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Sticking to the 100-mile diet and the slow food movement just got a little easier for people on southern Vancouver Island with the opening of a new custom meat processing service.

Operating out of the existing abattoir at Valley View Farm, 10 kilometres south of Nanaimo, the Vancouver Island Heritage Foodservice Co-op has opened Island Ideal Meats to kill and process livestock for small Island producers.


Category: Agriculture

$1000 community economic development bursary
Deadline to apply: December 14, 2009

The Canadian CED Network, Coast Capital Savings and the Vancity Community Foundation are pleased to announce applications are being accepted for $1000 bursaries to enroll in Simon Fraser University's Certificate Program for Community Economic Development.


Category: Agriculture, Arts & Entertainment, Business, Community, Environment, Health, Science & Tech, Youth

What could $50,000 of creative services do for your social enterprise?


Category: Agriculture, Arts & Entertainment, Business, Community, Environment, Health, Science & Tech, Youth

Canada Farm Business Management Council Upcoming Agriwebinars™

Webinars are a web-based conference bringing the expertise of today’s agricultural leaders that will inform and inspire you from the comfort of your home or office. No travel, no cost, no reason to miss out! Agriwebinar™ is free and anyone can participate as long as they have a computer and an Internet connection. Even computers connected by a dial-up service can participate.

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Category: Agriculture

Food Safety Systems Implementation (Processor) Program: An opportunity to evolve your food processing business!
 


Category: Agriculture, Business, Environment, Science & Tech

Ottawa, October 5, 2009 -- Members of co-operatives and credit unions across Canada will be celebrating Co-op Week from October 11-17, a time to reflect on the contribution the co-operative sector has made to the lives of Canadians and their communities.

Co-op Week has been proclaimed across Canada every October since 1982.  International Credit Union Day, which will take place on Thursday, October 15, has been celebrated worldwide on the third Thursday of October since 1948.  


Category: Agriculture, Business, Community, Environment

Dear Cooperative Leader,

Thinking of attending the 12th annual Farmer Cooperatives Conference on November 9-10 in St. Paul, MN? If you register by October 9th, you can save up to 20% on registration fees.

Presented by the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, this year's conference will explore "Thriving in Uncertain Times". The program will address issues that present both challenges and opportunities for farmer cooperatives, and include:

*The worldwide economic outlook
Terry Barr, CoBank


Category: Agriculture

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