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Organic Alberta is hosting its central conference in Fort Saskatchewan later this month. Becky Lipton, executive director of Organic Alberta, has the details.


Interview with Becky Lipton (2:26 minutes) (1.5 Mb)

The Growing Healthy Farmers, Fields and Food conference is January 25 and 26 in Fort Saskatchewan. For information or to register, go to www.organicalberta.org, or call 587-521-2400.

Source : Alberta agriculture and forestry

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