Join fellow fruit growers for an exciting series of eight interactive sessions with some of North America’s leading fruit growers, breeders, and soil experts.
The NAFEX 2023 Virtual Conference will feature three days of inspiring and informative online sessions, Nov. 9-11, via ZOOM and by phone.
Keynote Address
Soil Food Web expert Dr. Elaine Ingham will deliver the closing keynote address. See the complete schedule, topics and speakers below.
Annual Meeting & Member Show and Tell
The conference will include the 2023 NAFEX Annual Meeting and Member Show and Tell on Saturday, Nov. 11.
Participate Live or Watch Later
All sessions will be recorded but real time participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, engage with our speakers, and share information with fellow fruit growers.
Free with Your $19 NAFEX Membership
The conference is included with your $19 NAFEX membership. Join or renew today.
Current Members: Access to webinar recordings and downloadable resources is FREE for all NAFEX members in good standing. Members automatically received daily emails with session links and call-in numbers. No registration is needed.
Non-members: Membership is only $19 and you’ll receive full access to conference recordings and resources, plus full member benefits for one year!
Generously Sponsored by:
Conference Schedule
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Conference Details
Session Times
Thursday, Nov. 9 (2 sessions) – 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern
Friday, Nov 10 (4 sessions) – Noon, 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. Eastern
Saturday, Nov. 11 (2 sessions) – Noon, 2 p.m. Eastern
All sessions are 90 minutes in length including participant questions and answers.
Audience Participation
Participants will be able to submit questions via the ZOOM chat during Q&A at the end of the seven speaker sessions.
Notifications and Conference Links
NAFEX members in good standing will be emailed the conference ZOOM links daily. Please check your spam folder if you did not see the email in your inbox or email us at admin@nafexmembers.org
ZOOM Information
New to ZOOM? It’s easy to set up your own free account and access the conference from your phone, computer or tablet. Here’s a link to ZOOM’s how-to guide.
Session Recordings
All sessions will recorded and made available to NAFEX members for viewing after the conference.
Conference Culture
NAFEX is committed to creating a conference culture of reciprocal learning that is non-judgemental and engaging of all people. We request that all participants respect themselves and one another, honor different views and opinions, and create a welcoming environment for learning and sharing.
Questions?
Please email questions to admin@nafexmembers.org. Please allow 1-2 days for a reply as all of our conference organizers are volunteers as well as busy fruit growers.
About our Sponsors
Trailblazer Sponsor
One Green World is a family-owned retail and mail order nursery located in Portland, Oregon that specializes in fruiting trees and shrubs from all over the world that are well adapted to the Pacific Northwest. In addition to the many fruiting trees and shrubs they grow, they also stock a large number of climate-adapted Mediterranean plants, perennial vegetables, and orchard companion plants.
Discoverer Sponsors
CopenHaven Farms has been growing high-quality rootstock and seedlings for fruit trees on their family farm in Gaston, Oregon since 1982. CopenHaven is located in Oregon’s fertile Willamette Valley, halfway between the city of Portland and the Pacific Ocean, where their plants benefit from a climate ideally suited to growing rootstock. In addition to great natural resources, their knowledgeable and hardworking team ensures their plants are healthy and their customers happy every step of the way. Their rootstock are certified virus-free through the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Fedco Seeds offers a large selection of certified-organic cultivars and regional heirloom varieties. Located in Clinton, Maine, they are a cooperative – one of the few seed companies so organized in the United States. Fedco has five divisions: Seeds, Potatoes, Onions and Exotics, Organic Growers Supply, Trees, and Bulbs, and sends out two catalogs annually. The cooperative has been in the seed business since 1978. They took on the Tree order from John Bunker in 1983, added fall Bulbs in 1984, picked up potatoes from Tom Roberts in 1985, and the Organic Grower Supply order from the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association in 1988. Fedco ships trees and perennial plants in the spring.
Forager Sponsors
OrchardPeople.com was created by journalist, filmmaker and urban orchardist Susan Poizner to make fruit tree care easy though articles, podcast, books and premium online courses. Susan has been involved in training new growers since 2013 and over the years has trained thousands of people from coast to coast. Based in Toronto, Canada, Susan teaches in-person workshops and hosts live webinars on Orchardpeople.com. She also hosts an informative fruit tree care radio show and podcast that reaches thousands of listeners around North America and beyond.
Southern Cultured Orchards & Nursery was founded by long-time NAFEX member Larry Stephenson. Based in Coldwater, Mississippi, Southern Cultured Orchards & Nursery cultivates heirloom Southern apple trees that are for sale at local and regional markets and available for shipping as potted or dormant bare root trees. Larry is proud to offer yesterday’s fruits grown today for tomorrow’s generations.
Explorer Sponsors
Michael Welber
Out on a Limb Apples CSA
Head, Hands and Heart Nursery and Seed & Fruittreelabels.com