Media Advisory: Minister to Address National Egg Producer Conference

The Honourable Shawn Skinner, Minister of Natural Resources and Minister Responsible for Forestry and Agrifoods, will address the National Egg Producer Conference and Egg Farmers of Canada Meeting on Monday, July 4. The minister will open the conference at 9:00 a.m. at the Delta Hotel in St John’s.

The country’s regulated egg farmers are represented by Egg Farmers of Canada, a national organization responsible for projecting the amount of eggs required by Canadians, promoting eggs and for developing national standards for egg farming.

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Media contact:
Heather Maclean
Director of Communications
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5282, 697-4137
heathermaclean@gov.nl.ca 

2011 06 30                                  2:55 p.m.