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SUMMARY:Growing Strawberries Organically workshop
DESCRIPTION:Strawberries are known to have high levels of pesticide re
 sidues compared to most other crops. There is a strong public demand f
 or organic strawberries, but the supply is very limited. The Growing S
 trawberries Organically workshop will help farmers tap into this impor
 tant niche market. A companion to COG’s newly released Practical Ski
 lls Handbook Growing Strawberries Organically, this workshop covers im
 portant considerations and management strategies to successful organic
  strawberry production.\n \nThe Growing Strawberries Organically work
 shop is for organic growers wanting to diversify their farm or improve
  the quality and quantity of their organic strawberries, or convention
 al growers wanting to explore organic strawberries as an option, or si
 mply to reduce their pesticide usage while still raising quality berri
 es.\n \nDate/Location:\n-         Ottawa on Feb 11, 2012 (spe
 cific location still to be determined)\n-         Guelph regio
 n TBD.\nCost: Includes lunch and a copy of COG’s Practical Skills Ha
 ndbook Growing Strawberries Organically\n-         $60 COG mem
 bers\n-         $70 for non-members\n-         $35 for
  additional people from the same farm business (excludes book).\n-  
        Additional books are $15 ea (reg $19-$22).\nFacilitated b
 y: Rob Wallbridge, Songberry Organic Farm\nRegister with Canadian Orga
 nic Growers:\n-         online at www.cog.ca/shop/ (click “E
 vents”)\n-         by email office@cog.ca\n-        
  by phone 1-888-375-7383.\nMore info:  (Ottawa) Colin Lundy, colin@cog
 .ca, 613-493-0020\n(Guelph) Tegan Renner, outreach@cogwaterloo.ca, 226
 -251-3012\n \nFunding for these workshops comes in part from Rural As
 sociation Partnership Program (RAPP) of the City of Ottawa, and the Ag
 ricultural Management Institute (AMI). AMI is part of the Best Practic
 es Suite of programs for Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territo
 rial initiative.\n\nFor more information visit https://ontag.farms.com
 /events/growing-strawberries-organically-workshop
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CATEGORIES:farmer, workshop
LOCATION:Ottawa
WEBSITE:http://www.cog.ca/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_81
URL:http://www.cog.ca/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_81
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER;CN="Colin Lundy":https://ontag.farms.com/profile/ColinLundy
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Colin Lu
 ndy":https://ontag.farms.com/profile/ColinLundy
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