About PlacerGROWN
Supported by Placer County, PlacerGROWN is the information source dedicated to educating residents about the freshest agricultural products the region has to offer.  Through its website, social media channels, and other outreach programs, PlacerGROWN connects community members with the farmers’ markets, farms, orchards, ranches, wineries, nurseries and specialty food stores in one of the most diverse growing areas in Northern California. To discover the bounty of agricultural products produced by farmers who call Placer County home, or for more information about PlacerGROWN, visit PlacerGrown.org.

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