2009 PRESS RELEASES

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January 7, 2009
VIRGINIA PUMPKIN GROWERS ANNOUNCE ANNUAL MEETING
Contact: Marion Horsley, 804.225.3820

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), in cooperation with the Virginia Pumpkin Growers Association, has announced the details of the Association’s 2009 Annual Pumpkin Meeting.

The meeting will take place on Saturday, January 24, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Carroll County Governmental Complex in Hillsville, Virginia.  Highlights of the 2009 meeting include pumpkin production, marketing and promotions.

Attendance at the meeting is open to any Virginia pumpkin producer who has paid Association dues of $50 annually.  Dues are payable at the door on the day of the meeting.

  The Virginia Pumpkin Growers Association was established to carry out educational and promotional activities to improve methods of pumpkin production, to encourage production testing, to stimulate interest among youth in produce production and to promote the marketing and sale of Virginia Grown pumpkins and fall produce.

For more information about the meeting or about membership in the Virginia Pumpkin Growers Association, please contact Kevin Semones, 276.728.5540, or Danny Neel, 276.228.5501, danny.neel@vdacs.virginia.gov.  Information about the Association is also available on their Web site.