The Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market Expo will be held December 9-11 at the DeVos Place exhibition center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Last year's show registered 4,200 people from 42 states and eight Canadian provinces, and 425 companies exhibited in the trade show.

The educational program this year will feature several out-of-state and out-of-country speakers.

Jan Peeters, a co-owner and advisor with Fruitconsult in the Netherlands, will speak twice, once on intensive apple tree training and orchard management practices in Europe and the second time on sweet cherry production practices, ­including fertilization, pruning decisions, and brown rot control strategies.

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Source: http://www.goodfruit.com