ACORN Organic Conference & Trade Show

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Thursday March 10, 2011
New Organic Farmers’ Forum:

- Atlantic Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers: Patricia Bishop & Josh Oulton: “What we do and how we do it” (Stay Tuned)

- Low barrier methods to achieve your farm dream. Panel with Jean Snow (SPIN farming), Graeme Bancroft (roadside stand), and Daniel Brisebois (co-op farming)

- Going (and staying) organic–what you need to know about standards, recordkeeping and inspection with Allison Grant and Roxanne Beavers

Friday March 11, 2011:

- Getting Started in Vegetable Seed Production with Andrea Berry and Dan Brisebois

- Root Crops: Producing Organic Seed with Karen Davidge, Greg Wingate and Richard Behm

- Natural beekeeping 101: a farmer-to-farmer discussion with Stephen Livingstone

Saturday March 12, 2011
Community Day:

- Who buys organic and what consumers want: Marada Cook

- Selecting the right greenhouse for your farm with David Cohlmeyer and David Blanchard 

- New agroecosystems for organic raspberry production in the Maritimes with Dr. Jean-Pierre Privé

- Seven years of CSA farming with profits with Daniel Brisebois and Emily Board

- Value-added garlic products, marketing and tasting with Richard Behm (Stay Tuned)

- How to sell more at Farmers’ Markets with Rowena Hopkins

- Greenhouse profitability with David Cohlmeyer 

- CSA panel: Finding the right (profitable) model for your business with Roxanne Beavers, Jessica Ross, Emilie Gagné, and Daniel Brisebois (Stay Tuned)

- Lessons learned in local greenhouse management (panel discussion) with Rupert Jannasch and David Blanchard

- How to market your CSA: Patricia Bishop

- Winter storage and marketing with David Cohlmeyer

- Transplants 101 with Tim Livingstone (Stay Tuned)