[BCFSN] COABC 2017 Conference in Nanaimo Feb 24-26th

[COABC Conference Coordinator]

Hello BCFSN Subscribers!

I wanted to tell you that the Certified Organic Associations of BC 
(COABC) has our annual conference and AGM coming up this month, Feb. 
24-26th. The conference will be at the Coast Bastion Hotel on Snuneymuxw 
Territory in Nanaimo.

We are thrilled to have Nicolas Peterson from the Lower Nicola Indian 
Band as our keynote speaker! He will be speaking to our theme for this 
year’s conference, Relationships in Transition: Land, Livestock, 
Waterways, and Community. We will also host a roundtable discussion to 
share perspectives across cultures about indigenous foods.

The COABC in a non-profit organization, promoting organic agriculture 
and providing education about organic agriculture and organic foods.  We 
will have technical information and business planning sessions spanning 
the streams of Processing, Production, Livestock, and Food Policy. The 
sessions will offer practical research updates for organic production, 
the organic certification process, animal health on organic farms, 
small-scale processing, indigenous foodlands, cooperative business 
models, planning to reach the wholesale market and much more.

Session summaries and the conference program are available on the COABC 
website at certifiedorganic.bc.ca.

Other highlights include:
Y.A. Mixer
COABC Seed Swap
Trade Show
Silent Auction
Organic Beer and Cider tasting
Live Music on Saturday Night
Yoga for Farmers
Organic Certification 101
.....AND MUCH MORE!!

Buy your tickets here before they are all gone: 
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/coabc-conference-2017-tickets-28946785615

We also still have room in our Trade Show for more booths, if you are 
interested email me at this address: conference at certifiedorganic.bc.ca

Thank you, we look forward to seeing you there!


JESSE JOHNSTON-HILL

Conference Coordinator

Certified Organic Associations of BC

http://www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/