Annual Conference
WSFNC sponsors
a conference each Fall. Information about this year's conference
is below. Information from past conferences
is also included on this website.
NEW: Download
Conference Materials (Materials are also listed with
the Speakers' names, below)
- Visions of a 21st
Century Agri-food System - Download as a PowerPoint
show (1.0 MB)
- American Farmland
Trust - Agenda 2007 - Download as a PowerPoint
show (1.8 MB)
- American Farmland
Trust - Agenda 2007 - Download notes as a pdf
(290 KB)
- Agenda 2007: A New
Framework and Direction for US Farm Policy - Download as a Word
document (770 KB)
- Agenda 2007: A New
Framework and Direction for US Farm Policy - Executive Summary
- Download as a Word
document (380 KB)
- Resource List - Download
as a pdf
2020 Vision:
Anticipating the Future of Food in Washington State
WSFNC Annual Conference
Friday, September 22, 2006, 8 am - 5 pm
Highline Community College
Program below or download as a pdf.
Conference objectives as a pdf.
We anticipate this conference will
sell out - please register as soon as possible. Registration form
available now as a pdf or
Word document.
Registration Includes:
- continental breakfast and lunch
- one-day conference
- all conference materials
- 6 CPE credits for registered
dietitians and diet technicians
WSFNC Member Rate: $70
Non-Member Rate: $80
Student Rate: $40
Notes for registrants:
- Registration will open at 8 am.
- The conference will be held in
Building 7 (the auditorium); lunch will be in Building 8 (the
Student Union Building). Download a campus
map.
- Maps and directions to Highline
Community College are at www.highline.edu/home/maps/directions.html.
This site also contains information about alternate routes as
State Route 99 (Pacific Highway South) is under construction in
the vicinity of Highline Community College.
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| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Registration and
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:45 |
President’s Welcome |
| 8:45 – 9:00 |
Fred Berman, Washington State
Department of Agriculture,Small Farm and Direct Marketing Program
director |
| 9:00 – 10:00 |
FRED KIRSCHENMANN, PhD, a longtime
leader in national and international sustainable agriculture,
is distinguished fellow and former director for the Leopold
Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. |
| 10:00 – 10:15 |
Break – Network - View
Exhibits - Raffle |
| 10:15 – 11:15 |
DAVID GRANATSTEIN, MS, a
longtime leader in Washington State sustainable agriculture,
Statewide Coordinator for the Center for Sustaining Agriculture
and Natural Resources at Washington State University
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presentation |
| 11:15 – 12:30 |
VIEWPOINT OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS (representing farmers)
Maryon Attwood, Director, The WA Sustainable Food and Farming
Network
Mary Embleton, Director, Cascade Harvest Coalition
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Kent Mullinix, Director, Institute for Rural Innovation and
Stewardship
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Sally Anne Sadler, Director, WA State Farmers’ Market
Association
Senator Mark Schoesler, Board member, WA Association of Wheat
Growers |
| 12:30- 1:30 |
Lunch - Physical Activity –
Network- View Exhibits |
| 1:30 - 2:30 |
WA STATE LEGISLATVE PANEL
Senator Marilyn Rasmussen, D-2, Majority Chair, Senate Committee,
Agriculture & Rural Development
Senator Mark Schoesler, R-9, Minority Chair, Senate
Committee, Agriculture & Rural Development
Representative Kelli Linville, D-42, Majority
Chair, House Economic Development, Agriculture
and Trade Committee |
| 2:30 – 2:45 |
Break – Network - View
Exhibits - Raffle |
| 2:45 – 4:30 |
FARM BILL: ISSUES and ADVOCACY
Don Stuart, JD, American Farmland Trust, Pacific Northwest,
Director, Puyallup
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and handout
Linda Stone, Children’s Alliance, Spokane, Chair, Western
Region Anti-Hunger Consortium
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| 4:30- 5:00 |
Summary - Wrap-up – Raffle
- Evaluations |
A big THANK
YOU to our Sponsors:
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PCC
Natural Markets |
Cascade
Harvest Coalition |
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