OUR EVENT SPEAKERS
Colin Dring
Researcher School of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University
Darina Kopcok
Darina Kopcok Photography - MA CCDP - Commercial Food Photographer + Educator.
Phil Loosley
Owner and Facilitator at Lightswitch Consulting
Stephanie Ames
Basin Business Advisors - Program Navigator
Chef Ambassador at Buy BC + Co-owner of Hatch Hospitality.
OUR EXPERTS ON TAP
Amanda Verigin
Marketing + Sales Manager | Kootenay Co-op
Brian Pealow
Store Owner - Pealow's - Your Independent Grocer
Charne Baird
Photographer/Owner - Charné Baird Photography
Darina Kopcok
Darina Kopcok Photography - MA CCDP - Commercial Food Photographer + Educator.
Don McCulloch
Community Futures - Loan Officer
Kate Mizenka
Elk Root Conservation Farm Society - Board Chair & Director of Farm, Orchard & Apiary
Leanne Cairns
Gordon Food Services - Merchandising Manager
Mandi Lunan
Food Business Coach
Michael Hoher
Export Navigator - Regional Export Advisor
Ned Bell
Chef Ambassador at Buy BC, Co-owner of Hatch Hospitality,
Nyree Marsh
Columbia Basin Land Matcher - Young Agrarians
Ron Macc
AgSafe BC - Regional Safety Consultant | Boundary Kootenay and South Okanagan Regions
Saverio Gennuso
Gordon Food Services - Merchandising Manager
Shauna Fidler
Graphic Designer | Food Packaging Expert
Stephanie Ames
Basin Business Advisors - Program Navigator
Sylvia Chong
Food Scientist, Food Safety, Quality & Risk Management Consultant and Preventive Controls Qualified Individual
OUR COMMUNITY SOAPBOX CONTRIBUTORS
Laura Francis
Cartwheel Farm - Farmer / Consultant
Kate Mizenka
Elk Root Conservation Farm Society - Board Chair & Director of Farm, Orchard & Apiary
Amanda Goodman Lee
Co-owner/operator - Honey Bee Zen Apiary and Swan Valley Honey
Thomas Archer
Executive Director - Kootenay Association of Science and Technology
Ron Macc
AgSafe BC - Regional Safety Consultant | Boundary Kootenay and South Okanagan Regions
Rebecca Richards
Director - Lower Columbia Innitiatives Corp.
Mandi Lunan
Food Business Coach