Events Calendar

OPGA ANNUAL MEETING. May 2023. Date to be Determined. Contact Dan Matesich @OPGA.

OPGA Farm Tour, August – Early September 2023. Date to be Determined. Contact Dan Matesich @OPGA

2022 OPGA/NAPGA and OTHER PAWPAW EVENTS

Ohio:

OHIO PAWPAW FESTIVAL September 16–18, 2022

Lake Snowden, 5900 US-50 Albany, OH 45710 Ohio (near Athens, OH). For updates visit www.Ohiopawpawfest.com.

Visit The NAPGA booth, meet and greet pawpaw enthusiasts. Buy and taste different pawpaw varieties. Sign up and become a member of OPGA/NAPGA. Contact Dan Matesich @OPGA.
Pawpaw Hunting at Long Branch Farm and Trails. @ Cincinnati Nature Center
6926 Gaynor Road Goshen, Ohio. September 10, 11, 19, 21, 2022 from 6 – 7:30 pm

Kentucky:

Kentucky State University Pawpaw Research Program. Third Thursday Thing will be held at the KYSU Research and Demonstration Farm, 1525 Mills Lane, Frankfort, KY on Thursday, September 15, 10 am- 3 pm ET. It is free of charge, lunch is provided, and pre-registration is not required.

West Virginia:

WV Pawpaw Festival, WVU Core Arboretum, Tentative date September 24, 2022 Monongahela Blvd, Morgantown, WV 26505

Pennsylvania:

York County Pawpaw Festival, Horn Farm Center, Hallam, PA
September 24 -25, 2022, 10 am – 3 pm

We invite you to seek out all of the 2022 North American pawpaw festivals in late summer. As it becomes available, information will be posted on the event website, or will be available from the event contact person:

Ohio State Fair July 27– August 7, 2022, State Fairgrounds, Columbus, OH. Contact Joe Hietter.
North Carolina Pawpaw Festival, Winston-Salem, NC. Contact Derek Morris.
Long Creek Pawpaw Festival, Frederick, MD. ecologiadesign.com

OPGA membership includes enthusiastic pawpaw consumers, backyard growers, and full-on, large-scale producers. Join us in preserving the history, cultivation practices, and availability of this large and tasty native fruit! BECOME A MEMBER today by completing and sending this form.

The OPGA is a not-for-profit, tax exempt 501(c)5 organization. Dues payments are deductible as an ordinary business expense for federal income tax purposes. Contributions or gifts to the OPGA are not deductible as charitable contributions.

ANNUAL OHIO PAWPAW FESTIVAL
September 16, 2022 through September 18, 2022!
Festivals, Family Friendly, Outdoor Annual Festival Since 1998!

This is a festival dedicated to the Pawpaw fruit (Asimina triloba).
Join us at the scenic Lake Snowden in Albany, Ohio for 3 days of Pawpaw music, food, craft brews, contests / races, art, history, education, sustainable living workshops and activities for the kids!

5900 US 50 Albany, OH 45710

https://www.ohiopawpawfest.com/

WHY GROW NORTH AMERICAN PAWPAWS?
1. The NA pawpaw has been growing in the United States for thousands of years & is well suited to the soils and climate.
2. History shows that the native cultures that once thrived in our region farmed large plantations of NA pawpaws.
3. Existing stands of NA pawpaws are excellent areas to further develop into productive semi-wild orchards.
4. The NA pawpaw is a nutritionally superior fruit, very high in protein, fat, minerals and amino acids.

WHY NOT JUST CALL THEM PAWPAWS?
Because of the widespread interest in this species, we want to be more inclusive with its name and terminology. Here, and in all NAPGA/OPGA publications, you will see the pawpaw referenced as the North American Pawpaw, or NA Pawpaw, to distinguish our fruit from those fruits called pawpaw or papaya in other parts of the world.

Ohio Pawpaw Growers Association

Bringing Back Ohio's Native Fruit

Events Calendar

2022 OPGA/NAPGA and OTHER PAWPAW EVENTS

North American Pawpaw Association / Ohio Chapter OPGA

Ohio Pawpaw Growers Association

Bringing Back Ohio's Native Fruit

Events Calendar

2022 OPGA/NAPGA and OTHER PAWPAW EVENTS

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