This year’s election of officers for the ASHS Board of Directors by the ASHS Membership places Dewayne Ingram as President-elect, John Lea-Cox as Research Division Vice President-elect, Anita Azarenko as Education Division Vice President-elect, and Esmaeil "Essie" Fallahi as International Division Vice President-elect.

2010 William A. "Tex" Frazier Lecture
Breeding for Human Health Traits, an Emerging Facet in Contemporary Crop Improvement

Henry J. Thompson
Director, Cancer Prevention Laboratory
Colorado State University

The American Society for Horticultural Science is pleased to announce that  Henry J. Thompson  has been selected as this year’s William A. “Tex” Frazier Lecturer. Thompson is the Director of the Cancer Prevention Laboratory at Colorado State University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, College of Agricultural Sciences, in Fort Collins. He will speak on the topic of “Breeding for Human Health Traits, an Emerging Facet in Contemporary Crop Improvement” at the ASHS Annual Conference, to be held August 2–5 2010 at the Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort and Spa, Palm Desert, California.

The 36th National Agricultural Plastics Congress will be take place July 31- August 1, 2010, at the Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort and Spa, Palm Desert, California. The Congress, which is sponsored by the American Society for Plasticulture, is being held just prior to and at the same location as the 2010 ASHS Annual Conference in order to allow those that generally attend both meetings to save on travel expenses.

ASHS President William J. Lamont, Jr., reflects on the challenges facing horticulture in a changing world.