"Field to Table: Value-added Co-ops and Food Security in Alberta"

Join us to examine and identify:

• the role of co-ops in addressing food security issues
• co-op opportunities throughout the value chain
• connecting the rural and urban aspects of food security.\

Speakers Include:

• Herb Barbolet, Centre for Sustainable Development, Simon Fraser University
• Rod Bradshaw, Calgary Farmers Market New Generation Co-operative
• Donald Daigle, The Really Local Harvest Co-operative, New Brunswick
• Andrea Gunner, Agriculture Consultant and Manager, BC Organic Milling Co-operative
• Tom Wa'Kighoma Tibamwenda, Chairman of the Uganda Co-op Alliance (UCA)
• Representative from Peace Country Tender Beef Co-op Ltd.

Table discussions will follow the presentations with the objective of developing ideas and strategies for co-op projects that address the issues and opportunities.