The Cascadia Innovation Corridor‘s next virtual forum, Sustainable Agri-foods and Agri-tech in Cascadia, will be held on Friday, November 20th.
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.
Speakers include Parm Bains, President and CEO of Westberry Farms Ltd. and Meeru Dhalwala, Author, Chef and Co-owner, Vij’s and Rangoli Restaurants, among others.
The forum runs from 10-11:30am on November 20th. Register here.