. Agri-news. Agriculture. January 14,2002 Aromatic and medicinal plant conference The 6th Annual Western Canadian Medicinal and Aromatic Plant conference is being held in Brandon, Manitoba. Sharing the Knowledge 2002 is the theme of the conference being held on February 13 to IS. 2002 at the Royal Oak Inn. Brandon. Manitoba Last year, the conference was held in Alberta in conjunction with the Growing Global conference," says Dr Stan Blade, unit leader of new crop development and director of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development's Crop Diversification Centre North, Edmonton. &quo
. Agri-news. Agriculture. January 14,2002 Aromatic and medicinal plant conference The 6th Annual Western Canadian Medicinal and Aromatic Plant conference is being held in Brandon, Manitoba. Sharing the Knowledge 2002 is the theme of the conference being held on February 13 to IS. 2002 at the Royal Oak Inn. Brandon. Manitoba Last year, the conference was held in Alberta in conjunction with the Growing Global conference," says Dr Stan Blade, unit leader of new crop development and director of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development's Crop Diversification Centre North, Edmonton. "Over 300 people attended the Sth Medicinal and Aromatic Plant conference and I'm sure it will be equally successful in 2002. Presentations scheduled for the 2002 conference will cover several different business challenges, such as producing, processing and marketing medicinal and aromatic plants and ; This conference is the foremost gathering of innovative farmers, processors and brokers in western Canada. Presenters include: • Theresa Reid. Botanicals International, vice president of Materials Management. Long Beach, California, North American bu\cr • Barbara Letchworth. Frontier Coop, botanical buyer, Iowa • Wanda Wolf. Lone Wolf Enterprises, Saskatchewan • Ed Fletcher, buyer, North Carolina • Steven Foster. Herbal Gram, associate editor. Arkansas Business and marketing opportunities associated with the aromatic and medicinal plant and nutraceutical industry are increasing. Growers of many different botanicals, such as echinacea, St John's wart, culinary herbs, dandelion, feverfew, milk thistle, mint, valerian, burdock hemp nettle, flax oil, coriander and caraway will be interested in this conference. Funding for this conference is in part provided by the Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development (CARD) Councils of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, .Alberta and British Colombia through the Agriculture and AgriFood Canada Card Fund. Cow/ d on page J This
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