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Agriculture briefs for Feb. 12, 2021
Compiled by Candace Krebs
Last chance to sign up for produce conference
Only a few days remain before the Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association Annual Conference, which will be held virtually on Feb. 17-18. With more than 55 different presenters scheduled, it is the most content the group has ever offered at annual conference, according to president Robert Sakata, a farmer from Brighton. Visit ColoradoProduce.org for information and register.
State officials express unwavering support for NWSS
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Agriculture Commissioner Kate Greenberg reiterated their support for the National Western Stock Show in a letter published Feb. 3. This year’s stock show was canceled for only the second time in its 115-year history due to COVID-19.
CFVGA Honors Wendy White
The Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association will honor a former marketer with the Colorado Department of Agriculture at its annual conference.
Wendy White worked for several years with the CDA as Marketing Specialist with the Colorado Proud Program promoting Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables and other state-produced ag products.
White has been named the Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association Robert Sakata 2020 Member of the Year.
White tells Colorado Ag Today it was a complete honor and a surprise.
White: “ It was such a privilege serving the Colorado produce community for so many years and promoting Colorado fruits and vegetables through the Colorado Proud Program. It was just such an honor to be recognized by this wonderful group that I had worked with for so many years and I’m just so excited about the opportunity that they gave me.”
for The Fence Post
For thrifty homemakers, many fruits and vegetables would soon come at too dear a cost the widespread desperation of the Great Depression was just beginning when the Good Housekeeping Institute published its 1930 cookbook, “Meals Tested, Tasted and Approved.”
Jaunty recipes on the now-yellowed, food-stained pages which still lay between the red and white striped cover must have become mid-20th century treats. Others prepared with down-to-earth basic ingredients likely graced tables more frequently. Cauliflower Timbales, for example.
But before discovering that 90-year-old recipe’s charms, and how to prepare it, learn how it’s star performer and other veggies are promoted in 2020 Colorado.