Happening Saturday, February 14th in Lawrence Kansas!
Sponsor the Conference!
Join us in cultivating a vibrant, inspiring conference experience by supporting at the level that best fits your organization. Each sponsorship tier helps us grow our network, strengthen rural voices, and ensure broad access for all participants..
Seed Level — $125
Help sponsor someone’s attendance at the conference and make participation possible for emerging leaders.
Sprout Level — $250
Includes 1 conference registration and your organization’s name and logo featured in the conference booklet.
Leaf Level — $500
Includes 2 conference registrations, a table in the exhibition area, and your organization’s name and logo in the conference booklet.
Blossom Level — $1,000
Includes 4 conference registrations, a table in the exhibition area, and your organization’s name and logo featured in both the conference booklet and Rural Papers.
Harvest Level — $2,500
Includes 6 conference registrations, a premium exhibition table, your organization’s name and logo in the conference booklet and Rural Papers, plus a mention in our podcast and an introduction at the conference.
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What to Expect
Join us at this year’s Food and Farm Conference, where tickets are just $47 in honor of our 47th year championing the health of the land and its people. We welcome old friends and new - including farmers, organizations, and community members - for a day of collaboration, connection, and vision-building, as we explore how to strengthen our communities and support one another in changing times.
Programming will include:
Keynote: Alex Stone, Executive Director of CooperationWorks!
Alex Stone is the Executive Director of CooperationWorks! and has been deeply involved with cooperatives for over a decade. She entered the world of cooperative models through housing co-ops as an undergraduate and spent time as both a house-level manager and a board member. In 2009, she co-founded the Berkeley Student Food Collective and, in 2010, became the store's first Operations Manager. During this time, she helped the store develop its market, refine its business plan, and grow it into a sustainable business. Alex also co-founded the Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (COFED). During her time with CW, she has overseen the redevelopment of the organization's flagship cooperative developer training program, coordinated ongoing collaborative projects among CW members, and strengthened the partnerships with other national organizations. She is passionate about the potential for cooperatives to radically transform entrenched systems of inequality and inequity in our society and to create just, joyful, and sustainable communities.
Breakouts
Building Links in the Food Chain
Energy Efficiency and Alternative Power
EQIP and Conservation Practices
Local Food Purchasing
Planning for Long-Term Business Success
Practical Ag Tech on Your Operation
Small Farm Infrastructure Planning
Teaching Youth to Meet Community Needs
Water Catchment for Food Production
This is your chance to add your voice, share your power, and help shape a resilient food and farming system that is economically viable, ecologically sound, and socially just for generations to come.
Check back for the full agenda!
The Kansas Rural Center’s Food and Farm Conference is coming to the Springhill Suites in Lawrence, KS.
Please reserve your room for the nights of February 13th or 14th by calling (785) 841-2700 !