Business InfoCentre Seminars in November
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November 104:30-9 pm2015 Getting your Food Product into a Grocery Store, GrandviewThis MAFRD workshop will help you understand retailer expectations as well as food safety and packaging and labelling requirements. Cost is $20 and includes a meal. ContactThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
November 13 10 am 2015Revised Canadian Organic Standards: Livestock Production
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November 174:30-9 pm2015 Getting your Food Product into a Grocery Store, Portage la PrairieThis MAFRD workshop will help you understand retailer expectations as well as food safety and packaging and labelling requirements. Cost is $20 and includes a meal. ContactThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
November 1810 - 11:30 amPrairie Organic Grain Initiative Monthly Stakeholder Circle TeleconferenceGuest presenters Beth Robertson-Martin Sourcing Lead General Mills and Robert Beuchemin, President la Meunerie Milanaise and Roger Rivest, Owner Roger Rivest Marketing. RSVP toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
November 19 2015 Harvesting Value: Business Opportunities in Value-Added Agriculture MNP Convention Hall, Keystone Centre
Agriculture is a key driver of our economy – how can we generate more profit from our primary production? How can we add value to these agricultural products and generate business, jobs and economic development for Manitoba?
Harvesting Value is one day forum with dynamic keynote speakers, experienced business leaders and agri-processors and resourceful agencies that will help you to identify the opportunities in value added agriculture and the steps to get them started. A diverse and experienced roster of presenters will generate thought provoking and stimulating discussion and raise awareness of the possibilities that exist.
$125, includes lunch.
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November 20 10 am 2015Revised Canadian Organic Standards: Preparation and Processing
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November 24 9:30 am - 3:30 pmManitoba Small Scale Producers MeetingSt. Norbert Community Centre, 3450 Pembina Highway. See details above to register.
November 30 9 am -4 pm2015 MAFRD HACCP and GMP Training, Conference Room, Agricultural Extension Centre, 1129 Queens Avenue, Brandon MB
November 25-27 2015Agricultural Excellence Conference, Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Farmer, Regina, SKClickherefor details.
Who should attend
Anyone involved in food production and handling
Food producers looking to implement GMPs or HACCP
Food safety consultants
Registration is free but pre-registration is required. EmailThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.or call 204-391-3064.
December 8-10 2015, Western Canada Conference on Soil Health, Radisson Hotel, Edmonton, ABSpeakers include Jay Fuhrer, Dr. Martin Entz, Dr. Allen Williams, Gabe Brown, Neil Dennis, Dr. Jill Clapperton and more.
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January 20 2016 2016 Organic Agriculture Research SymposiumAsilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
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February 18 12:15 pmPlan to attend the Manitoba Organic Alliance Annual General Meeting at Prairie Organics: Think Whole Farm Conference at the University of Manitoba. All organic producers in the province are automatically members of MOA. Come and find out what's going on with your organic association.
February 18 12:15 pmManitoba Organic Alliance AGM at Prairie Organics: Think Whole Farm.
February 18-19 2016Prairie Organics: Think Whole FarmThis two day conference at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg will feature a trade show, four keynote speakers, 18 break-out sessions profiling leading thinking in organic livestock, grain and vegetable production. There will also be pre-arranged business to business meetings with buyers in the Food Services and Grains sector.
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March 11-12 Direct Farm Marketing ConferenceCanad Inns, Portage la Prairie
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