Harsh growing season puts Navajo Nation Fair horticulture entries to the test
Naa’ahóóhai | 78th Annual Navajo Nation Fair
WINDOW ROCK
Marquel Begay is coordinating the Navajo Nation Fair’s horticulture exhibit for the first time this year, stepping into the role just months after being named the director of the Diné College Land Grant Office.
“Through partnership with the Land Grant Office and the Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture, I was given the opportunity and the task to host the horticulture show this year through Matt Denetclaw from the (Navajo Nation) Department of Ag, who selected me to host the show this year,” Begay said.
The 78th Annual Navajo Nation Fair’s horticulture exhibit gives Navajo producers a chance to show off what they grew on Navajo lands this season. Entries are divided into six categories, fruits, vegetables, hay, floral arrangements, traditional foods and food preparation. Top entries can place first, second or third or be named best of show.
The exhibit runs for three days at the White Tent east of the Lorene C. Lee 4-H Pavilion at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds. Entry check-in takes place Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 1-6 p.m., with registration on site that morning. Judging follows Thursday, Sept. 10, from 8 a.m. to noon and is closed to the public.
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