CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 5
9:45 - 10:15 AM
Break
Tradeshow
8:45 - 9:45 AM
University of Manitoba
Healthy soils, plants, animals, people, and planet. How the organic community is leading the way, even when times are tough
Welcome &
Keynote
Agronomists, we have obtained CEU credits for the entire program. To get the credits, you must sign the credit sheets for each conference day that you attend.
Grazing Systems for
Sustainability & Profit
11:15 - 12:15 AM
Producer Panel
Custom Grazing
10:15 - 11:15 AM
Prairie Land & Cattle Company
Grazing Systems for
Sustainability and Profit
1:15 - 2:10 PM
Manitoba Agriculture & Resource Development
Encouraging Natural Enemy Diversity & Abundance
Building Diversity into
Your Farm
2:10 - 2:30 PM
Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation
Ecosystem Services: How the Natural Areas around your Farm Impact your Bottom Line
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Lunch
Tradeshow
2:30 - 3:45 PM
General Mills
Regen Ag Solutions
Regenerative Agriculture Principles and Implementation on Organic Farms
Lessons from 30 years of
organic farming
3:45 - 4:15 PM
Cushon
Organic Farm
Lessons from 30 years of
organic farming
Post Meeting
Activities
7:00 - 10:00 PM
Banquet
To the NHL and Back Again
Friday, March 6
8:50 - 9:50 AM
University of Saskatchewan
Growing your organic matter for improved crop productivity and sustainable soil use
Keynote
9:50 - 10:20 AM
Break
Tradeshow
Adding Value to
Ag Enterprises
Maintaining Quality of Mono
and Intercrops under
Challenging Harvest
Conditions
1:15 - 2:15 PM
Lakeshore Technical College
Mechanical Weed Control Techniques & Machines - The Big Picture
Adapting Equipment
for Organic Farms
2:15 - 3:15 PM
Panel
Pimp my Cultivator
12:30 - 1:15 PM
Lunch
Tradeshow
3:15 - 3:45 PM
Break
Tradeshow
11:00 - 11:30 AM
PAMI
Grain Drying & Considerations for Storing Intercrops
Climate-Friendly
Farming
Update on Seed Policy & Wrap Up
4:05 - 4:25 PM
Richards Family Farm & Livestock
4:55- 5:10 PM
Wrap-Up
Conference Organizers
4:25- 4:55 PM
Iris Vaisman
Organic Alberta
Christopher Kelly-Bisson SeedChange
Updates on Value Creation & Seed Policy