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



DEC 4

The National Farmers Union and Cooper Institute workshop to explore possibilities for a Domestic Fair Trade system for food products on Prince Edward Island, Murphy Community Center, Charlottetown, 1-4 pm. The workshops are free of charge. Deadline for registration is No. 21. For more information, or to register for one of the workshops, please contact Cooper Institute at (902) 894-4573 or 1-887-894-4573 (toll free) or by emailing cooperinstitute@eastlink.ca.



JAN 7

Career Fair, Langille Athletic Center, NSAC, Bible Hill. (Storm date Jan. 8)

Contact: rebecca (902) 893-4420



JAN 21, 2009

Achieving Brand Recognition: A Workshop for those Already Selling or Interested in Selling, Outside the Commodity Market, Delta Hotel, Charlottetown, PEI, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Designed to assist Atlantic farmers, food and beverage processors, distributors, brokers and those who work with them to broaden their knowledge of marketing, specifically branding. Contact Barb at: valuechain@easstlink.ca



JAN 23

Tentative date for PEI Federation of Agricultures annual meeting. Contact: (902) 368-7289



JAN 25-28

2009 National Mastitis Conference, Westin Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Contact: (608) 848-4615 extension 101.



JAN 28-30

2009 Managing Excellence in Agriculture Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario. A leading edge professional development and networking opportunity for farmers and farm families. Contact: Canadian Farm Business Management Council at 1-888-232-3262 or www.farmcentre.com/Home.aspx



JAN 29-30

Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick annual meeting, Crown Plaza (The Lord Beaverbrook Hotel), Fredericton. Contact: 506-452-8101.s



FEB 3-4

2009 New Brunswick Potato Conference and Trade Show, Eagle's Nest, 150 Hodgdon Road, Woodstock. Contact: Loretta Mikitzel at 506-392-5199.



FEB 7

PEI Association of Exhibitions annual meeting (tentative). Contact: Adele Moore at 902- 368-4848 or www.exhibitions-festivalspeiae.com/



FEB 18-20

Atlantic Poultry Conference, Old orchard Inn, Greenwich, Nova Scotia. Contact: 902-893-6657 or visit: www.atlanticpoultryconference.com.