January 31, Tuesday, 7:30pm, Wychwood Barns (Barn 2), 601 Christie Street, Toronto

February 1, Wednesday, St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa

Tickets : $10 (+HST) www.usc-canada.org/lappe

The visionary author of the bestseller, Diet for a Small Planet, Frances Moore Lappé is still shaking up our myths about markets, food, and the environment . She challenges us to change the way we think, so that we can create the world we want

Presented by CBAN Member USC Canada

6th Annual Toronto Organic Conference

February 18, Saturday, 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto

$65 (after Feb. 5, $85) COG members $55 (after Feb. 5, $65) Rates for students, seniors and unwaged: call 416-466-4420

To register and for an agenda and more information: http://www.cogtoronto.org/COG_Toronto/Conference_2012.html

If you value your food, you won't want to miss this conference. Why do organic strawberries cost so much? What is the difference between conventional and organic pricing? Will boycotts change the agricultural system? Can organic food be part of the solution to cancer? Are there organic fish? Hear these panels and the story of how one 30 something writer from NY City lived her own story and became a farmer. Join us for practical answers to serious questions that won’t be green washed. It’s not about the money; it’s about your health and the future.

Topics include: Is Organic Too Extreme? Something Fishy Here, - GE Salmon, Your Food - Your Health, Our Organic Neighbors, Is Organic for Everyone, Growing Desserts, Organic for Schools, Deconstructing Organic Pricing and more.

With a purchase of a conference ticket, you also have the opportunity to purchase a ticket to the previewing of a new play, Seeds, about the legal battle between Percy Schmeiser and Monsanto based on court trial transcripts, interviews and media material. Produced by Crow's Theatre and starring Eric Peterson, this play is sure to be engaging and thought provoking. Saturday, February 18, 8 pm, Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Distillery District, 55 Mill St., Toronto.