The Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference was bigger and better this year. Approximately 3,500 attendees and exhibitors flocked to Savannah, Georgia, this past weekend to learn about the latest trends and production practices impacting the different commodities being produced across the region.
Chris Butts, executive director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA), talked about this year’s show that was featured in a newly expanded Savannah Convention Center.
“When the Savannah Convention Center completed their expansion last year, we came and did a tour, and it’s a big, beautiful facility. My first thought was, ‘How in the world are we going to fill it and make it look like we’re not lost in a little corner of the space?’” Butts recalled. “We got creative and tried to find some ways to bring the show out; out of the show floor; out into the hallways and mix that in with the classroom setting and take it right out to the front door. We want to hit you with it as soon as you walk in the front door and immerse you in the fruit and vegetable industry on that long walk around to registration.”…