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SUMMARY:Winter Scion Wood and Pruning
DESCRIPTION:This is the 1st of 3 townhalls. We will have an open discussion about winter collection of scion wood and also discuss pruning. February will also be focused on pruning and grafting. We hope that many of you can show up and add your questions and expertise to the open discussion and converse with your fellow members!!\nHave a favorite brand of pruners or saws show us!\nFound a way to keep your scion stored for a longer period tell us about it! \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/winter-scion-wood-and-pruning/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T193000
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SUMMARY:Grafting\, Rootstock  and More
DESCRIPTION:This is the 2nd townhall with an open discussion about rootstock choices and grafting. We hope that many of you can show up and add your questions and expertise to the open discussion and converse with your fellow members!!\nHave a favorite grafting tool to show us!\nTell us your favorite grafting method\, and why! \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/winter-scion-wood-and-grafting/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T210000
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SUMMARY:Starting Your Own Small Nursery
DESCRIPTION:NAFEX member Larry Stephenson and owner of Southern Cultured Orchards and Nursery will be sharing the in’s and out’s of getting your own business going. Come with your questions for this very informative talk.  \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/starting-your-own-small-nursery/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T193000
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SUMMARY:Cold Hardy Fig Production
DESCRIPTION:For our April Meetup NAFEX President\, Kris Heeter\, will be talking with us about a USDA-SARE Partnership research grant on cold-hardy fig production. \nKris will be sharing the details of a funded partnership that is studying a number of cold-hardy fig varieties in Zones 5 and 6\, planting techniques\, and winter protection to produce local fig production. Value-added products from these varieties will also be discussed. \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/cold-hardy-fig-production/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T193000
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SUMMARY:USDA Pomological Paintings: History and Uses
DESCRIPTION:Join us June 24th for an evening of discussion about the USDA Pomological Watercolors. NAFEX Board Members will discuss their history and usefulness beyond their aesthetic value. We will provide some tips on how to use the paintings to support your own fruit exploration efforts or just how to enjoy and understand these treasures. \nBetween 1886 and 1942\, USDA’s Division of Pomology commissioned artists to create illustrations of thousands of fruits and nuts. A historic botanical resource\, the Pomological Watercolor Collection\, which is housed at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville\, Maryland\, contains 7\,497 watercolor paintings\, 87 line drawings\, and 79 wax models created by approximately 21 artists. \nUSDA botanists introduced thousands of plants and fruits through exploration around the globe in an effort to advance agricultural endeavors in the United States. Additionally as people across the country created new cultivars\, or varieties\, through hybridization\, the US Department of Agriculture set out to document them with a national register of fruits. The paintings indirectly became a way of patenting discoveries and inventions through breeding before a formal patent system existed in the US. \nIn order to ensure color accuracy\, watercolor—rather than photography—was the preferred medium. These technically precise paintings were used to create lithographs illustrating USDA bulletins\, yearbooks\, and other series distributed to growers and gardeners across America.\nThese valuable paintings represent the rich history of fruit development and introduction to the US. Today the pomological watercolors are used by historians and fruit explorers to identify fruit based upon phenotypical characteristics in an effort to identify fruit trees and possibly rediscover lost heirlooms. \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/usda-pomological-paintings-history-and-uses/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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SUMMARY:Orchard Resilience Through Homegrown Soil Fertility
DESCRIPTION:Join us July 29th for a discussion with NAFEX Board member Ryan Watson who also works at the Giving Grove. He will be talking with us about improving soil fertility for tree health and also give us some background into the Giving Grove. \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/orchard-resilience-through-homegrown-soil-fertility/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250826T193000
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SUMMARY:Preserving Heritage Fruit Trees
DESCRIPTION:Join us August 26th for a discussion with Leslie Duthie of the Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston MA. \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/preserving-heritage-fruit-trees/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T193000
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Connections: Fall Harvest Show and Tell
DESCRIPTION:Join us September 30th for a open member discussion about this years fall harvest. \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/cultivating-connections-fall-harvest-show-and-tell/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T193000
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SUMMARY:Growing Tropicals in Temperate Zones
DESCRIPTION:Join us October 29th for a discussion on growing tropicals in temperate zones \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/growing-tropicals-om-temperate-zones/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T210000
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SUMMARY:Integrated Pest Management
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our January 27th session with this month’s interest group speaker Rick Weinzierl of Weinzierl Fruit and Consulting\, LLC. Rick will be speaking to us about Integrated Pest Management specifically in apple orchards and covering some stone fruit. He will be highlighting conventional and organic methods of pest management for small orchards to backyard growers. A retired entomologist from the University of Illinois Rick has his own orchard and consults with large commercial orchards. Bring your questions and join us!! \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/integrated-pest-management/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T210000
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CREATED:20260215T020519Z
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SUMMARY:Grow Your Own Grapes
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever thought about growing your own grapes but felt a little stuck on where to start? Join us on the evening of February 24th for a Zoom session with Alice Wise from the Cornell Cooperative Extension. She’s going to walk us through all the basics—from picking the right spot and the best varieties to tips on getting a great harvest and keeping those pesky pests away. It’s going to be a great informative evening so bring your questions!! \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/grow-your-own-grapes/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T210000
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CREATED:20260325T204935Z
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SUMMARY:Mechanical March
DESCRIPTION:Let’s talk tools! Do you have a favorite tool that makes your life easier?  Want to tell us about it? Join us on the evening of March 31st for a Zoom meeting where members share about their favorite tools.  Don’t have a favorite?  Come anyway and see and hear what others are using! \nThe meeting will be held on ZOOM and by phone from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. This virtual NAFEX Townhall Meetup is FREE with your $19 NAFEX membership. Find the ZOOM link and call-in numbers in your inbox or on our member Interest Group page. Plan to join us! \nNot a member yet? Join for $19/yr and get access to this ZOOM meetup and all past recorded meetings and conference settings! www.nafex.org
URL:https://nafex.org/index.php/event/mechanical-march/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Fruit Interest Group Meetings
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