Events

Ontario Food and Beverage Processing HR Summit
ADVANTAGE Series of Food Safety Training - 2008/2009 Series
Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) Expo East
Great Lakes Community Shared Agriculture Conference

Ontario Food and Beverage Processing HR Summit
September 29 & 30, 2008

Mark Your Calendars: Monday evening, September 29 and Tuesday, September 30 will see Ontario's first-ever Food and Beverage HR Summit: "Destination Excellence" at the Old Mill in Toronto. The first evening will feature after dinner speaker Roger Martin, Chair of Ontario's Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress. The following day's program will include the unveiling of resources to successfully source, engage and keep your most valuable asset - your employees - to help you achieve and keep your competitive advantage. The morning will be kicked off with a keynote presentation by award-winning Global Vice-President, Human Resources, McCain Foods Ltd., Janice M. Wismer, who will be sharing issues and strategies for effectively recruiting and retaining a topnotch workforce. Early bird pricing in effect until September 2. For more information or to access a registration form, please visit the "Alliance of Ontario Food Processors" website at http://www.aofp.ca/Events/Listings.aspx.

ADVANTAGE Series of Food Safety Training - 2008/2009 Series

The popular "Advantage" Series of Food Safety Training for Food Processors has a series of upcoming workshops and seminars for the rest of this year and into 2009. Developed by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, this highly regarded series of food safety programs covers topics such as:

• Developing HACCP plans (Dec. 3 - Guelph)
• Developing Good Manufacturing Practices (Oct. 23 - Guelph)
• Developing Traceability Plans (Jan. 15 - Guelph)
• Preparing for Internal Advantage Certification Audits (Jan. 14 - Guelph)

There are also two workshops being held in London (Sept. 10) and Kingston (Sept. 23) which provide an introduction to the "Advantage" series of programs - Ontario's HACCP and GMP programming for farms and food processors. For more information on the Advantage series and other food safety information, please visit http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/foodsafety/advantageprogram.htm or call toll free 1-866-641-3663 or e-mail advantage@ontario.ca.

Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) Expo East
September 11-14, 2008

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
For more info go to http://www.chfa.ca/

Great Lakes Community Shared Agriculture Conference November 21-23, 2008

Seeding the Future - Growing Together!
Geneva Park Conference Centre, Orillia, ON
For more info go to http://www.csaconference2008.ca/

The Community Shared Agriculture Conference endeavors to generate support for small community-based farm operations. Workshops and presentations will focus on practical techniques, tools and resources specific to organics and CSA farming. Topics include production, marketing and financial aspects of running a CSA operation. A CSA mini-school will be offered to novice farmers or existing farm operators interested in switching to a CSA program.

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