On Friday November 27, 2009 the first year students enrolled in the turf management course at the University of Guelph, are holding a symposium. The symposium’s purpose is to inform people who are involved in the turf industry on “How To Do More With Less” in these struggling times in the turf industry. The symposium is being held at the Cutten Club in Guelph and starts at 8 a.m. and will end around 2 p.m. lunch and refreshments are included.
To deal with this issue “How To Do More With Less” we have organized three speakers who are well known throughout the turf industry. These speakers include Ron Scheidel (president of Green Horizons sod farms), Keith Bartlett (superintendent at St.George’s Golf and Country Club, location of the 2010 Canadian Open) and Dr.Tom Hissing ( University of Guelph Pathology expert). We hope the information these speakers provide will educate and motivate people in the turf grass industry in order for the industry to remain successful during these tuff economic times.
People who may be interested in this event may be people in the sod, golf course, sports field or lawn care industry. For more information on this event, please check out the event website (www.turfintoughtimes.weebly.com) or the facebook group called “Turf In Tough Times Student Symposium”. For essential information, contacted a student enrolled in the turf grass management course at the University of Guelph or RSVP to Rae Urwin at (www.rurwin@uoguelph.ca) by November 19,2009.
