Places & Times

Agricultural and forestry organizations and farm and woodlot owner associated groups may send notices to be published free of charge in this column. All notices must be received a month in advance of publication date. Send notices to Farm Focus Places & Times, P.O. Box 128, Yarmouth, N.S. B5A 4B1 or fax (902) 742-2311



Central European Trip

The Nova Scotia Agricultural College is organizing a trip to Central Europe for a group of 15 farmers from Atlantic Canada for a period of 10-12 days.

The trip will take place during the last week of November and the first week of December 2008. During that time, farmers will visit the main cooperative farms and agricultural sites and will be able to exchange information on the agricultural production in Slovakia.

The trip will include a 2-day visit to major cultural and historical sites in Prague, Vienna & Budapest. Depending on the number of participants and the cost of the ticket the approximate cost of this trip is $2,200 that includes air & ground transportation, food & accommodation.

Those interested in the tour are asked to contact: Dr. Nabil Rifai Tel: (902) 893 6714 E-Mail: nrifai@nsac.ca



SEPT 27-28

Pacafiesta & the International Fibre, Sept-, Exhibition Grounds, Halifax, NS



SEPT 29

National Debate on Agriculture, Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel, from 11 am to 1 pm. The debate will be webcast on CPACs (Cable Public Affairs Channel) website: www.cpac.ca. It will also be a same-day recorded broadcast on the cable channel; the time has yet to be determined.



SEPT 30

Gwynne Dyer will speak on Climate Change and its Impact on Conventional and Organic Agriculture, 12:15 pm, Alumni Theatre, Cumming Hall, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro.



OCT 10-19

Maritime Fall Fair, Halifax, Nova Scotia



OCT 14-16

Farm Credit Canadas Drive Away Hunger Nova Scotia tour: Objective: collecting over 100,000 pounds of food for Ns food banks. Three tour routes: Oct. 14: Amherst to Oxford and Antogonish to Masstown Market and Annapolis Royal to Coldbrook; Oct. 15: Masstown Market to Elmsdale and Coldbrook to Windsor; Oct 16: Elmsdale to Halifax and Windsor to Halifax.



OCT 16

World Food Day



OCT 30-NOV 1

Maritime Sheep Producer Conference, Holiday Inn Express, Dieppe, New Brunswick. Contact Beth Barczyk at (506) 536-1177.



NOV 22

Sheep Producers Association of Nova Scotia (SPANS) annual meeting, Glengarry Convention Centre, Truro, NS.



NOV 24-26

HortEast 2008, Cunard Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Contact Rebecca Wetselaar at (phone) 1-866-383-4711, (fax) 1-866-833-8603, or (email) rebecca@canadanursery.com or visit www.horteast.ns.ca to register.



DEC 4-6

Maritime Beef & Pork Conference, Delta, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Contact Rinnie Bradley (902) 368-2229.



DEC 9

Crowfoot Cattle Co.s Two-Year-Old Black & Red Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch Standard, Alberta 1 p.m.