Speaker funding
Alberta’s Agriculture and Food Council has increased the maximum amount of funding available to help eligible groups pay for special event speakers.
The council will now provide up to $15,000 per event to help pay for speakers and other event costs instead of $10,000.
The council’s speaker and event program pays 50 percent of total eligible costs up to $15,000, including speaker fees, transportation, accommodation and meals.
Other event costs such as audio visual, advertising, printing and conference co-ordination may also be included if they are contracted externally.
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For more information, visit www.agfoodcouncil.com/funding/acaaf/speaker-events.aspx.
MRAC directors
The Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council has elected two new board directors to three-year terms.
Derek Brewin is an assistant professor with the department of agribusiness and agricultural economics at the University of Manitoba. He has also worked as a professional research associate with the department of agricultural economics at the University of Saskatchewan and as a policy economist for Agriculture Canada. Ryan Canart is a farmer from Hargrave, Man., with expertise in resource management and an interest in sustainable agriculture and natural resource stewardship. He is a member of the Manitoba Institute of Agrology.ÂÂ
Returning to the board for another term are Jennifer Hillard, Barry Routledge, Dave Shambrock and Evan Gillis.ÂÂ
Linda MacNair will return as board chair.
Pumpkin challenge
Pilger Pumpkin Growers from Pilger, Sask., is issuing a province-wide challenge to see which community can grow the biggest pumpkin in 2008.
The winning community will become Pumpkin Capital of Saskatchewan.
For more information, write Felix Fischer, Box 94, Pilger, Sask., S0K 3G0, e-mail felix2linda@yahoo.ca or call 306-367-4912.
Among pumpkin growers in the Pilger area, Jerry Doll from Middle Lake, Sask., took first prize in the 2007 Pilger Pumpkin Festival with his 365-pound pumpkin. Fischer said a 463 pound pumpkin was grown recently in Nokomis, Sask.
