Iowa State Horticultural Society announces 2010 All-Iowa Hort Expo, USDA Grant
The Iowa State Horticultural Society (ISHS) will sponsor the All-Iowa Horticulture Exposition II March 19-20, 2010 at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa. Information about the upcoming Expo appears on the Society’s website, www.iowahort.orghttp://www.iowahort.org> .
The Expo received a major boost in the form of a recently announced $14,000 USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant. The grant will support marketing and education efforts for the Expo including nationally known keynote speakers Dan Heims and Stephanie Cohen. The ISHS hopes to expand programming this year to offer two keynote sessions, 12 lecture-style presentations, live demonstrations by Iowa experts, an expanded trade show, children and family activities, and an agricultural issues forum in an effort to create a “state fair” for horticulture.
The ISHS will once again partner with Iowa State University Extension to coordinate the event. Additional information about the Expo will also be available at county extension offices in the coming months.
The ISHS was founded in 1866 for the purpose of promoting and encouraging horticulture and its related interests in Iowa through the collection and dissemination of information concerning production, marketing, and utilization of horticultural crops. The Iowa Code of Law states support for the ISHS from the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS). The ISHS promotes the horticulture industry as a means of diversifying agriculture in Iowa. <
