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Author: Shawna Moore

Posted: January 16, 2018

Categories: Events / Food in the News / GoodFoodBites

The 37th annual Guelph Organic Conference will be taking place on January 25th- 28th 2018. The conference is “the longest standing Canadian organic event.” It will be a 4 day event of knowledge sharing, networking, over 40 workshops, and a free trade-show. The conference is described as “a leading Canadian Forum where the national organic sector issues are discussed.” You can register and sign up for the conference here!

Here are some highlights from the Guelph Organic Conference website:

Sample of featured workshops

Market Garden Intensive: Production on small acreage (full day Thursday)
Saturday: 5 large themes, each features 4 workshops from 9:00 am- 5:00 pm
- Examples: Gardens: Small-Organic-Beautiful and Horticulture and Viticulture
Sunday: a free consumer-focused workshop at noon- Organics/Nutrition
Large Organic Crops info: oats, grain production, soil management and weed control
Informative Organic livestock program: Sheep, poultry and herd health
Heritage theme: the 1850’s historic kitchen garden and Madawaska Forest Garden
Permaculture, climate-resilient farms and top 10 perennial vegetables
Kombucha trends, BioDynamic farming, and Farm To Fashion Runway

You can learn more about the workshops mentioned above and other exciting program details here!