The conference formerly known as the Saskatchewan Greenhouse Growers Association and Saskatchewan Vegetable Growers Association Conference has a new name - The Saskatchewan Green Trades Conference. Flowers Canada will also be partnering with the conference to offer the province's florists a venue to hold seminars and meetings.

"The conference is expanding and we wanted a name that reflect this growth and represented the industry as a whole" says Glen Sweetman, Provincial Specialist Greenhouse and Nursery Crops and this years conference chair. “The conference brings together the provinces commercial greenhouse growers, garden centre retailers, field vegetable producers and florists in one location. We are looking forward to another year of great speakers and meetings.”

The Saskatchewan Green Trades Conference will be held NOVEMBER 13 & 14,  2009 at the SASKATOON TRAVELODGE in SASKATOON, SK.  For more information, go to www.saskgreenhouses.com or contact Dorothy Long, Executive Director, Saskatchewan Greenhouse Growers Assocaition at 30.387.6610 or dorothy@saskgreenhouses.com.

 

Dorothy Long is a Home Economist and Educator by training. She fully expected to be a home economics teacher for the rest of her days but after teaching high school home economics for 3 years she joined the Agri-Food consulting firm - Food Focus and branched into the agrifood industry.  Over the past 18 years, she has worked with such groups as the Saskatchewan Pulse growers, the Wild Boar Association, Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission and the Canola Council of Canada. Dorothy also served as a part-time Executive Director of Cuisine Canada for 3 1/2 years during this time. Dorothy believes in supporting agriculture and the foods and products that are produced in Saskatchewan.  To that end she was a founding member of the joint commodity association - Saskatchewan Bounty, which promoted agriculture and the goodness of Saskatchewan foods. Saskatchewan Bounty later developed into Growing Saskatchewan and Dorothy acted as the editorial consultant for their magazine of the same name.  She also writes a monthly food column for the Western Producer.  Dorothy’s love of agriculture and food was nurtured by her upbringing on a farm in rural Saskatchewan.  After beingfor several years she moved back to the farm in 1995 with her husband, Peter. From there Peter operates a commercial greenhouse selling bedding plants and Dorothy runs her consulting business. They enjoy the benefits of rural living and are also ‘cultivating’ two children, Kate (13 years) and Josh (10 years).