Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan will host its annual conference online this year on November 25, 2020, between 1PM and 4:30PM.
The annual event brings people together from across the agricultural spectrum, from crops and livestock to horticulture and poultry production, as well as large and small scale farms, agribusinesses, dietitians, food companies, researchers and government. This year’s theme is managing misinformation.
Featured keynote speakers this year:
Professor Timothy Caulfield is a Professor of Health Law and Science Policy at the University of Alberta, host of Netflix TV’s A User’s Guide to Cheating Death and author of Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? Caulfield will discuss the topic Infodemic: Is Misinformation Killing Us?
Dr. Frank Mitloehner is a Professor and Air Quality Specialist, at the department of Animal Science at the University of California at Davis. He is the former chair of a United Nations food project to benchmark the environmental footprint of livestock production. Mitloehner will present “Rethinking Methane: The Path to Climate Neutrality for Animal Agriculture”. Could livestock actually be part of the solution to the problem of global warming?
Other highlights include:
- Presentation of the Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan Champion Award
- Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan’s Year in Review
- An interactive conference app to encourage networking and sharing
To see the full agenda or to register, visit:
https://farmfoodcaresk.org/event/conference
The conference will be free to attend, thanks to our sponsors:
Thanks also to our Silver and Bronze Sponsors: Ag-West Bio, Farm Credit Canada, Federated Co-operatives, Livestock & Forage Centre of Excellence and Star Egg Company.
For more information, contact:
Clinton Monchuk, Executive Director
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan
clinton@farmfoodcaresk.org
cell: 306-341-4750
Backgrounder
Today, less than 3% of Canadians have a direct connection to the farm, which is one reason why so many have questions about how their food is produced. Farm & Food Care works to address consumer questions and inspire more confidence in our farmers and in Saskatchewan-grown foods. To learn more, follow us @FarmFoodCareSK on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter visit farmfoodcaresk.org. Or let us put you in touch with a farmer so you can ask them directly about the food on your table!