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Maryland Vegetable Growers Association
2005 Largo Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Phone: 301-627-8440, Fax: 301-627-3273
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Welcome to the Maryland Vegetable Growers Association web page. The goal of our Association is to advance and promote the vegetable industry of Maryland by: providing educational resources and 
opportunities for its members, funding practical applied research that benefits the industry, and representing the interests of the Maryland vegetable industry at local, state and national levels.
The MVGA helps support the Central and Southern Maryland Vegetable and Fruit meetings, and the Eastern Shore-Hurlock meeting as well as Summer Field Days and Twilight Meetings. The MVGA also provides members with a free EB-236 (the vegetable and strawberry recommendation guide for the mid-Atlantic) with membership and supports initiatives that benefit the Maryland vegetable industry such as the Downy Mildew Early Warning System that gives growers in Maryland a 1-2 week warning as to when downy mildew will occur in our fields. In addition, each year the Association sends out a request for research proposals and then funds selected grants that the board decides best serves the vegetable growers of Maryland.
The Association is administered by a seven-member volunteer Board. The Board then elects from its membership the President and the Secretary -Treasurer. The Board meets three times a year or more often if needed.
The MVGA is a dynamic organization motivated to serve the industry and meet the needs of its members. If you are a grower, supplier, or consumer, we invite you to support the vegetable industry of Maryland by joining the MVGA. Over 50,000 tons of vegetables grown on 11,350 acres that were worth over $23,600,000 were produced in Maryland last year. Agriculture is the state’s largest commercial business with 16% of the state’s workforce connected to the industry. Of Maryland’s 10 major crops vegetables and fruit represent 60% of that production.
For more information, contact Dr. Gerald Brust
Last updated: 02/15/2008