Deadline extended for major conservation agriculture conference

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Published: April 9, 2014

Organizers of the sixth World Conference on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA) have extended its early registration deadline to May 1.

WCCA will take place June 22-25 in Winnipeg, the conference’s first-ever North American venue. The conference is meant to promote the sharing of knowledge about sustainable agriculture with the intent of catalyzing change in practices and policies throughout the world. [Related story]

Each day of the event features one of the following keynote speakers:

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  • David Montgomery is the author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. He sees no-till farming as “the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.”
  • Howard G. Buffett operates a 1,500-acre family farm in central Illinois and oversees three foundation-operated research farms comprised of 14,100 acres. Buffett has travelled to 130 countries and documented the challenges of preserving biodiversity and providing resources for the growing global population.
  • Dwayne Beck manages the Dakota Lakes Research Farm, a unique co-operative arrangement between South Dakota State University and agricultural producers. Through the research farm’s programs, producers can profitably adopt conservation practices.

Optional tours extend the scope of the conference with a one-day tour in Canada and a 3.5-day tour in the U.S. These tours showcase farms that have used agricultural conservation systems for 20 or more years.

For more information visit the conference website or call 765-494-9555.

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