Extension (Non-Community-Specific) Events Calendar

Extension Events Calendar

Extension Events Calendar
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July 2009


Event:	PARC Agassiz Berry Field Day
Description:	Come and see the latest released cultivars Strawberry- Stolo and Nisga’a Raspberry- Chemainus, Saanich Rudyberry and Ukee and other varieties and new potential cultivars that may be named in the coming years. Blueberry- Cultivars and amendment trial. Victoria Brookes - update on berry work in the Minor Use program Come and meet with: Chaim Kempler, Tom Forage Victoria Brooks and other PARC staff members.Mark Sweeney BCMAL berry specialist and Tom Baumann UFV will be available to answer your question and address your concern. Meet other PNW researchers, industry representatives and growers.
Date:	Tuesday, July 7, 2009, between 2-4 PM,
Location:	the PARC Abbotsford Farm on 510 Clearbrook Rd. Abbotsford. , BC
Telephone:	Mark.Sweeney at 604-556-3056
Email:	Mark.Sweeney@gov.bc.ca

Event:	Agriwebinar™ : 'Cover Crops – Myth or Opportunity - Are They Feasible with Today’s Large Scale Production Agriculture?'
Description:	Cover crops are a traditional soil-building practice that deserve new consideration in our modern cropping systems. Although cover crops may have seemed to be unnecessary after the advent of widespread use of commercial fertilizer, there has been renewed interest over the past several years in reevaluating the role of cover crops. This new era for cover crops is being driven in part by higher fertilizer and energy prices, water quality concerns, soil compaction, and declines in soil quality and organic matter. Producers want to make sure they are gaining as much as possible from the inputs they use, and cover crops can be one part of this system. At the same time, concerns about water quality, both locally and for hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, give extra impetus to reducing losses of nutrients from agricultural lands. Cover crops can also reduce soil erosion, increase soil organic matter, improve soil physical and biological conditions, reduce compaction, and suppress weeds. This presentation will discuss some general considerations for using cover crops as part of a cropping system as well as their use for reducing nitrate losses from our soils. Our speaker is Dr. Eileen J. Kladivko, Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University and a founding member of the Midwest Cover Crops Council. Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Full participants in the seminar, who are certified, will automatically receive one CEU (please allow one week for the CEU to be included in your CEU record). CCAs will receive the CEU in Soil and Water Management and CPAg, CPSS and CPSC certificants receive the CEU in Professional Meetings.
Date:	Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at Noon – 1:00 pm, Central Standard Time (9am PST)
Location:	Log on via a dial-up or high-speed Internet connection from your home or office computer. Find more information on the website below.
Telephone:	Contact Michele Lovejoy at 608-268-4953.
Registration:	Registration is required to view the webinars The online seminar is available to members and/or those with a CCA, CPAg, CPSS or CPSC certification for just $25. Non-members or those not certified may participate for $40. Registration is only available online and must be done in advance (through Monday, July 6).
Email:	mlovejoy@agronomy.org
Website:	https://www.agronomy.org/certifications/webinars/
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Event:	Holistic Management Biological Monitoring
Description:	Learn all aspects of Holistic Biological monitoring from Holistic Management Certified Educator Terry Gompert. Instruction will include learning simple techniques that will reduce your stress--you will easily see if your land management is improving the health of the land, and how you can quantify land improvement.
Date:	July 8-9, 2009
Location:	Wawota, Saskatchewan
Contact:	Knox County Extension
Email:	knox-county@unl.edu
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Event:	WSU Mount Vernon NWREC Field Day & Northwest Agricultural Research Foundation (NARF) Advisory Meetings
Description:	The sessions are informal. The objective is to initiate/continue collaborations, share information, discuss ideas on agricultural research priorities, ensure appropriate research approaches and techniques are used, and brainstorm on funding. The research meetings are as follows: 2-3 pm - NARF advisory meetings for tree fruits & alternative crops - at the Auditorium West - Carol Miles 2-4 pm - Western WA Small Seed Advisory Committee meeting - at the Auditorium East - with Don McMoran 3-4 pm - NARF advisory meetings for wine grapes - Auditorium West - Carol Miles 4-6 pm - FIELD TOUR of trials on vegetables, seed crops, potato, pea, cucumber, small fruits, small grains, tree fruits, alternative crops, wine, cider cultivar evaluation & harvest, & organic cropping research - Start at Treehouse - Tim Miller 6-7 pm - PICNIC DINNER - Treehouse 7-8 pm - NARF advisory meeting for small fruits - Treehouse - Tom Walters 7-8 pm - NARF advisory meeting for peas & cucumbers - Auditorium West - Debra Inglis & Tim Miller 7-8 pm - Potato research discussion group - Auditorium East - Don McMoran & Debra Inglis 7-8 pm - Organic research discussion group - Conference Room - Carol Miles
Date:	Thursday, 9 July 2009, 2-8 pm
Location:	Washington State University Mount Vernon NWREC(North Willamette Research & Extension Center), Mt. Vernon, Washington state,
Telephone:	Ashley Bentley at 360-848-6153
Email:	ashleyb@wsu.edu

Event:	Mob Grazing Seminar
Description:	Certified Educator Terry Gompert will address Mob Grazing--the curret hot topic among progressive grass farmers looking for the path to profitable ranching operations. Many of those still on the leading edge of grassfed operations realize they are farming grass as much as livestock, and that those higher stock densities are evolving to ultra high stock density as graziers discover the benefits of up to 500,000 pounds of cattle per acre!
Date:	July 10, 2009
Location:	Wawota, Saskatchewan
Contact:	Knox County Extension
Email:	knox-county@unl.edu
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Event:	Holisticgoal Training
Description:	Certified Educator Terry Gompert walks through the steps to create your own personal Holisticgoal and models how to test decisions toward it. Learn how to make decisions that account for the quality of life and ranch profitability you desire!
Date:	July 13, 2009
Location:	Wawota, Saskatchewan
Contact:	Knox County Extension
Email:	knox-county@unl.edu
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Event:	Goat Hoof Trimming and Clipping Seminar
Description:	The Fraser Valley Goat Breeder’s Association is hosting a demonstration on the concepts and practices of hoof trimming and body clipping of goats. The presenter is Mel Todhunter, local Nubian, Alpine Breeder. Cost is a $5.00 donation. $5.00 discount off any new or lapsed memberships.
Date:	Saturday, July 18, 2009, noon.
Location:	Goat’s Pride Dairy at McLennan Creek, 30854 Olund Road, Abbotsford, BC
Contact:	For more information Contact Mar at 604-856-6849.
Email:	bcgoat@ telus.net
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Event:	10th Annual Enology Viticulture Conference
Description:	The BCWGC website events page hasn’t been updated to include it yet, but expect there will be more details coming soon.
Date:	July 20 – 21, 2009
Location:	Penticton Convention Centre, Penticton, BC
Contact:	BC Wine Grape Council at 250-767-2534
Email:	bcwgc@telus.net
Website:	http://www.bcwgc.org/bcwgc-conference-2009
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Event:	2009 Summer Crop Tour Day and B B Q
Description:	BC Grain Producers Association Annual Research Crop Tour at the Dawson Creek Site with a 6 PM Complimentary BBQ to start and crop tour to follow.
Date:	July 22, 2009 @ 6 PM
Location:	South Peace Farm, Dawson Creek, BC
Telephone:	784- 2601
Website:	http://www.bcgrain.com/
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September 2009


Event:	15th Annual Feast of Fields Fundraiser at UBC Farm
Description:	Prepare your taste buds! FarmFolk/CityFolk’s annual foodie fundraiser will be returning to UBC Farm, Vancouver’s only working farmland, on September 13th 2009. This extravagant event highlights the many connections between farmers and chefs from across British Columbia. Savour a wide variety of delectable appetizers prepared by the best BC chefs, and quench your thirst with the finest wines from across the province, all the while increasing your awareness of local food. BC’s restaurants, wineries, micro-breweries and food producers are getting ready to tempt your palate! Don’t miss out on Feast of Fields--Vancouver’s gourmet picnic festival. Early Bird tickets available on-line June 1st at website below for $75 Regular priced tickets available August 1st at website below and at all Choices Markets for $85.
Date:	Saturday, September 13th 2009 - 1pm-5pm
Location:	UBC Farm, 6182 South Campus Road, Vancouver, BC
Contact:	Sara Unrau at 604-730-0450
Tickets:	Early Bird tickets available on-line June 1st at feastoffields.com for $75 - Regular priced tickets available August 1st at feastoffields.com and at all Choices Markets for $85.
Email:	unrau.sara@gmail.com
Website:	http://ffcf.bc.ca/feast/home.html
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Event:	CanWest Horticulture Show
Description:	Western Canada's premier horticulture trade show, showcasing the best in nursery, floriculture and landscape products and supplies.
Date:	September 23-24, 2009
Location:	Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center, Vancouver, BC
Phone:	BC Landscape and Nursery Association at 604-574-7772 or (fax 604-574-7773)
Website:	http://www.bclna.com/
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October 2009


Event:	BC Shellfish Growers Association (BCSGA) Annual R&D Workshop and AGM
Description:	Similar format as 2008, this year’s workshop will focus on Research and development updates
Date:	October 16 -17 , 2009
Location:	TBA
Telephone:	David McCallum at 250-890-7561
Email:	david@bcsga.ca
Website:	http://bcsga.ca
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Event:	CABI Global Summit on Food Security in a Climate of Change
Description:	The program of world leading expert speakers is taking shape, under the guidance of an international panel, and promises to provide a stimulating debate for all of those concerned with the challenges of food security.
Date:	October 19-21,2009
Location:	Royal Garden Hotel, London, UK
Telephone:	CABI Event Team: +44 (0)7881 892 656
Email:	admin@cabiglobalsummit.com
Website:	https://www.cabiglobalsummit.com/delegate_landing.aspx
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November 2009

Event:	Green Industry Show and Conference
Description:	The trade show and conference for Landscape Professionals, Greenhouse Operators, Nursery Owners, Tree Specialists, Retail Garden Centre Owners, Turf Producers, and Golf Course Professionals
Date:	November 19 & 20, 2009
Location:	Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, AB
Telephone:	1-800-378-3198 or 780-489-1991, fax# 780-444-2152
Email:	info@landscape-alberta.com
Website:	http://www.greenindustryshow.com/
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