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Southwest Agriculture Conference Kicks-Off Today

University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus Hosts 20th Anniversary Edition Southwest Ag Conference

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The 2013 Southwest Agricultural Conference opens today at the University of Guelph, Ridgetown campus. The conference is celebrating its 20th Anniversary edition calling it “The Future of Agriculture.” The conference is considered to be one of the leading conferences pertaining to agriculture education in North America.

The two day conference has an impressive line-up of speakers including Canadian humanitarian Stephen Lewis and renowned financial planning author David Chilton just to name a few. The full list of speakers can be found on the Southwest Ag Conference website at: http://www.southwestagconference.ca/index.cfm

 


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