Saturday Full Conference
Saturday, February 27, 2010
| 7:00 – 8:00 | Trade show set up. Over 30 exhibitors: associations, farm inputs, buyers, implements, seed and more. |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Arrival, registration, refreshments, visit the trade show |
| 9:00 - 10:20 | Plenary Session, keynote speaker: Wayne Roberts, the manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council, activist and author Creating a food system that fosters equitable food access, nutrition, community development and environmental health. Traduction simultanée en français |
| Visit the Trade Show throughout the day | |
| Market Gardening | |
| 10:40 - 11:50 | Money does grow in trees: Grafting, planting, pruning for fun and for profit Ken Taylor Green Barn Nursery Traduction simultanée en français |
| 13:20 - 14:30 | Records and profitability analysis for the vegetable farmer Frédéric Thériault Tourne-Sol Farming Coop |
| 14:50 - 16:00 | Integrating seed saving into the market garden Daniel Brisebois Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Growers Network |
| Field Crops | |
| 10:40 - 11:50 | Crops rotations for yield and weed suppression Garry Lean Eco-Systems, etc. |
| 13:20 - 14:30 | Farming with fungi instead of fertilizer Hida Manns Trent University |
| 14:50-16:00 | The eco-energy business case for the active farm Chris Weissflog EcoGen Energy Inc. Traduction simultanée en français |
| Livestock | |
| 10:40 - 11:50 | Choosing your manure - a fresh look at composting Bill Langenburg Grenville Herb Farm |
| 13:20 - 14:30 | Quality forages with sudan, sorghum and pearl millet Om Dangi Agriculture Environmental Renewal Canada Inc |
| 14:50 - 16:00 | Managing the environment to control insect pests Simon Lachance University of Guelph Campus d’Alfred |
| General Interest | |
| 10:40 - 11:50 | Organic opportunities in a student nutrition program Devorah Belinsky Ontario’s Student Nutrition Program |
| 13:20 - 14:30 | A grass roots program for a local food economy Wayne Roberts Manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council Traduction simultanée en français |
| 14:50 - 16:00 | Garbage to Gardens – Worms and recycling organic waste Gerrie Baker The Worm Factory |
| 11:50 - 13:20 | Organic Lunch in the dining room. Visit the Trade Show |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Visit the Trade Show |