AFWA

Conference Photos

Thanks to conference delegates who have submitted conference photos. If you'd like to submit your photos, please email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . In particular, we need photos from tour two. All photos will be stored in Google Picasa. Credit will be given to the photographer in the photo caption.

The full photo album is available here.

Message from Honourable Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta

On behalf of the Government of Alberta, I am pleased to extend greetings to everyone attending the 54th Annual Canadian Farm Writers' Federation Conference and Annual General Meeting. Full PDF.

Speech Delivered by Honourable Doug Griffiths, Parliamentary Assistant, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

Good evening everyone. I bring greetings on behalf of the Premier, Ed Stelmach, the Minister, and my colleagues in the legislature. It is a pleasure to be here tonight.

This event offers a great chance to share my appreciation for the rural writers across Canada. You see, before I became an MLA, I was a teacher...it subsidized my ranching habit. Full PDF.