Published February 5, 2010
by iris_author
COG Toronto's Annual Conference
Saturday, February 20, 2010
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
University of Toronto Conference Centre
89 Chestnut St., Toronto
Your Food, Your Choice: Grounds for Change
Check out our website for the latest on the conference program and our speakers. In addition to our keynote, Baerbel Hoehm, the first Agricultural Minister for Germany from the Green Party, sharing insights on what the German Government accomplished under her direction to support organic farming, we have just confirmed Michael Schmidt, the dairy farmer from Durham who was recently acquitted of all criminal charges relating to the sale and distribution of raw milk and raw milk products. We are also looking forward to hearing from Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan farmer who challenged Monsanto, Rick Smith, Executive Director of Environmental Defence Canada to speak as one of the panel on Land vs Development: Questions about the Greenbelt, Tom Manley, President of Homestead Organics, who will speak on the panel about Slow Money, and Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non-GMO Project which is helping retailers take products containing GMO's off their shelves. There will be other great sessions in three streams, one for the Grower, one for the Eater and one for the Reformer, as well as a delicious organic lunch, a special song composed especially for the conference, a reading by Margaret Webb, author of Apples to Oysters: A Food Lover's Tour of Canadian Farms, and a presentation to Wilhelm and Barnhild Pfenning of the Lifetime Organic Hero Award. This conference is not to be missed!
Presented by Canadian Organic Growers in association with The Big Carrot
$65 ($85 after Jan. 31); COG members $55
Rates for seniors, students and unwaged
Organic lunch included !
Info and registration: www.cogtoronto.org or 416-466-4420
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