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Winnipeg to host National Floriculture Forum

January 30, 2014  By Dave Harrison


Jan. 30, 2014, Winnipeg — This year’s National Floriculture Forum will be held here from May 14-15.

Jan. 30, 2014, Winnipeg — This year’s National Floriculture Forum will be held here from May 14-15.

The forum is an annual meeting where greenhouse and floriculture faculty, graduate students and industry partners meet, collaborate and share information.

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The first day will focus on research station and corporate updates that will allow attendees to discuss recent advances, challenges and opportunities in their research, teaching, extension or businesses.

The second day will provide attendees the opportunity to immerse themselves in the sphagnum peat industry. A tour will highlight actively harvested peat bogs, peat processing facilities and a restored bog.

Later that day there will be a graduate student poster competition, social hour and banquet dinner.

Sponsors include the American Floral Endowment, SunGro Horticulture, Proven Winners, The Fred C. Gloekner Foundation, Partners With Solutions, Ball, Hort Americas, and AmericanHort.

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