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Saturday, September 10 (Guelph)
Evening welcome event for Master Class and Young Leaders Boot Camp participants
Hotels: Delta Guelph, Best Western Royal Brock
Sunday, September 11 (Guelph)
Master Class and Young Leaders Boot Camp program only
Hotels: Delta Guelph, Best Western Royal Brock
Monday, September 12 (Guelph)
Master Class and Young Leaders Boot Camp program only
Hotels: Delta Guelph, Best Western Royal Brock
Tuesday, September 13 (Guelph)
Hotels: Delta Guelph, Best Western Royal Brock, Holiday Inn
- 5:30 p.m.: Buses depart for horse races at Mohawk Raceway, Campbellville ON
Wednesday, September 14 (Guelph) All times are approximate
Hotels: Delta Guelph, Best Western Royal Brock, Holiday Inn
- 8:30 to 10 a.m., IFAJ Executive Meeting
- 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: IFAJ general assembly/delegate meeting, Delta Guelph, Royal City Ballroom
- 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.: Buffet lunch, Delta Guelph, Royal City Foyer and Ballroom
- 1:30 to 2:45: Canadian Agriculture 101, Delta Guelph, Royal City Ballroom
- 2:45 to 3:15 p.m.: Nutrition Break, Delta Guelph, Royal City Ballroom
- 3:15 to 4:45 p.m.: Canadian Agriculture 101, Delta Guelph, Royal City Ballroom
- 6 to 10:00 p.m.: Reception and Taste of Canada dinner, Delta Guelph, Royal City Ballroom
- 10:00 p.m. to midnight: Hospitality Suite, Delta Guelph
Thursday, September 15 (tours)
Tours begin, departing from Guelph around 7:30 a.m. (approximately). Tours will run three directions from Guelph, all ending on a different Great Lake, with one overnight stay enroute.
Lake Erie Tour
This tour heads to Canada’s southern-most community which is also home to the largest group of greenhouses in North America. Learn what drove this development. We’ll also learn why thousands of small solar installations are going up on Ontario farms, and visit with some farmers whose unique drip irrigation project ensures Ontario processing tomatoes keep pace with those in California. The over night destination will be Chatham, where we’ll learn how a unique program is bringing together Ontario’s two largest industries, automotive manufacturing and agriculture to use bioproducts in cars. A visit will be made to a winery on the way back to Niagara Falls the next day.Visit the tours page (www.ifaj2011.com/en/about-our-tours) for more details.
Lake Ontario Tour
This is the iconic Canadian tour. Visit a bison farm, and have lunch at a maple syrup shack on your way to Prince Edward County, which has become a food destination. Visit an award-winning, environmentally conscious goat cheese factory, and a winery and cidery with spectacular views. The over night stay will be in Belleville, on Lake Ontario. Visit a unique research station for the unique Niagara Peninsula the next day on the way to Niagara Falls. Visit the tours page (www.ifaj2011.com/en/about-our-tours) for more details.
Lake Huron Tour
See Ontario’s agriculture heartland. Visit a top family farm apple producer and a local market. Then see leading Ontario dairy farms to understand Canada’s unique marketing system for milk. Visit an Ontario hog farm and find out about a leading Ontario program to manage disease outbreaks. Ontario grows a lot of corn, soybeans and wheat and we’ll visit a large grain elevator and processor to understand how those crops fit into the Ontario context. The overnight stay will be at a small resort town on Lake Huron, Grand Bend. Experience the unique microclimate of the Niagara Peninsula during a stop at a winery on the way to Niagara Falls the next day. Visit the tours page (www.ifaj2011.com/en/about-our-tours) for more details.
Friday, September 16 (tours, Niagara Falls)
Hotel: Marriott Gateway on the Falls (formerly Sheraton Fallsview)
Tours continue with all delegates arriving in Niagara Falls in the afternoon.
Evening event: Oh Canada Eh?!? dinner theatre for first 250 delegates; alternate dinner arrangements at Casino Niagara for remaining delegates
Saturday, September 17 (Niagara Falls)
- 7 to 9 a.m. Canadian delegates: Canadian Farm Writers' Federation awards program and breakfast (Oakes Grand Ballroom)
- 8 to 9 a.m. Breakfast for all other delegates; Oakes Grand Ballroom
- 9:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Professional development program:
Sustainability — are farm journalists getting the real story?
The need to produce more food, and to do it sustainably, has become a major issue and is now widely covered by both agricultural and mainstream media. However, there has been some tendency for coverage of the issue to become focused on a single aspect, usually genetics. While improved genetics may hold great promise, there are other concerns — soil health, the role of smallholder and women farmers, adequate storage and other means to avoid food waste, transportation infrastructure, etc. We've assembled a panel of speakers to address some of these concerns.
James Muir, professor emeritus, University of Stirling, UK — Keynote speaker
Professor James Muir is International development and research advisor and evaluator professor emeritus, University of Stirling, Scotland. Professor Muir was lead expert adviser for UK Government Foresight Programme on Global Food and Farming Futures http://www.bis.gov.uk/foresight/our-work/projects/published-projects/global-food-and-farming-futures, a major report released earlier this year. Professor Muir will open the session with some background and overview of the report's conclusions.
Jill Clapperton, EarthSpirit Land and Resource Consulting
Jill Clapperton s a former rhizosphere ecologist for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, Alberta and and current owner of Earthspirit Land Resource Consulting, based on her ranch in Montana. We've asked her to address the soil-health component of the sustainability challenge.
Kevin Perkins, executive director, Farm Radio International
Kevin Perkins is executive director of Farm Radio International www.farmradio.org, a Canadian-based NGO that works with farm broadcasters in Sub-Saharan Africa to deliver information through the cheap and effective means of radio. We've asked him to provide a perspective on delivering information to farmers who do not have access to First-World farm media or extension resources. Most farm journalists in the developed world work for print publications, read by tens of thousands of well-educated farmers with many private or public sources of farm extension information. But much of the challenge of ensuring food security lies with millions of African farmers with little or no access to publications and who may not be able to read or write. However, they can listen to radio. Farm Radio International, a Canadian NGO, works with 320 radio station partners in Sub-Saharan Africa, providing scripts, a news service and broadcaster training. Kevin Perkins will address the challenge of delivering knowledge of sustainable farm practices to smallholder farmers, many of whom are women.
Terry Daynard, former professor of Crop Science at the University of Guelph; former Executive Director of the Ontario Corn Producers' Association
Terry Daynard is a former professor of crop science at the University of Guelph in Ontario, and former executive director of the Ontario Corn Producers Association. Along with Karen Daynard, he has recently authored a report on the effect of biofuels on world hunger http://gfo.ca/FoodvsFuel.aspx, and we've asked him for an international perspective on biofuels and agricultural sustainability.
- 2:45 p.m. to 6 p.m. : Free time to explore Niagara Falls
- 6 p.m.: Cocktail reception, Oakes Grand Ballroom Foyer
- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.: IFAJ banquet, Oakes Grand Ballroom
- 10 p.m. to midnight: Entertainment by the GMOs, Oakes Grand Ballroom
Sunday, September 18 (Niagara Falls)
- 7 to 10 a.m. Breakfast in hotel restaurant
- Delegates depart Niagara Falls for home or post-congress tour(s). Shuttle service to be provided between Niagara Falls and Pearson International Airport in Toronto or Guelph.
For more information:
IFAJ 2011 Registration Committee:
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