The CSPMA will be attending the following trade shows/workshops:

Garden Writers Association’s 65th GWA Annual Symposium - August 16-19, 2013: This year the symposium will be held in Québec City, capital of the province of Québec, Canada, one of North America’s oldest cities. It will provide information on trends and current issues of importance to garden communicators.

CSPMA Semi-Annual Meeting
The CSPMA held a successful Semi-Annual Meeting at the Auberge de la Pointe Hotel in Rivière-du-Loup, QC, Canada, on June 6-7, 2013. The speakers were well received. The weather was good. And the lobster dinner superb.

Appreciation goes to Berger for arranging and hosting a peat bog tour that featured research being done by the Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) on Sphagnum farming.

A special shout out to John Deere for the hospitality suite held after dinner.

Thanks to everyone that participated.

CSPMA 25th Annual General Meeting
The CSPMA 25th Annual General Meeting will be held at the Fairmont, Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada on November 6-8, 2013. More details to follow.

The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association has announced a Position Paper titled: Sustainability: Canadian Horticultural Peat Industry Position Paper.
The Position Paper is the Canadian horticultural peat industry’s commitment to a Sustainability program.

It provides our Statement, the approach we are taking to achieve Environmental Responsibility, Economic Viability and Social Accountability.

It also outlines our intent to communicate in a transparent and traceable manner our achievements in meeting the sustainability measures important to the industry and stakeholders.