Events & Education Listings
ACORN has a full inventory of educational books/resources
Feb 2 ACORN NB Organic Industry Strategic Planning Forum, Fredericton, NB. The Forum will use the New Brunswick Organic Industry Profile as a base to plan the future direction of the organic industry in New Brunswick. Results from the industry profile and the Strategic Planning Forum will be compiled in a comprehensive Strategic Plan for the New Brunswick Organic Industry. This document will include specific actions that will foster further development of the New Brunswick Organic sector by identifying specific and achievable goals. Details TBA.
Feb 3 International Food Panel: Re-Localization of the Global Food Economy - Bringing Food Home Dr. Raj Patel, Dr. Robert Fox & Reg Phelan. 7:30 p.m. Scotia Bank Auditorium, Sobeys building, at St. mary's University. A panel discussion on the global food economy and its effects on the local and what can and should be done to create an equitable relationship. The panel will include Author Raj Patel, Robert Fox the Director of Oxfam Canada and local food activist Reg Phelan. Any questions email Chris at cjstroud@gmail.com.
Feb 11 Organic Opportunities for Value-added Production, Webinar Part 2 - This is the second part ACORN's project to increase knowledge and understanding of organic value-adding and processing. Featuring Gary Morton, co-author of Building Added Value through Farm Diversification, and Farm Business Planning: Understanding, Preparing and Using! He is currently working on a new book focusing on developing your Value Added Skills. There is no cost for participants living in Atlantic Canada, however, it is $10 for those outside the region. Time: 12:00pm (noon) - 1:00pm AST. To register, please send an email to Rose at rose@acornorganic.org
What is a webinar? It is a web-based conference that you can participate in from the comfort of your home or office. No travel, no cost, no reason to miss out! Anyone can participate as long as they have a computer and an Internet connection. Even computers connected by a dial-up service can participate. You should have sound capability, so you can hear the presentation. Participants also have time to ask (by typing) the presenter questions, so it is interactive. No need to worry if you aren't experience with computers, webinars are extremely easy to access - it's as simple as clicking on a web address.
February 16 Green Hot Cinema in Woodstock, New Brunswick. Another installment of screenig socially/environmentally/politically conscious films. NBCC Woodstock Campus in the teaching theatre beginning at 7:30pm. Film TBA.
February 16 (date subject to change): Creating & Updating your Organic Farm Plan. A Free Webinar with Rupert Jannasch, ACORN's Organic Transition Specialist. February 16th. For more information or to register (pre-registration by Feb 14 is required) contact rose@acornorganic.org or call 1-866-322-2676.
Feb 17 Organic Field Crops Workshop: Soybeans. The Maritime Organic Grains Network is hosting an Organic Field Crops Workshop with focus on Soybeans. The workshop will be held at the Howard Johnson Dutch Inn, Cornwall, PEI on Feb 17th from 9:30a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Maritime Organic Grains Network is hosting Harro Wehrmann, from Wehrmann Seeds, Organic Grain farmer and processor from Ontario. In addition, results from the 2009 organic field trials conducted by the OACC will be provided about new crops and emerging markets. Cost to attend is $15 (includes lunch). Please pre-register by emailing: Mark Bernard info@barnyardorganics.ca or phone at 902 887 3188.
Feb 17 Marketing Caravan at the Old Orchard Inn, Greenwich, Nova Scotia. For 2010, Marketing Caravan brings you two speakers with the knowledge, experience and passion to share what you need to know: Jolene Brown is an Iowa farmer and speaker with a mission to help North American farm families thrive and grow in a fast-changing marketplace, her workshop will be "Show and Tell".
"Building productive relationships with local media" will be a workshop offered by Annemarie Pedersen, a public relations specialist and a member of the Canadian Farmwriters Association. Pre-registration is required! Cost is $50, including lunch for this full-day session. For more information, please contact: Claire Hanlon Smith, Marketing Services Division, 902-893-4491 or hanlonca@gov.ns.ca
Feb 23, March 9, 16 & 23 Organic Gardening 101. Want to grow your own food? Care about the environment? Like getting your hands in the soil?! Join Rowena, an organic farmer and organic farm inspector, for a 4 part beginners course into growing your own food organically. For all 4 classes: Students $85, Non-Students $115 Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, CSNN, 1201 Mountain Road, Suite 205 (in the Wedgewood Building). Contact Rowena at : rowena.hopkins@consultant.com or (902) 542-0324. Tuesday Evenings; Feb 23rd , March 9th, 16th and 23rd from 6pm to 8:30pm.
March 3 Permaculture Fruit Farming: Establishing a Profitable Orchard. An overview of how to plan, establish and propagate a profitable fruit orchard is being presented by the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada March 3 at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Green Barn Nursery will present information about new, exciting varieties of plants, plant hardiness, pest and disease resistance, planting, propagating, growing, picking, maintaining and selling. Speakers include Ken Taylor, who taught biochemistry for 35 years at John Abbot College while organic farming 70 acres of land on Ile Perrot, Quebec, and Steve Leroux, a lifelong entrepreneur and direct sales specialist. The two have teamed up to deliver invaluable information on the science, operations and sales aspect of small and medium sized fruit farming in Canada. “Our goal is to make a difference one farm at a time. By helping land owners establish sustainable and profitable farms we can have a positive impact on the environment as well as the health of Canadians. Canada imports almost all of its fruit. Much of the fruit imported can be grown here in Canada and retailers and wholesaler pay a fair price for that fruit. Farmers and land owners need to know.” The overview is being held in the Riverview Room, Jenkins Hall, NSAC, Truro, Nova Scotia from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm. The cost is $75.00 (includes lunch). Student price $20 (does not include lunch). Preregistration recommended. Contact: Margaret Savard, OACC at: 902-893-7256 or msavard@nsac.ca . For more information visit: www.oacc.info
Source: http://www.atlanticfarmfocus.ca/index.cfm?sid=320345&sc=586. Ken Taylor and Steve Leroux will also be presenting 3 workshops at the ACORN Conference, March 4-6 in Charlottetown.
March 4-6 10th Anniversary Conference & Trade Show "Celebrating a Decade of Growth!" Don't miss ACORN's 10th Anniversary Conference & Trade Show - with over 30 workshops to choose from, a Thursday night Kick-off "Pioneer Panel" and the ACORN Anniversary party, our Friday night organic banquet with keynote speaker Marty Mesh from the Agricultural Justice Project, and a Canadian Premiere showing of the film, "What's "Organic" About Organic?" - it's a full program: come learn and celebrate with us! http://acornorganic.org/conference.html
April An Agricultural Tour to Central Europe will be organized for a group of 15 farmers from Atlantic Canada. The trip will take place during the month of April, 2010 for a period of 10-12 days. During this time, the farmers will visit the main cooperative farms and agricultural sites and will be able to exchange information on the agricultural production in Slovakia. The trip will include a 2 day visit to major cultural and historical sites in Vienna, Budapest and Prague. Depending on the number of participants and the cost of the ticket the approximate cost of this trip is $2,400 which includes air & ground transportation, food & accommodation. If you are interested please contact: Dr. Nabil Rifai, Tel: (902) 893 6714 or 893 7099, E-Mail: nrifai@nsac.ca
April 2-Day Intensive Workshops on Value-added Production with Gary Morton and Steve Owen, hosted by ACORN, to be held in PEI. Details TBA.
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