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



FEB 18-20

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



FEB 19-20

Agriculture Unleashed, Beyond the Back 40, Rodd Mill River Resort, Prince Edward Island. Contact the PEI Federation of Agriculture, 902-368-7289.



FEB 21

PEI 4-H annual meeting, Dutch Inn, Cornwall. Contact 902-368-4833.



FEB 24

Forest Biomass Feedstock Workshop, Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick, from 9:00 am-3:00 pm. Will discuss some of the issues involved in the sustainable harvest of biomass from provincial forests. Pre-registration is required by contacting Fundy Model Forest toll free: 1-800-546-4838 or (506) 432-7575 or: amanda@fundymodelforest.net



FEB 24-26

Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual, Crowne Plaza Hotel Ottawa, Contact 613-236-5749 or suzanne@cfafca.ca



FEB 26-28

9th Annual ACORN Organic Conference and Trade Show, Holiday Inn, Truro, Nova Scotia http://www.acornorganic.org/conference.html



MARCH 5-6-7

Atlantic Farm Mechanization Show, Moncton, NB



MARCH 6

Atlantic Outstanding Young Farmers banquet, The Futures Inn, Moncton, New Brunswick, reception 6:30, banquet 7:00, awards 8:00.



MARCH 11-12

Newfoundland & Labrador Federation of Agriculture annual, Hotel Gander, Gander. Contact: 709-747.4874



MARCH 13

PEI ADAPT Council annual meeting, the Charlottetown Hotel. Contact 902-368-2005 or adapt@pei.aibn.com



MARCH 21

Jersey Atlantic Field Day/Open Barn Day at Charles and Mark Andersons farm, 1048 Ward's Creek Road, Sussex, New Brunswick from 10 am-4 pm. Along with viewing the Andersons new dairy facilities, national Jersey fieldman Jean-Marc Pellerin will be on hand to talk about the breed and answer questions. Contact (506) 433-1423