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SUMMARY:Talking Tough Topics - Farm & Food Care Annual General Meeting
  & Conference
DESCRIPTION:Conference: Sustainable food and farming. What does it rea
 lly mean in Canada? (April 15: 1 to 5 p.m.)\nSustainability has differ
 ent meanings to different people. Come and hear insights on what it me
 ans to the Canadian public and Ontario farmers and join the discussion
  to share your thoughts.\nWorkshop: Talking Tough Topics (April 15: 7 
 to 9:30 p.m.)\nBiotechnology, pesticides, antibiotics and hormones are
  all issues that farmers deal with on a day to day basis - but they ca
 n be difficult to explain to a non-farming public.  In a workshop set
 ting, participants will be given tips and techniques related to answer
 ing questions and having confident conversations about topics like the
 se.  \nAnnual Meeting (April 16: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)\nThe morning keyno
 te speaker will be Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Director of McGill's Office for S
 cience & Society on the topic \"Science, Sense and Nonsense\". \nThe 
 second feature speaker will be Ruth Salmon of the Canadian Aquaculture
  Industry Alliance on the topic \"Farmed Seafood Sustainability Moveme
 nt: A case study\". \nKim McConnell, strategic advisor & former CEO o
 f AdFarm and director on Farm & Food Care Foundation will present on t
 he topic of \"What are we going to do about turning up the volume?\" Â
  McConnell will give an update on the creation of a strategy designed 
 to help grow public trust and confidence in Canadian food and farming.
   \nThe meeting will also include highlights of Farm & Food Care’s 
 2013 activities, presentation of the Farm & Food Care Champion Award, 
 election of the 2014-2015 Board of Directors and more. \nRegistration
 :\nRegistration for both the April 15 conference and workshop are free
  to all Ontario farmers. The cost to other participants is $60 for the
  conference and $100 for the communications workshop. Registration for
  the annual meeting is $80 in advance of March 31 and $100 after that 
 date for all registrants. To register, visit www.farmfoodcare.org.\n\n
 For more information visit https://ontag.farms.com/events/talking-toug
 h-topics-farm-food-care-annual-general-meeting
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20140415T130000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20140416T160000
CATEGORIES:conference, workshop, annual, meeting
LOCATION:Teatro Conference & Event Centre
WEBSITE:http://www.farmfoodcare.org
URL:http://www.farmfoodcare.org
CONTACT:519-837-1326
ORGANIZER:Farm & Food Care
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 Hargrave":https://ontag.farms.com/profile/HeatherHargrave
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