Sat. Jan. 28

2012 CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP REGISTRATION INFO: for Saturday January 28, 2012

Workshop Registration – Advance General Admission paid by Jan. 6th – $35.00 + HST—Entitles you to your choice among all of 20 workshops – flat fee [but the fee jumps to $60 if you register after Jan. 6] – either mail in your payment with a January 6th postmark or use PayPal to compile and send in your credit card payment. Using PayPal, you can do a complete Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday registration with one payment.
Workshop Registration – Student Admission – $15.00 + HST————–Entitles you to any choice among all of the 20 workshops – flat fee [students can register any time from now right up to the Jan. 28 at-the-door payment for $15 - you must show your student card at the Registration Desk UC103]
January 28, 2011 – [NEW SET OF 5 WORKSHOPS @ new time slot: ] 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Trends in the Organic Cropping World	Organic Livestock Care & Management	Organics for Smallholders	Marketing the Organic Message	Seeds of the Future
International experiments in open-pollinated corn production & local comparisonsLoïc Dewavrin (Organic grower)	Organic dairy case study: somatic cell count management from 38 Quebec farmsFrançois Labelle (Valacta)	Root cellar basics for the small farmTarrah Young (Green Being Farm)	Coming clean on organic body careSimon Jacques (Ecocert Canada) & Alain Menard (Green Beaver)	Planting a seed: Organic co-ops – secrets of marketing & managementRandy Whitteker (ONFC) & Patrick Conner (Big Carrot)
January 28, 2011 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (some workshops may extend past 12.00 pm into lunch hour)
Trends in the Organic Cropping World	Organic Livestock Care & Management	Organics for Smallholders	Marketing the Organic Message	Seeds of the Future
Mushroom growing on logs: techniques for getting startedBruno Pretto (FunGuy Farm)	Organic livestock market potential and business realitiesTed and Mark Soudant (Field Gate)	Ignatius steel in the field: equipment choices for organic farmersLorne Jamieson (Ignatius Farm)	Farmers’ markets: more than just food – research report and discussion of communication issuesHélène St-Jacques (Informa Research)	Community seed systemsBob Wildfong (Seeds of Diversity) & Cory Eichman (Organic grower)
Take Time for Lunch ! Don’t forget to go in and see what’s cooking in the GUELPH U.C. Centre 6 Café right next to the Expo. The University’s organic offering will be there at the chef demo cart. 12.00 NOON————-Also check out the MEETINGS menu above, to see all the interesting face-to-face informal programs going on at noon, up on the 3rd & 4th floors of the Guelph U.C.
January 28, 2012 – 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Trends in the Organic Cropping World	Organic Livestock Care & Management	Organics for Smallholders	Marketing the Organic Message	Seeds of the Future
Getting to know your organic grain buyer: a forum on selling profitablyPanel of traders: Tom Manley (Homestead), Marshal King (Organic Meadow), Dan Bewersdorff (SunOpta Grain) & Roger Rivest (Keystone)	Organic science cluster research updates: sheep parasite control, dairy production and welfareLaura Falzon & Anita Tucker (U of Guelph)	Forest gardens: imitating diverse natural systems on a scale you can manageShantree Kacera (The Living Centre)	The health benefits of organics from an autistic and environmentally sensitive viewpointJackie McMillan (Independent researcher)	International development perspectives on seed banking: can this model work for Canada?USC-Canada presenters
January 28, 2012 – 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Trends in the Organic Cropping World	Organic Livestock Care & Management	Organics for Smallholders	Marketing the Organic Message	Seeds of the Future
Cultivation of organic hops: getting startedMike Driscoll (Organic grower)	Holistic Grazing ManagementTony & Fran McQuail (Meeting Place Farm)	Small-scale composting tips for an acre or lessMike Nevin (FoodShare)	Forum on leveraging social media to market organicsBarry Martin & Organic Council of Ontario presenters	Growing seed for profit on production-scale market gardensDaniel Brisebois (Ferme Tourne-Sol)

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