Sample Agenda
Uniting Farms and Communities
Agenda
Saturday, January 3, 2004
Camp Mitchell Conference Center, Petit Jean Mountain, Arkansas
| Time | Speaker | |
| 8:30 to 9 | Introduction/Welcome Keller HallJudge Jimmy Hart | |
| 9 to 10 | Creating a Food NetworkCustomers: Robert WaldropFarmers: Kim Barker | |
| 10 to 10:30 | State Policy for Food and AgricultureJohn Mark Hack, Kentucky Agricultural Development Boardand Global Development Partners | |
| 10:30 – 11 | Lt. Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller | |
| 11 to 12 | Future of Arkansas State Agriculture PolicyDr. Van Ayers, University of MissouriSen. Tim Wooldridge, Arkansas Senate Ag CommitteeRep. Wayne Nichols, Arkansas House Ag Committee | |
| 12-12:30 | All-Arkansas Lunch Keller Hall | |
| 12:30 to 1 | Attorney General Mike Beebe | |
| 1 to 1:45 | Farmer Perspectives Keller HallJimmy WallaceStephan WalkerJohn Alter | Dairy Value-Added Breakout Hoke HallJamie MautheSam WardJimmy Hart |
| 1:45 to 2:45 | Value-Added Animal AgricultureKendrick KetchumGerald FryTeddy Gentry | |
| 3 to 4 | Dairy OpportunitiesJamie Mauthe, Mauthe Dairy, MississippiSam Ward, Eureka Springs | |
| 4 to 4:30 | Farmers MarketsBarbara Armstrong | |
| 4:30 to 530 | Strategic PlanningValue-Added Farmers Group OrganizingArkansas Farm Community Alliance | |