The twelfth annual Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit was held at the Delta VancouverAirport Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. Names underlined below indicate linked materials.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 |
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| Arrival | Most attendees arrive. Free time |
Friday, June 7, 2013 |
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| 8:00 am | Buffet Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Agriculture and Carbon Emissions Protocal |
| Debbie Reed, Executive Director, Coalition on Ag Greenhouse Gases, Washington, D.C. | |
| Karen Haugen-Kozyra, Senior Partner, The Prasino Group | |
| 9:30 am | Open Dairy Discussion |
| 11:30 am | Buses leave for tours |
| Attendees participate in tour of British Columbia agriculture | |
| 5:00 pm | Bus to Reception for late arrivals, spouses |
| 5:30 pm | Return to Hotel |
| 6:30 pm | Reception and Dinner at Hotel - Canadian Ag Minister Ritz, special speaker |
Saturday, June 8 2013 |
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State and Provincial Policy: What Works, What Doesn't |
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| 7:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Welcome |
| 8:30 am | PLENARY: State and Provincial Role in Energy |
| Dennis Hill, North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives | |
| Warren McKenna, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Iowa | |
| Representative Mike Bost, Illinois | |
| 9:30 am | Breakout I |
| Addressing Water Quality and the Bottom Line (session summary) | |
| Ann Swanson, Chesapeake Bay Commission, Maryland | |
| Dave Tuthil, Integrated Watershed Solutions, Idaho | |
| Dr. Paul Genho, Farmland Reserve, Utah | |
| Claire Schary, U.S. EPA Region 10, Washington | |
| Successes in Rural Health Care | |
| Jim Luker, former Senator, Arkansas related: Health Care System Transformation |
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| Stephanie Larsen, Assistant Director for Organizing, Center for Rural Affairs, Montana | |
| Alan Morgan, CEO, National Rural Health Association, Washington, D.C. | |
| The Future of State Fairs (session summary) | |
| Senator Jim Anderson, Wyoming | |
| Marlene Pierson-Jolliffe, CEO, West Virginia State Fair | |
| John Putney, Executive Director, Blue Ribbon Foundation, Iowa State Fair | |
| Tina Hlabse, General Counsel, North Carolina Department of Agriculture | |
| What Does Science Say About Animal Housing (session summary) | |
| Elizabeth Rumley, Staff Attorney, National Agricultural Law Center, Arkansas | |
| Dr. Janeen Lyn Salek-Johnson, Associate Professor, University of Illinois | |
| Dr. Janice Swanson, Chair and Professor, Animal Behavior and Welfare, Michigan State University | |
| 11:00 pm | Review of State Efforts |
| New Hampshire » Farm Protection Legislation, Representative Bob Haefner (related) | |
| Arkansas » Road Sales and Use Tax Ballot Initiative, former Senator Jim Luker | |
| Utah » Metal Theft Prevention, Representative Jack Draxler | |
| West Virginia » Feed to Achieve Act, Senator John Unger | |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch Session: A Learned Lesson in Talking to Consumers Rory McAlpine, Maple Leaf Foods |
| 1:30 pm | Breakout II |
| Calculating and Working with TMDLs and Discharge Footprints(session summary) | |
| Claire Schary, Water Quality Trading Coordinator, U.S.EPA, Region 10, Washington | |
| Ann Swanson, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission, Maryland | |
| Legal Challenges, Right to Farm and Private Property Rights (session summary) | |
| Gary Baise, Attorney, OFW Law, Washington, D.C. | |
| The Immigration Debate | |
| Craig Regelbrugge, Vice President, American Nursery & Landscape Association, Washington, D.C. (related) | |
| Michele Morandini, Director, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, Western Territories Region, Service Canada, British Columbia | |
| Fran Boyd. Senior Vice President, Meyers and Associates, Washington, D.C. | |
| Local and State Food Labeling (session summary) | |
| Mark Walters, Partner, Frommer, Lawrence & Haug, LLP, Washington | |
| Dr. Barbara Schneeman, Professor Emerita, University of California | |
| John Dillard, Attorney, OFW Law, Washington, D.C. | |
| Representaitive John Rusche, MD, Idaho (related) | |
| David Zepponi,President, Northwest Food Processors Association, Oregon | |
| 3:00 pm | Learning From a Decade of in Ag Diversification and Rural Development |
| Norm Walzer, Senior Research Scholar, Northern Illinois University Center for Government Studies and former founding director of the Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs | |
| Roger Thomas, Executive Director, Governors Office of Ag policy, Kentucky | |
| Barry Denk, Executive Director, Center for Rural Pennsylvania | |
| 4:00 pm | Breakout III |
| Where is the Farm Bill? (session summary) | |
| Fran Boyd. Senior Vice President, Meyers and Associates, Washington, D.C. | |
| Learning How to Talk to Consumers and Voters | |
| Jennifer Grenz, President, Vision Bridge, British Columbia | |
| Joe Dales, Co-Founder, Farms.com (case-study) | |
| Working Together, Sharing Water Across Government Lines (session summary) | |
| Dr. Hank Venema, Vice President, Science and Innovation, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Manitoba | |
| John Stulp, Special Policy Advisor to the Governor, Colorado | |
| Mark Masters, Exectuve Manager, ACF Stakeholders, Georgia | |
| Funding Rural Infrastructure | |
| Bill Stouffer, Associate, Flotron McIntosh, Missouri | |
| Jim Luker, former Senator, Arkansas | |
| Kathy Ruffalo, President, Ruffalo & Associates | |
| 6:30 pm | Reception and Dinner: Economic Perspective Glen Hodgson, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, The Conference Board of Canada, Ontario |
Sunday, June 9, 2013 |
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| 7:30 am | Buffet Breakfast |
| Annual Meeting Resolutions Officer and Board Elections |
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| 9:00 am | Optional Meeting Review |