Family farms.  The foundation of America’s food security.  According to the USDA, 97 percent of farms are family farms, and they grow 90 percent of the food produced. But national policies to keep food affordable (American’s spend less than 7 percent of their paycheck for food) and the boom and bust cycles of farming have resulted in larger, more concentrated farming practices.  [node:read-more:link]

The twelfth annual Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit was held at the Delta VancouverAirport Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. Namesunderlined below indicate linked materials. [node:read-more:link]

The thirteenth annual Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Summaries of sessions and materials from presentations can be found below. [node:read-more:link]

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who helped to make the thirteenth annual Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit held January 3-5 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma such a huge success. [node:read-more:link]

Sponsorship Information

Consistently reported as the most important meeting of the year by attendees, the Summit expects to have the agricultural and rural legislative leadership from approximately 47 states, 5 Canadian provinces and 2-3 U.S.territories.  SARL provides all on-site expenses for invited state legislators and even funds travel for those in agriculture leadership from states with travel bans. Our sponsors must find the Summit rewarding because we have a 98% return rate and as a result have not generally needed to secure new sponsors.   [node:read-more:link]

WHERE LEGISLATORS FIND THE ANSWERS ON AG AND RURAL POLICY

On-line registration for the 2016 Legislative Ag Chairs Summit in Denver, January 8-10 is now closed. If you have registered and have not received a registration letter (from a human, not an automatic confirmation) please contact corr@sarl.us. If you still need to register, please contactcorr@sarl.us.