Provender Alliance http://www.provender.org Provender is a non-profit membership organization providing networking, outreach, and education to natural foods and related companies doing business in the Northwest. en-us Provender Alliance http://www.provender.org/new-website/images/provender_rss.gif http://www.provender.org/ logo Conference Details Announced! http://provender.org/conference.html We have announced the 2012 conference details. Visit our Conference page to view. Keynote Speakers http://provender.org/conference.html Our keynote speakers this year will be Maude Barlow and Matthew Dillon. Provender Conference Updates http://provender.org/conference.html In an effort to collaborate with our sister organization, NPA-NW, Provender has moved our conference up a week into September to avoid conflicting with their annual trade show. Reserve your dates now for the 36th Annual Conference, Inspiring Resilience, Sustaining Action, September 26-28th, 2012 in Hood River, OR. Provender Board Meeting http://truefoodnow.org/ The board is meeting in Portland next week. We're meeting at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown on Friday and Saturday. Some of us will be in town on Thursday night and would love to meet up with any Provenderites who will be there as well. If you'll be around, let us know in the comments. We will let you know where we'll be when we figure it out! Keep Pesticide-Ridden Corn Off Your Dinner Plate http://truefoodnow.org/ Surveys over the past decade have consistently shown that Americans don’t want to eat genetically engineered (GE or GMO) food. Congratulations to Jonathan Safir! http://provender.org/jonathan-safir.html Congratulations to Jonathan Safir - Provender Alliance Scholarship Awardee! Provender Conference Workshops and Schedule Posted! http://provender.org/conference.html Visit Provender's conference page for information about the upcoming 2011 Provender Alliance Conference. Keynote Speakers include: Fred Kirschenmann, Jesse Ziff Cool and Paul Stamets. Provender Conference Details Starting to Trickle In! http://provender.org/conference.html Visit Provender's conference page for information about the upcoming 2011 Provender Alliance Conference. Keynote Speakers include: Fred Kirschenmann and Jesse Ziff Cool Thank farmers who are protecting kids’ health http://action.panna.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7116 Next week we’ll be meeting with farmers who've chosen to grow their crops without pesticides that cause cancer or are harmful to kids or bees. We’ll hand deliver a resounding ‘thank you’ to these cutting edge farmers for doing the right thing. New Website! http://provender.org/index.html Check out Provender's new website!