Event List: July 6 - July 19, 2009

Jul. 6, 2009

The Good Food Project

When Deadline for registration: July 6, 2009
Where Edmonton, AB
Web http://www.eatlocalfirst.com/the-good-food-project.php

The Good Food Project is a non-profit pilot program to increase access to local food for citizens in our region. We will deliver weekly boxes of mixed produce, running a minimum of 6 weeks, starting in mid August.

One of our goals is to make “Local” easy. We can deliver to your home, your office or your business, whatever is easiest for you.

The Good Food Project is a multi-farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). This CSA will buy produce from local farmers in NE Edmonton and, if required, from local farmers in the surrounding area. The Good Food Project is a social enterprise with a social purpose meaning that at least 10% of our revenue will be used to reduce the cost of a Good Food Box for low income families. We hope to act as a training program for under employed Albertans.

The final day for online registration is July 6, 2009.


National Stewardship and Conservation Conference

When July 8-11, 2009
Where Calgary, AB
Web http://www.stewardship2009.ca

Mark your calendars! July 8-11, 2009: join us in Calgary, Alberta for the 4th National Stewardship and Conservation Conference "Strengthening Stewardship - Investing at Every Step"!

Held every three years since 2000, Stewardship and Conservation is the national conference where Canada’s stewards can meet to discuss emerging issues and solutions for strengthening stewardship across the country. The program will open with a summary of the State of Stewardship in Canada report, which will review adopted policy directions, conservation tools, strategies of various communities of stewardship interest including governments, resource industries, and non-government organizations, and conclude with gaps and remedial actions required. Plenary and concurrent sessions, poster papers and field trips will be focused around the top issues affecting Canadians where stewardship can make a difference! Program themes include: Overspending our Natural Capital? – Making Stewardship Part of the Answer; Responding to Our Changing World – Environment and Our Health, Climate Change, the Changing Demographics of Our Communities, Globalization (Food, Energy, and Biofuels); Stewardship from Grassroots to Policy; and Showcasing Innovations in Stewardship (including examples related to watersheds). Conference delegates will be part of creating a Road Map for future Stewardship investment in Canada. Join us in Calgary during the world famous Calgary Stampede and enjoy our Western hospitality, great entertainment, as well as the proximity of beautiful Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country!

Please check back at the website (http://www.stewardship2009.ca) in the near future for registration details, including the chance for early registrants to win a trip to Banff. The conference venue will be MacEwan Conference & Event Centre of the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta.

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