Annual MGGA Summer Field Day
Bordeleau Vineyard in Eden, MD (Wicomico County) from 9:30 AM until 4:00 PM
Keynote speaker will be Dr. Andrew Landers from Cornell University. The program will include host vineyard tour, current vineyard update, regional R & D wine evaluation, MGGA business meeting and a tour of the new winery for those interested. Registration or for more information go to www.marylandgrapes.org

Maryland State Horticultural Society (MSHS) Summer Field Tour in Cecil County, MD. Meeting at Milburn Orchards - 1495 Appleton Road, Elkton, MD at 9:00 a.m and will be carpooling to Walnut Springs Farm, Colora Orchards, and Spring Valley Farm. The cost is $15.00 which includes lunch and beverages. To register or for more information, please contact Susan Barnes at sbarnes6@umd.edu or call 301-432-2767.

Annual Field Crops Research Twilight Barbecue & Ice Cream Social
Central Maryland Research and Education Center (CMREC), 2005 Largo Road, Upper Marlboro, MD from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Barbecue and “Old-fashioned” homemade ice cream! It’s “old fashioned” ice cream because we will be using a 1929 Fair-Banks Morse antique gas engine to do the cranking.

The twilight wagon tour will highlight all field crops, agronomic and horticultural research projects currently conducted at the CMREC Upper Marlboro Farm, possibly including but not
limited to the following: Vegetable IPM, Weed Control, Vineyard Projects - Table and Wine Grapes, Corn Stalk Nitrate Test Study, P Phyto-Remediation Grain vs. Forage Systems, Apple, Peach & Beach Plum Research, Blueberry Project, High Tunnel Specialty Vegetable Production, Strip-Till/No-Till Vegetable Production Techniques. Contact Dave Myers at 301-405-4350.