2017 Conference Schedule

2017 Conference Schedule

*** Schedule subject to change. Please check back regularly for workshop additions and updates.

Friday, March 3, 2017

2pm - 5pm

Free roundtable sessions for Market Manager
Free roundtable sessions for Vendors

5pm - 6:30pm

Walking tour of New Westminster

7pm - 9pm	Welcome Reception @ the River Market

Saturday, March 4, 2017

7:00am - 8:20am	FOODSAFE / MarketSafe Sponsored Breakfast @ The Boathouse Restaurant (at the Inn at the Quay)

8:30am - 9:30am	Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30am - 10:15am	Plenary Session: Reimagining Your Market
10:45am - 12pm	Vendor/Producer Workshop #1 Grow Your Food Production Business With Silver Chef's Flexible Funding	Market Manager Workshop #1 Accessible Markets - Conduct, Audit and Engage Volunteers!	Board of Directors Workshop #1 Managing Your Market's Risks & Opportunities
12pm - 1:15pm	Lunch
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Plenary Session: Connecting Your Market to the Growing Ethnic Community
2:45pm - 4pm	Vendor/Producer Workshop #2 UPDATED - Building the Farmers' Market Brand - Region by Region	Market Manager Workshop #2 Visual Social Media: Creating compelling content	Board of Directors Workshop #2 Business Management Practices of Highly Successful Farmers' Market Farmers: Lessons learned from 15 case studies

4:15pm - 5:30pm	Vendor/Producer Workshop #3 Understanding the Principles of Traceability	Market Manager Workshop #3 Food Safety at Farmers' Markets: Updates and new developments	Board of Directors Workshop #3 Advocating and Lobbying in Canada: How to best get your message to those in government

7pm - 10pm	Banquet and Farmers' Market Awards @ La Perla Ballroom (in River Market adjacent to conference hotel)

Sunday, March 5, 2017


8:30am - 10am	BCAFM Annual General Meeting
10:15am - 11:30am	Vendor/Producer Workshop #4 A Small Acreage Farmer’s Insight Into How to Make It Farming in Metro Vancouver	Market Manager Workshop #4 Market Day Food Education: Providing learning opportunities for all ages	Board of Directors Workshop #4 The New BC Societies Act: What every society needs to know
11:45am - 1pm	Vendor/Producer Workshop #5 Web Content Marketing 101: Tips and tools to get you better results	Market Manager Workshop #5 Get The Market You Measure	Board of Directors Workshop #5 Opportunities and Challenges of Physical Infrastructure to Expand Your Market and Broaden its Appeal
2pm-6pm	Slow Meat Event @ the River Market

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