Haskap Day 2015 Agenda, June 26 - Part 1

 Here is the agenda for Haskap Day 2015, which is sponsored yearly at the University of Saskatchewan's Horticulture Field Laboratory, Saskatoon, SK.

This year Haskap Day will be held on June 26...

8:00AM	Haskap Day Agenda, 2015
	8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00AM	9:00 – 9:30 Introduction to Haskap and Horticulture Field Facilities
	9:30 – 12:30 Tour of Haskap Fields We will visit various fields.  Bob Bors will point out plants of interest in each field.  There will be ample time to talk to growers and staff, and to sample berries.  This is a good opportunity to ask questions either about your own plants or the things you see in our fields.
10:00AM
11:00AM
12:00 NOON	12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:00PM
	1:30 – 2:30 U of S Haskap Research Updates Bob Bors: Haskap Breeding, New research Projects James Dawson: Haskap Nutraceuticals Bayartulga: Greenhouse Haskap, Nutrients for Haskap Plants
2:00PM
	2:30-3:30 Presentations by Growers & Groups Haskap Canada Update IRAP: 4 kinds of grants available for growers Various Propagators These will be 10 minute (or so) talks. Some will be impromptu interviews of growers. If you have a specific topic you want to present, email Bob.bors@usask.ca
3:00PM
	3:30 – 4:00 Growers Forum Open discussions, Questions and Answers. This portion may start earlier if not enough grower presentations occur.
4:00PM
	Note: our facility closes at 4:30, so everyone must leave before then

2014 Haskap Day - July 18

One week from today the University of Saskatchewan will once again host its annual Haskap Day at its Horticulture Field Lab located on 14th St. in Saskatoon, SK..  All seven haskap fields will be on the tour which leaves from the lab at 9:15 a.m..  Bob Bors will provide a research and breeding update at 1:00 p.m., and will be followed by James Dawson's presentation on the neutraceutical value of haskap fruit.  Then Bayartugla Lkhagvsuren will speak on the ecology of wild haskap and haskap plant nutrition.  A grower forum will end the afternoon session.

*Note: If it has rained in the past week please bring boots that are suitable for walking in heavy, wet clay in the field.  Park along the south side of 14th Street, please.  Registration is $25 and begins at 8:30 a.m..  Pizza for lunch will be available for a cost of $5.

http://www.fruit.usask.ca/articles/Haskap%20Day%202014.pdf

2014 Haskap Canada AGM (Part 2): James Dawson & The Nutrition Of Haskap

James Dawson is a PhD graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan, in the Department of Plant Sciences.  He has presented at both the University of Saskatchewan's Haskap Day as well as at Haskap Canada AGMs.

At this year's Haskap Canada AGM he spoke on the manner in which antioxidants/polyphenyls are actually metabolized in the human body, which as it is coming to be better understood as an emerging science, will put a whole new slant on how you should approach antioxidants in general, and haskap in particular.  His presentation demonstrates precisely why the resources of university research are critical to better understanding the ongoing revelations that the sciences continue to offer.  

We include his presentation this year entitled, Phenylpropanoids In Lonicera caerulea for your viewing pleasure and ask that if you share them that attribution is included.  Thank you...

http://haskap.ca

http://www.fruit.usask.ca/haskap.html

Haskap Day - U of SK 2013 (6)

Afternoon Presentations

Bob Bors - U of SK breeding program update
James Dawson - Neutriceutical/Phytochemical discussion
Loretta Bors - Development of cookbook
Curtis Braaten - Raised bed planting
Cory Sheffield (unable to attend) - Pollination Study
Hamish Graham - Hydroplanting
Haskap Canada - Update
Open Forum

*Anyone with recipes for haskap and would like them included in the cookbook is encouraged to contact Loretta Bors (lorettaborsathotmaildotcom)or Lil Sawatzky (lilymaeatsaskteldotcom).

Haskap Day 2013

Haskap Day this year will be held on Friday, July 19 at the University of Saskatchewan's Horticulure Field Lab, Saskatoon, SK.  The day will feature talks by Dr. Bob Bors, and doctoral student James Dawson will report on various compounds he has discovered in Haskap while doing his research .  There will be introductions to new graduate students and their respective fields of inquiry. Industry updates will be addressed by the Haskap Canada Association, who will also speak about some of their new initiatives. As always there will be field tours, which are continuing to break open new insights as these plants continue to mature.  Starting time is 10:00 a.m..