2026 UConn Extension Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Conference

January 8th, 2026

Student Union Ballroom (Room 330)
2110 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT
8:45 am - 3:15 pm

UConn Extension's Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Conference features learning sessions, networking opportunities, research poster presentations, and a trade show. On average, roughly 200-225 people have attended this conference in the past few years. Bring your questions, challenges, and success stories to share with our network of Extension Educators, experienced and beginning farmers, and agricultural service providers.

Past conference photos with the words learn, engage, and connect.

Participant Registration Details

Registration has closed.

Who Attends: Commercial Vegetable Growers, Commercial Fruit Growers, Aspiring Farmers, Agricultural Service Providers, Educators, and Students

Registration Includes:

  • Admission to Sessions and Trade Show
  • Morning Refreshments, Lunch, and Afternoon Refreshments
  • Pesticide Recertification Credits - 3.5 credits in category PA, 1A
  • Parking

Please contact tolland@uconn.edu or call 860-875-3331 if you have any questions.

Trade Show registration is now full.

Thanks to all who registered, we look forward to seeing everyone at the conference!

Parking Details

Parking for the conference will be in the South Parking Garage, 505 Jim Calhoun Way, Storrs CT 06269. Parking is included in the registration price. Be sure to look out for an email prior to the day of the conference with an event parking link to register for validated parking.

Map of UConn campus with directions from South Garage to Student Union

To get from the South Parking Garage to the Student Union, make your way from the garage towards Hillside Road. Take a left onto Hillside Road, and then the Student Union will be the second building on your right. Signs will be posted to help guide you along the way.

Trade Show Exhibitors

  • American Farmland Trust
  • Arthur Carroll Crop Insurance Agency
  • Buxton Hollow Farm
  • CaroVail
  • Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Connecticut Agricultural Mediation Program
  • Connecticut Farm Bureau
  • Connecticut Resource Conservation & Development Area Inc.
  • CT Department of Agriculture and Regulatory Services
  • CT Department of Agriculture and Resource Conservation
  • CT Greenhouse
  • Farm Credit East
  • farmOS
  • Griffin Farm Equipment
  • Harris Seeds
  • Johnny's Selected Seeds
  • Legal Food Hub
  • NE Seed Company
  • Nutrien Ag Solutions
  • OESCO, Inc.
  • Pleasant View Farms, Inc.
  • RIMOL Greenhouse Systems
  • Seedway
  • Smart Farm Innovations
  • UConn Extension Farm Risk Management
  • UConn Extension Farm To School
  • UConn Extension Solid Ground
  • UConn Soil Health and Cover Crops
  • UConn Soil Nutrient Analysis Laboratory
  • USDA Farm Service Agency
  • Walden Mutual Bank
  • Wellscroft Fence Systems LLC
  • WinterLeap

Contact Information

Please contact tolland@uconn.edu or call 860-875-3331 if you have any questions or need assistance with registration. If you require accommodations for a disability, please contact us at least two weeks (by December 24, 2025) in advance of the conference. 

IPM Resources:

Image of the physical copy of the New England Vegetable Management Guide

Text says Vegetable Production Course for Beginning Farmers with photos of vegetable fields