9:00am  - 10:00am
Keynote Speaker
Joseph Simcox “Uncommon Fruit from Dry Regions of the World”
  Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
10:15am  - 11:15am
Nan Sterman
Intro to Drought Tolerant Fruit
John Chater
Pomegranates
Dennis Sharmahd
Rare Fruiting Cacti
Josh Robinson
Dry Land Farming
11:30am  - 12:30pm
Ben Pierce
Maintaining a Suburban Orchard
using Water Saving Techniques
Glen Woodmansee
Feijoa
Ramiro Lobo
Pitahaya or Dragon Fruit
Production in California:
Overview and Research Update
Brook Sarson
Creating Water Resilience
in your Garden: rainwater
and greywater abundance-
2:30pm  -  3:30pm
Roger Meyer
Jujube
Ben Poirier
Edible Myrtaceae for So. Ca.
- Eugenias, Jaboticabas,
Guavas and many more
Jim Borneman
Irrigation Products to Reduce
Water Use in the Orchard
and Landscape
Ben Kotnik
Drought Tolerance Through
Soil Building
3:45pm  -  4:45pm
John Preece
Propagation Of Difficult To
Propagate Fruit Trees
Jim Verner
Plant Nutrition to increase
resistance to drought, disease
and stress
Jon Verdick
Fig
Tom Addison
White Sapote:  
A Great Choice for the
Home Orchard
 
 
 
 
 
Dinner Speaker
Justin Rohner “Agriscaping & the Secret Art of Micro-Climates to Grow Food Year-Round in Arid Climates”
FESTIVAL OF FRUIT 2015 Speakers
(Saturday August 8th)
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This list of speakers is subject to change