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Alberta Hosting Canadian Farm Writers' National Conference | |
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From the Sept 7, 2009 Issue of Agri-News | |
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| | Dr. Spencer Proctor and Matthew Buck are just two of many featured speakers at this year's Canadian Farm Writers' Federation (CFWF) annual conference that is being held in Edmonton on September 10 to 12, 2009.
Proctor, a leading University of Alberta scientist will discuss capitalizing on Canada's science-powered opportunities. Buck, assistant director of the Food Alliance in Portland, Oregon, will outline this innovative U.S. program that is moving into Canada, and discuss the direct implications it has on marketing and production policy in Canada's agriculture and food industry.
"The conference theme this year is Shaping the Future Marketplace: The Opportunity Hunters," says Janet Kanters, CFWF conference co-chair. "We wanted to feature Alberta producers, businesses and other leading authorities on how they are facing change head-on, and finding opportunity within that change."
Also featured during the meeting will be David Seymour, journalist and public policy spokesperson from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. His discussion will include why the media's world is changing and what will be needed to survive.
Delegates to this year's conference will spend September 10 on tours in and around the Edmonton area. Tour one - Pioneers of Yesterday and Today - features family-oriented operations that are truly committed to agriculture, such as Highland Feeders and the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. Tour two - A Fork in the Road - includes stops at Sunworks Organic Farm and the Viking Hutterite Colony. And tour three - Alberta Spuds and Suds - features Alberta entrepreneurship at its finest, with visits to the Little Potato Company, the Multicultural Heritage Centre, Inspired Market Gardens and Alley Kat Brewing Company.
The CFWF 2009 annual conference concludes on September 12 with an awards banquet featuring the best in Canadian agricultural journalism.
More information on the conference is available at: www.afwa.ca
Contact:
Annemarie Pedersen, conference co-chair
403-410-7643
annemarie.pedersen@adfarmonline.com |
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This information published to the web on September 2, 2009.
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