The 2025 Kentucky Fruit & Vegetable Conference Planning Committee is seeking proposals for educational presentations. We welcome ideas for mini-sessions, full sessions, short courses, and more. We are especially interested in presentations from local growers.
Session topics should be highly focused for produce growers in Kentucky. Topics can address production methods, research results, business management strategies, and best practices. Specific content requests in recent years include: Variety Trials, Novel Crops for Kentucky, Social Media Strategies, Crop Rotation, Post-harvest Handling, Urban Farming, and High Tunnel Production.
This event historically has an attendance of 600 participants including growers, exhibitors, speakers, organizational representatives, and governmental agencies, with more than 70 educational sessions, grower roundtables, and a trade show. In 2025, the conference will be in Lexington at the Marriott Griffin Gate.
We encourage you to consider submitting a proposal to share your knowledge, passion, and innovation with others! Deadline to submit proposals: July 1, 2024. Multiple submissions are allowed. Presentation date and time will be confirmed with speakers by September 1, 2024.
Conference dates are Jan. 6-7, with Sunday, Jan. 5 reserved for short courses and pre-conference sessions and Monday – Tuesday the main educational program.