Alberta Milk, along with the Going Organic Network and Alberta Agriculture and Food, co-hosted three organic seminars on February 13 -15, 2007.  Over 120 people attended the sessions, held in Red Deer, Leduc and Lethbridge.

Presentations were provided by Organic Meadow, an organic producer/processor co-op active in Quebec, Ontario, the Maritimes and Manitoba; QMI – an organic certifying body in Alberta; the Going Organic network, and Bruce Beattie and Joe Zink.

Below you can download the presentations in either Powerpoint format or in Pdf format.

Opening Remarks in powerpoint or pdf from Bruce Beattie, Alberta Millk

Organic Certification Process for Dairy Farmers in powerpoint or pdf and Guideleines for Dairy Farms Making the Transiti8on to Certified ORganic Milk Production in pdf format by Corinne Fletcher, Program Manager of OMI

Organic Dairy Farmer Perspectives in (powerpoint) or (pdf) by Ted Zettel, President of Organic Meadows Inc

Retailer and Processor Perspectives in (powerpoint) or (pdf) by Ted Zettel

Organic Dairy Farming in Alberta in powerpoint or pdf - by Joe Zink

 

Feedback overall was very positive and Alberta Milk has received 21 requests for an Alberta Milk Organic Producer Membership. The cost of membership is $100 and includes membership in the Canadian Organic Growers Association and may include any additional workshops the Alberta producers feel they require. The membership fee was established on the recommendation of the sub-committee as a method of measuring producer interest and as a way of off-setting costs.

You can download the Organic Farming Registration Form here.

If you would like further information on organic farming, you can contact Denise Brattinga at dbrattinga@albertamilk.com or 780 577-3320 or Bill Laing at blaing@albertamilk.com or 780 577-3317.