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Ohio Nut Growers Association |
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Nut Tree Resources
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The ONGA meets twice a year. In the spring, around the first week of April and in the fall, September or October. Check the Events tab or contact us thru email at onga.org. The Spring Meetings are held at the Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio at the corner of Trimble Avenue and SR 430 on the west side of town. The Fall Meetings are held at various sites around the state, either at a public facility or the grove site of a member. Annual dues to the ONGA are $5.00 per year and due in the fall of each year dues can be paid 3 years in advance. Life time memberships are avaliable for $100.00 Associate Membership for $20.00 per year. |
The purpose of the ONGA is for the mutual benefit of farmers, nut growers,
agriculturalists, horticulturalists, and others. To promote the demand for and
the sale of nuts and nut products.
The Ohio Nut Growers was started in 1941 when Sterling and Mary Smith of
Vermilion, Ohio invited Ohio members of the Northern Nut Growers Association to
meet in their home in August of that year.
Sterling Smith was the first chairman or president of the group and presided
over the first meetings. The group's fourth Annual meeting was held in August,
1945, and the group was then known as the Northern Ohio Nut Growers
Association. By March of 1949, the group was know as Ohio Nut Growers
Association and Incorporated as non-profit in 1979.
