Practical Farmers of Ontario 1st AGM
Posted: March 23, 2012
Categories: News from Sustain Ontario
Practical Farmers of Ontario 1st Annual General Meeting
Date: Saturday March 31st 2012
Registration 8:30 am
9:00 am to 4:00pm Trent University, Room 114 Peter Gzowski College
2510 Pioneer Road, Peterborough, Ontario
This is the founding meeting of the Practical Farmers of Ontario, and is possible because of the dedicated work and passion of nearly 20 farmers who have to come together to form a working group, who want to have a strong voice as ecologically sound farmers, who are involved in the direct production and marketing of their food to consumers.
Cost: $20.00 per person or free if paying a membership of $50.00
Coffee Breaks provided
Lunch, at your own cost is available in the
Otonobee College Cafeteria
Together we can take back our rights as farmers, by working together and supporting each other in many different ways, from the sharing of knowledge to the sharing of our common goals that bring us all together as farmers.
Practical Farmers of Ontario,
Is an action based farm organization, created to be a Strong Voice for Independent Farm Families.
Please RSVP by March 29th 2012
Practical Farmers of Ontario AGM Agenda
Saturday March 31st
9:00 Welcome, from Sean McGivern
9:15 Michael Schmidt, Farmer and Farm Advocate
Preserving our Right to farm!
9:45 Tom Pollock, Farmer and Author of War on the Land,
Where do we go from here?
10:15 Ian Cummings, Farmer and Ag journalist
Fixing a broken system!
10:45 Washroom Break
11:00 Q & A session with the above speakers
11:45 Lunch break
1:00 Steve Dick,
Will lead a discussion on the Practical Farmers of Ontario
Constitution, bylaws, Objectives and Mission
1:30 Election of the Founding Board Positions,
President, East Vice President & West Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer with 5 Directors at Large
2:30 Washroom Break
2:45 Resolutions and committee forming
4:00 Closing Remarks
Book your spot, please contact either: Julie Jones 705 277 2382 juliejones1@LIVE.CA
Or Sean McGivern 519 374 9300 or seanmc4@hotmail.com