Save the Date! 6th Annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference

Title: Save the Date! 6th Annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference
Location: Bastrop Convention Center, Bastrop, TX
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Description: Join us at the 6th Annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference!

WHEN: Monday, September 10 – Tuesday, September 11, 2012
WHERE: Bastrop Convention Center, Bastrop, TX
WHAT: This uniqe conference focuses on the policies and regulations affecting our farms and our food. Come hear top speakers on issues such as the Farm Bill, genetically modified foods, corporate control of our food system, and much more.
Registration

Register before August 1 for discounted early registration rates. Early registration is just $45 for Monday and $30 for Tuesday. After August 1, registration fees will go up $15 for each day, so don’t delay!

Download the registration form and mail in with a check. Online registration coming soon

Full and partial scholarships are available. Download the scholarship application form for more information.
Topics

Monday, September 10

Keynote: The 2X2 Pledge (Yes, we can!): We can eat our way to economic security and personal freedom, and we can do so without spending an extra dime on food or an extra dollar on taxes. It will be so easy it will make the audience blush! Illustrated with real-life stories and includes a real-time audience pledge

The Farm Bill: What’s Happening in DC?

Genetically Modified Foods: Fighting Back

What Does Local Mean? Distribution and Scaling Issues For Local Foods

The Upcoming Texas Legislative Session

Farmer-Led Local Initiatives

and more! Additional topics will be posted in May and June

Tuesday, September 11

Join us on Tuesday for an intensive workshop on activism! We’ll start the day with workshops on how to effectively lobby and network. After a lunch catered by Dai Due, the afternoon will focus on specific issues for grassroots activism in the coming year, including how you an be involved in working for local foods bills in the Texas Legislature in 2013. Limited seats available — come prepared to commit to activism work in the coming year!
Speakers

Michael Olson, agriculturalist, journalist, and host of Food Chain Radio

Don Davis, Grassfed Livestock Alliance

Jesse Griffiths, Dai Due

Patty Lovera, Food & Water Watch

Judith McGeary, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance

Brad Stufflebeam, Home Sweet Farm

Howard Vlieger, Verity Farms

and more! Additional speakers will be posted in May and June
Date: 2012-09-10