Don't miss the opportunity for face-to-face interaction with more than 250 commercial tree fruit and small fruit growers, vegetable growers, and ag marketers.
  

Sign up Now for Exhibit & Sponsorship Opportunities
 

Exhibitor Fees and Details
Reserve any size space for only $125. This includes registration for company sales people and a listing in the on-site program. There are both individual exhibit spaces and bulk spaces available (for equipment and sprayers). Apple crates are available free of charge for those who request them in advance.  

Trade Show Location: Hirsch Fruit Farm, Chillicothe, Ohio
Trade Show Setup: Tuesday, June 25, 2-4 p.m. • Wednesday, June 26, 6:30-7:30 a.m.
Trade Show Hours: Wednesday, June 26, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26 with the tour beginning at 8 a.m. Exhibits are at Hirsch Fruit Farm (Chillicothe, Ohio) and end at 1 p.m. At that time attendees will drive to Rhoads Farm Market (Circleville, Ohio). We hope that you will join the attendees there for continued education and tours along with excellent networking opportunities.   

The exhibit reservation deadline is June 14.   

Sponsorship Opportunities
Don't miss the opportunity to have your company logo listed front and center!

Exclusive Event Sponsor $1000

• Logo and listing on all promotional printed materials, onsite program,
  and signage.
• Banner ad on the OPGMA website and in the E-News in May and June.
• ½ page ad in the summer and fall issues of OPGMA Today.
• Two complimentary registrations to the 2014 OPGMA Congress to give to your best customers.
• “Five Minute Spotlight” during lunch.

Community Sponsor $500

The lunch area is where the sense of community is truly felt. Attendees enjoy food
options that are available for purchase while catching up with their peers.

• Logo and listing on all promotional printed materials, onsite program, and signage.
• Ad on the OPGMA website and in the E-News in May and June.
• Logo and listing in the summer and fall issues of OPGMA Today.
• “Five Minute Spotlight” during lunch.

Tour Sponsorships

• Educational Sponsorship $300
   
  • Space in exhibit area and the appropriate stop to coincide with your business to speak and answer questions.
  • Listing in the onsite program and on the OPGMA website.
     
• Wagon Sponsor $150
   
  • Logo on wagon signage.
  • Listing in the onsite program and on the OPGMA website.

Supporting Sponsor $150

• Listed in the onsite program and on the OPGMA website.

Contact me with any questions.  

Tour Information

Hirsch Fruit Farm - Chillicothe, Ohio 
Hirsch Fruit Farm was founded in 1890, growing 20 acres of peaches as well as running a diversified operation with cattle, hogs, dairy, chickens, sheep, corn, wheat, and hay. Now under the control of fourth generation owners, brother Steve and Mike Hirsch, the farm includes 485 acres and produces asparagus, matted-row strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, black raspberries, stone fruits (apples and grapes), and vegetables. Hirsch Fruit Farm has also expanded its operation to include an off-farm market on the north side of Chillicothe, and it operates a cider processing facility in addition to offering produce at two farm stands and several farmer’s markets in southern Ohio. Steve and Mike continue to uphold the traditions of quality and value that began with their great grandfather, John Hirsh nearly 125 years ago. Mike is the president of OPGMA.
 

Rhoads Farm Inc. - Circleville, Ohio 
Rhoads Farm Inc. was started in Pickaway County in 1958 by 9-year-old Brent Rhoads. Since then it has been a family owned and operated business and grown from a few acres into a fully operational garden center, landscape company, wholesale tree nursery, and fruit/vegetable farm. Today the Rhoads family produces 150 acres of fresh fruits and vegetables that are sold through wholesale outlets and farmers markets in and around the Columbus area.

In recent years blackberries have become a major crop for the Rhoads family as a result of a partnership with Fort Wayne-based Trellis Growing Systems. In 2010 the first commercial planting of blackberries (10 acres) was installed on the farm using the "Rotating Cross Arm" trellis. This innovative system has many benefits including winter protection, harvest efficiency, and increased quality. Another 12-acre planting will be installed this season to make the Rhoads family the largest blackberry producer in the Midwest. The blackberries are sold and packed under the Giumarra label for the national market.

Strawberries are grown on the annual plasticulture system that enables them to produce large high quality fruit that ripens well before the traditional berry season. The fruit is picked daily starting in mid-May and continues for three to four weeks.

Other crops that that are produced at Rhoads Farm Inc. include sweet corn, cantaloupe, brussels sprouts, sweet cherries, peaches, and figs.