SCHEDULE
Friday June 10, 2016
3:00 to 5:00pm
5:00 to 6:00pm
6:00 to 7:30pm
Annual General Meeting - Rare Breeds Canada
Welcome and Keynote speaker, Lawrence Alderson
5 course tasting menu with Chef Mandy Da Costa
Wine and beer tasting
Music featuring Katherine Moller
ROOM A
7:30 to evening end
Networking, informal meet & greet, music
ROOM B
Film "Good things await"
Saturday June 11, 2016
8:00 to 9:00am
9:00 to 10:00am
10:00 to 11:00am
11:00 to 11:30am
11:30 to 12:30pm
BREAKFAST
ROOM A
ROOM B
Lawrence Alderson
Rare breeds conservation - From vision to reality.
Merlin Ford
Draft horse breed overview, past & present.
Conformation - What to look for and why?
Heather Squires
Heritage breed goats & the sustainable homestead.
Heritage goats for home cheese production.
NUTRITION BREAK
Randall Bishop
Biosecurity for farm health.
Dr. Tom Hutchinson
Mainstream use of rare breeds to make a living.
12:30 to 1:30pm
1:30 to 2:30pm
LUNCH
Elaine Shirley
Choosing a sheep breed that fits.
Heath management & difficult but necessary culling decisions.
Dirk Van Loon & Wayne Collingridge
Hog breed selection.
Breeding options including artificial insemination.
2:30 to 3:30pm
Skyler Anderson
Cattle selection & evaluation.
Economical cross breeding.
Marg Zillig
Artificial Insemination in Sheep: What is involved?
3:30 to 3:45pm
3:45 to 5:00pm
NUTRITION BREAK
Tom Hutchinson, Elaine Shirley, Jeannette Beranger
Counting our chickens - standard of perfection: Why it matters; Beauty vs Function.
Marilyn Rand, Delia Burge, Alyson Champ
Art panel: The importance of art in promotion of rare breeds.
5:00 to 6:00pm
6:00 to end of evening
Slow Food - Ark of Taste with wine, beer & hard cider
Evening meal & Ceilidh featuring the River Bottom Band - Evening meal featuring local Chef Stephane Levac
Sunday June 12, 2016
Rare Breeds Canada will be moving the venue Sunday to The Northville Farm Heritage Centre
8:00 to 9:00am
9:00 to 10:00am
BREAKFAST at Ross Creek
ROOM A
Elwood Quinn, Jeannette Beranger
Heritage hog conservation & proper nutrition
DNA testing, studbook analysis & carcass evaluations.
ROOM B
Elaine Shirley
Importance of registration & conservation.
10:00 to 11:00am
11:00 to 11:15am
11:15 to 12:15pm
12:15 to 4:00pm
9:00 to 3:00pm
Brian Greaves
Wool classification
Skyler Anderson
Impacts of genetics & environment on beef cattle.
Utilizing artificial insemination (AI) & embryo transfer (ET)
NUTRITION BREAK
Merlin Ford, Scott Henshaw
Draft power for the farm - Horse vs. Oxen.
Harness & hitching your horses for work featuring Scott Henshaw with a horse plowing demonstration.
Open to all speakers to participate
Taste the Difference: Heritage Round Table Discussion.
LIGHT LUNCH
Interactive 4H Show, plowing demonstration, sheep shearing, farm tours and vendor tables with donations to the Leicester Longwool Project.