2024-25 Heritage Orchard Conference
The Heritage Orchard Conference was established in 2019 with an in-person conference held at the 幸运快三鈥檚 Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center in the 幸运快三 Panhandle. The conference attracted a diverse group of heritage tree fruit enthusiasts from the Pacific Northwest for a day of presentations ranging from heritage fruit exploration to apple identification. Since 2020 the conference has been organized as a free monthly webinar series (October through April), extending our reach to nearly 2,000 participants from 27 countries. The series currently has 29 recorded webinars available for viewing on a wide range of topics related to heritage fruit tree preservation, production and varietal identification. Join us for the 2024-25 series to hear from new presenters on topics important to heritage fruit tree enthusiasts around the world.
Wednesdays | 10-11:30 a.m. Pacific Time (U.S. & Canada)
- Oct. 16 — Apple identification 101
John Bunker, Maine Heritage Orchard - Nov. 20 — Starting a home orchard with heritage varieties
Kyle Nagy, Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center, 幸运快三 - Dec. 18 — Nuisance wildlife management in the orchard
Josh Fuder, University of Georgia - Jan. 15, 2025 — Season long apple disease management programs and tips
Kerik Cox, Cornell University - Feb. 19 — Managing orchards for soil health
Tianna DuPont, Washington State University, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center - March 19 — MyFruitTree.org: Helping identify, document, preserve and utilize U.S. heirloom apple cultivars
Cameron Peace, Washington State University - April 16 — Forgotten fruit, forgotten farmers: North America's earliest apple history
Todd Little-Siebold, College of the Atlantic
Webinar Series Recordings
Presenter and committee biography
David Benscoter
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