Organic expo, conference hits growth spurt

Guelph Mercury By Vik Kirsch GUELPH — The upcoming Guelph Organic Conference & Expo began as a modest half-day seminar in the early 1980s, put on by some University of Guelph grad students. This year's four-day event Jan. 29 through Feb. 1 at the University Centre is expected to attract 1,800 attendees from across Canada …

Strong Demand & Prices for Organic Grain In Ontario Hot Topic at Guelph Organic Conference JAN 31, 2015

Tom Manley, President of Homestead Organics near Cornwall, Ontario and Dan Bewersdorff, Organic Grain Program Director of Herbruck’s of Saranac, Michigan will be offering similar prices.  (Although Herbruck’s is based in western Michigan they source from Ontario as well as Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana.) Even with organic yields being lower than conventional, Tom estimates …