Keynote Speakers

Natural products from horticultural crops (CSHS)

Moderator: Shahrokh Khanizadeh

"Distribution and antioxidant properties of apple flavonols."
H.P.V. Rupasinghe. Department of Environmental Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, NS, Canada.

"Novel techniques to improve functionality of horticultural foods and food ingredients." H. Ramaswamy. Department of Food Science, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC,Canada.

"Foods with added physiological function: Facts and fallacies".
P.J. Jones. Director, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, and Professor, Departments of Food Science and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

CSHS Natural products special seminar

Moderator: Shahrokh Khanizadeh

"Exploring native Canadian plants for human health."
R. Cao. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Food Research Program, Guelph, ON, Canada.

CSHS Organic Horticulture Forum

Moderator: David Ehret

Panel discussion. B. Frick, T. Forge, M. Dorais, G.H. Neilsen, and R.K. Prange. Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada, Truro, NS, Canada; (T.F.) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agassiz, BC, Canada; (M.D.) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada; (G.H.N.) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada; and (R.K.P.) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre, Kentville, NS, Canada.

Organic horticulture: Separating fact from fantasy (CSHS)

Moderator: David Ehret

"Organic production of vegetables: State of the art and challenges."
M. Dorais. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada.

"Organic fruit production: Managing reality and perception."
G.H. Neilsen, D.T. Lowery, T. Forge, D. Neilsen, and D. Ehret. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, BC, Canada; and (T.F. & D.E.) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agassiz, BC, Canada.

"Are organically-produced fruits and vegetables safer and more nutritious than conventionally-produced fruits and vegetables: A review of the literature."
R.K. Prange. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre, Kentville, NS, Canada.