Macadamia growers to host field day, workshop

FALLBROOK – The University of California Cooperative Extension in conjunction with the California Macadamia Society and the Gold Crown Macadamia Association will hold their annual field day Saturday, Sept. 21, from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the home of Jim Russell, 205 Calle Linda, in Fallbrook.

Field day will offer classes relevant to the macadamia industry, with opportunities to ask questions, both general questions and about specific personal operations. A continental breakfast and lunch will be served.

The information session will provide the opportunity for all that are interested to learn about growing macadamia nuts in California. In addition to the commercial growers, macadamias can be grown in backyards as landscaping and can be grown in tubs on a patio. The macadamia is native to Australia and has been grown in California continuously since 1879.

Come join the University of California Cooperative Extension, the California Macadamia Society and the Gold Crown Macadamia Association for a day of fun, food and information.

The objectives of the California Macadamia Society are to furnish authoritative and timely information on Macadamia culture; to assist growers with harvesting and marketing data; to advise nurserymen on varieties and propagation; to encourage the university to assist the industry with research and to formulate policies, where indicated, for presentation to the state Legislature.

The California Macadamia Society has members all over the world.

The objectives of the Gold Crown Macadamia Association, a farmers’ cooperative are to assure a reliable market to their growers; to provide the highest return to their growers for nuts delivered and to explore new and developing markets for macadamia nuts.

The cost is $20 per person if paid by Sept. 10, and $25 per person after Sept. 10. Register by sending the registration form along with a check made out to: California Macadamia Society, P.O. Box 1298, Fallbrook, CA 92088.

For more information, contact (760) 728-8081 or (760) 580-5516 or [email protected]. Visit http://www.macnuts.org/fieldday.htm for a registration form.

Submitted by California Macadamia Society.