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Students Offered Funding For Guelph Organic Conference

A scholarship program linked to the Guelph Organic Conference is offering up to 25 hundred dollars in honorariums this year.

The Eco-Scholar program is open to any registered student at a high school, community college or university interested in a career in organics.

Five students will each get 500 dollars, a ticket for the Organic Food and Wine Dinner and a Keynote Forum ticket.

Applications need to complete a form on-line that includes a 250 words-or-less essay.

Deadline is January 10th.

The Guelph Organic Conference runs from January 28th to the 31st at the Guelph University Centre.

(Link to on-line form)

The Conference includes a free, two-day Organic Trade Show featuring over 160 exhibitors.

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