2015 Midwest Aronia Association Conference “Let`s Get Growing

2015 Midwest Aronia Association Conference
“Let’s Get Growing”
March 19 th, 2015 @ 12:00 pm – March 21st, 2015 @ 12:00 pm
Stoney Creek Inn, 101 18th Street, Moline, IL 61265
(309) 743-0101 or (866) 460-7454
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Please send the registration form and payment to:
Midwest Aronia Association
c/o Cheryl Voyek, MAA Treasurer
15444 NE 42nd Street.
Cambridge, Iowa 50046
Additional Information
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Please return registration form (and applicable payment) postdated no later than March 1st, 2015 to
guarantee your attendance. Registration forms may be accepted after this date if space allows. After
March 1st registrations will only be permitted online or in person day of event.
Hotel reservations will need to be made directly to the Stoney Creek Inn. Please be sure to mention the
Midwest Aronia Conference to receive their special rates of $94 per night. The hotel can be contacted using
the information below:
Stoney Creek Inn, Moline ,IL.
101 18th Street
Moline, IL 61265
309-743-0101
2015 Midwest Aronia Association Conference
“Let’s Get Growing”
Friday March 20, 2015 @ 7:00 pm
Dr Terry Wahls Keynote Speaker
Stoney Creek Inn, 101 18th Street, Moline, IL 61265
(309) 743-0101 or (866) 460-7454
I can only attend Dr Wahls Keynote speech.
Please sign me up:
$15.00 admission per person before 3-1-15.
$20.00 after 3-1-15 must be submitted online or in person.
If in person please email that your going to be in attendance.
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Do you have a question for Dr Wahls?
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Please send the registration form and payment to:
Midwest Aronia Association
c/o Cheryl Voyek MAA Treasurer
15444 NE 42nd Street
Cambridge, Iowa 50046
5th Annual Midwest Aronia Association
2015 Conference
“Let’s Get Growing”
March 19, 2015 @ 1:00 pm – March 21, 2015 @ 12:00 pm
Stoney Creek Inn, 101 18th Street, Moline, IL 61265
(309) 743-0101 or (866) 460-7454
Call the hotel early to book your rooms Midwest Aronia Assoc block of rooms
available for $94 per night.
Advance registration discounts ends 3-1-2015, $160.00 per member, $235 per non member.
Non membership fee includes one year MAA membership.
Registration after 3-2-2015 is $180.00 per member or $255 per non member.
Non membership fee includes one year MAA membership.
Single day registration is $75 per member or $85 non member.
Thursday March 19th 2015
10-12:30 Registration
12-1 Aronia themed food for recipe contest. 1pm - 1:30 pm General session: Greetings, message from the MAA President Melissa Johnson &
Co-chairs Tammy Melcher & Bob Pertzborn
1:30-2:00 break; visit with vendors
2-3 session 1
room 1:) Ground prep, Choosing site & Planting & (composting)-Andrew Ristvey/Vaughn Hammond-doing a tag team; combined;
room 2: Harvesting Aronia-Dr Lester Wilson-ISU (Optimal timing, Proper Handling, Post Harvest Options)3 - 3:30 Vendor time/break-Aronia snacks
330 - 430 session
room 1 Soil Nutrition- Paul Wenztlaff-Mission Hill Yankton,SD & Andrew Sparda
room 2
Cultural Management - Q & A including fertilization options and weed control, pest management, composting, pruning)-Andrew Ristvey/
Vaughn Hammond//Charlie Caldwell.
5:30-6:15
session 3-Create chapters “Growers Support Group”
general session
Go to your color code via the signs & name tags in geographical areas for seating.
Chapter development. small groups geographically centered. monthly meetings, targeting seminars for the needs of that group.
6:15-7:15 Hors d’oeurves,
Cash bar
Networking -Try to keep small groups together
March 20th
-Friday- Hot continental breakfast provided at hotel with an overnight stay
8-9 coffee & juice/vendor time
9-10 session 4
Room 1-Organic Certifier Speaker-Maury Wills
Room 2- Labeling-Dr. Lester Wilson-Iowa State Univ- Current & New Labeling Proposals
10-10:30 break, muffins etc/visit vendors
10:30-11:30 session 5:
room 1: Storm and Pest Damage Mitigation--James Theuri- U of IL
room 2: Kevin McClure-Presenting about insurance
11:30-1 LUNCH
1 - 2 pm session 7
room 1-Destemming,Cleaning, Processing-Tony Heisterkamp/Charlie Caldwell
room 2.
Victoria Volkis, PhD UMD
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Department of Natural Sciences
School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences
Aronia uses other than food products- She has been doing research
2-2:30 break-Aronia cookies/vendor time
2:30-3:30: Marketing 101- Maury Wills-Iowa Dept Of Agriculture-Confirmed-Specialty Crop Grant Program Info as well
3:30-3:45 break
3:45-5:30: General/ Election of new board members/Business Mtg
Iowa State Fair Volunteers recognition-Peggy & Erlene
Aronia Recipe Award-Roberta
5:45-6:30: Dinner followed by Keynote Speaker Dr Terry Wahls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dr. Wahls research focus is on nutrition in the study of traumatic brain injury and research interest for Multiple Sclerosis.
Nutrition, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) and Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS) Dr. Wahls’
current study will use multimodal therapeutic lifestyle intervention consisting of a study diet, stressing more vegetables and fruit,
elimination of foods at greatest risk for food allergy, meditation, self massage, progressive exercise and neuromuscular electrical
stimulation for rehabilitation of gait and fatigue disability in the setting of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis with gait
disability. Please google Dr Wahls. She is impressive!
March 21st
Saturday-Hot Continental Breakfast provided by hotel with an overnight stay
8:00-9: Visit with Vendors
9-10: Aronia from a Dietician's View Kathy Pertzborn RD, LD, CNSC
10-10:30 Vendor break
11- noon: Irrigation Management -Wireless Sensor Networks-Using moisture probes to determine irrigation scheduling for
Aronia; Andrew Ristvey
Noon Adjourn
Please contact Tammy Melcher 402-750-2941 or Bob Pertzborn 515-778-4262 with any questions.