(GUELPH) – Organizers have assembled a spectacular fun-filled agenda for the always-popular Youth Program at this year’s FarmSmart Conference with Beef Symposium, including an opportunity to tour the Ontario Veterinary College and the zero-gravity laboratory.
YOUTH PROGRAM SESSIONS INCLUDE
- "Leading-edge agriculture technologies" with Greg Kitching and Steve Reynolds
- "Leadership in agriculture" with Rob Murray
- "Don't put off until tomorrow!" with Rita Emmett, an award-winning author
- FUN TOURS AROUND THE CAMPUS, NOT TO BE MISSED!
- Scavenger hunt around the campus--always a lot of fun!
- Tour of the Ontario Veterinary College (a first for our FarmSmart Youth Program!)
- Tour of the Controlled-Environment Systems Research Facility (the zero-gravity lab)
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Cost: $30, includes lunch and refreshments.
- The program is fully chaperoned.
- Participants are encouraged to pre-register
- Advance registration closes on Thursday, January 17, 2013 (4 pm by telephone, midnight through online
- registration).
- For online registrations visit www.oscia.cloverpad.org (select “FarmSmart Conference with Beef
- Symposium”) or call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300.
- Walk-in registrations on the day of the event will be accepted.
- Participants are asked to meet at the west doors of the Rozanski Hall foyer (signs will be posted) at 8:45
- am.
- Participants are asked to dress warmly as they will be moving about the campus. Coats, boats, hats and
- mitts may be necessary, weather depending.
- All participants must complete at Parental Permission Form. A downloadable copy of the form is available at www.ghscia.com (Search “Youth”). This form must be completed for all participants under the age of
- 18. Please bring completed form with you on the day of the event.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
- Website: www.uoguelph.ca/farmsmart/conference
- Website: www.ghscia.com (Search "FarmSmart")
- Online registration: www.oscia.cloverpad.org
- Follow on Twitter @FarmSmart1
- Official FarmSmart Hashtag: #FarmSmart13
- Official CornSmart Hashtag: #CornSmart13
- Official Beef Symposium Hashtag: #Beef13
The FarmSmart Conference with Beef Symposium is a joint project of the Golden Horseshoe and Heartland Regional Soil and Crop Improvement Associations, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) and various agri-business partners, including CornSmart Presenting sponsor DuPont Pioneer and conference Platinum sponsors BASF Canada Inc., Bayer CropScience, Dekalb, Farm Credit Canada and Syngenta.
The FarmSmart organization started in 1998 as a conference only event geared to help educate farmers on new topics that might assist them to develop their farming operations. The FarmSmart philosophy is to attract all producers, whether the farm focus and interest is cropping and nutrient management or livestock production.
Source: Farmsmart