March 2008

March 13/14: "Moving Agritourism Forward" Conference
Prestige Hotel & Conference Centre, Vernon, BC. The purpose of this conference is to stimulate agritourism development and awareness. Agritourism specialists will speak about identifying agritourism products and markets, understanding trends and opportunities, getting your farm ready for tourists and how to utilize proven, yet inexpensive, marketing techniques. Learn from professionals as they share their amazing agritourism success stories with you! Contact: Erika Woker 250-276-4244, email coordinator@agritourismbc.org, or visit www.agritourismbc.org.
March 14/15: Women in Agriculture: Strengthening Ties - Penticton Trade & Convention Centre, Penticton BC. The purpose of this conference is to celebrate the contributions that women make to agriculture. Presentations and workshops will address issues relevant to women working in the industry and positively promote agriculture as a career and lifestyle choice to all women. Many opportunities for networking. One of the goals for this conference is to initiate the development of post conference peer mentoring program. Contact: Alexis Welsh 250-493-2566 / toll-free 1-877-493-5566, email alexis@cfokanagan.com or visit www.cfokanagan.com.