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Cascadia Innovation Corridor Virtual Forum:
Sustainable Agri-foods and Agri-tech in Cascadia |
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Good Afternoon,
Join us on Friday, November 20th for the Cascadia Innovation Corridor’s next virtual forum, Sustainable Agri-foods and Agri-tech in Cascadia. The forum will explore COVID-19’s impact on supply chains for local producers, buyers, and our emergency food system, as well as how the growing agri-tech sector is expanding opportunities for local farmers.
The session will be hosted by the Co-chairs of the Cascadia Innovation Corridor sub-committee on sustainable agriculture, Dr. Rickey Yada, Dean of UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems and Chad Kruger, Director, Western Washington College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resources Sciences.
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Speakers include:
Parm Bains, President and CEO, Westberry Farms Ltd.
Meeru Dhalwala, Author, Chef and Co-owner, Vij’s and Rangoli Restaurants
Steve Mantle, Founder and CEO, innov8.ag
Kirti Rajagopalan, Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University
Derek Sandison, Director, Washington State Department of Agriculture
Chad Kruger, Director, Western Washington College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University and Co-chair, Cascadia Innovation Corridor Sustainable Agriculture Sub-committee
Dr. Rickey Yada, Dean, UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems and Co-chair, Cascadia Innovation Corridor Sustainable Agriculture Sub-committee
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Please register as soon as possible as space is limited. We look forward to seeing you.
Sincerely,
Chris Gregoire, CEO, Challenge Seattle
Greg D’Avignon, President and CEO, Business Council of British Columbia
Co-chairs, Cascadia Innovation Corridor Steering Committee
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