All Events
Alfons Weersink is speaking about "the latest farming trends" on CBC, January 6, 2009.
The Dept. of FARE's Brown Bag Lunch Series Seminar continues with Kumuduni Kulasekera presenting "What Explains the Variation Across Individuals in the Propensity to Undertake Health-Promoting Behaviours: An Economic Analysis". You are invited to attend this event on Thursday, December 11th, 12:30-1:30 in Room 319, J.D. MacLachlan. Please view the attached flyer for further details.
The next seminar to be presented as part of the Dept. of FARE's Fall Seminar Series will be given by David Hope on Friday, December 5th, 3:30-5:00 pm in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan. David's seminar is titled "Ag Policy, Is What We Learn Linked to What Happens?" Please click here for further details.
Filip Cahlik's M.Sc. Thesis Defence and Final Examination was held on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at 9:00 to 11:00 am in Room 107, J.D. MacLachlan Building. The title of his thesis is "A Feasibility Study of a Soybean Peroxidase Extraction Facility Using Real Options".
The Department of FARE Seminar Series is pleased to offer a seminar by Dr. M. Rose Olfert from the University of Saskatchewan on the topic of "Can Rural Areas Compete for the Creative Class?" on Friday, December 12th, 2008 at 3:00 - 4:30 pm in Room 107 of the J.D. McLN Building. Please see the attachment for details.
The final oral examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, "Farm-level Impacts in Mexico of the Participation in Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (CSAWP)" for Lidia Carvajal was held on Friday, December 12th, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 106 Rozanski Hall.
Congratulations to Tom Funk who was named the "Agri Marketer of the Year" by the Canadian Agri Marketing Association at the "Best of CAMA" held in Quebec on Nov.
Professor Scott Irwin will present "Angel or Devil? The Role of Speculation in the Recent Commodity Price Boom", Wednesday, Nov. 19/08, 5:30-6:30 pm., Lifetime Learning Centre, OVC 1714, University of Guelph.
John Cranfield in the Ontario Farmer, October 28, 2008