ANHAN AGM and Conference

Looking Into the Future

 

ANHAN’s 2010 AGM and Conference  

 

Friday, March 12, 2010 at the Crop Diversification Centre North

 

 

9:30 - 10:00               Registration

 

10:00 – 10:30          Annual General Meeting

 

10:30 – 10:35            Welcome Address

                                    Paul Laflamme – Branch Head of CDC North

 

10:35 –10:45             Message from the Chair

                                    Gordon Steinraths              

 

10:45 – 11:30            Growing Pennycress (Thlapsi arvense) as a possible biofuel crop in the Peace River Region

                                    Stan Peacock                      

 

11:30 – 12:00            Alberta Rhodiola rosea Growers Organization (ARRGO)

Update on the new Thorsby Processing Facility

Dave Maruszeczka, Vice-Chair of ARRGO

 

12:00 – 1:15              Lunch                       

 

1:15 – 1:45                Chickadee Farm Herbs

Producing Herbs – a Grower’s Perspective

Monica Marenholtz

 

1:45 – 2:15                Recent Changes to Organic Standards

Becky Lipton, Interim Executive Director, Going Organic Network of Alberta

 

2:15 – 2:45                Coffee Break

 

2:45 – 3:00                Future Crop Possibilities

Dr. Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko, Research Scientist with Alberta Agriculture

 

3:00 – 3:30                Research in Alberta – A Funder’s Perspective on Special Crops

Doug Walkey, Executive Director of ACIDF       

(Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund)

 

3:30 – 4:00                Producing a Finished Product

                                    Anita Dyrbye/Wanda Wolf – FTEN (From the Earth Naturally)