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Food, Conservation, Energy, & Trade 2009 was a success because of you!

Listen Now! 22nd ACGA Convention archive

As you  listen to Jim Hightower and our long list of esteemed speakers - you will understand the policies and practices of food, conservation, energy and trade that impact your life.  Farmers and consumers - we invite you to listen to our conventon archive!  Invite a friend or a neighbor to listen, then we're confident that each of you will want to help make a difference in your community.  

"Food, Conservation, Energy & Trade 2009" addressed the current policies and practices of food, conservation, energy and trade.   The American Corn Growers Association wants to make sure that you are represented in national policy debates and the issues that impact you, your family and your community – now and in the future. 

Take the opportunity to learn and understand how you can be a driving force in the initiatives that matter most to you. Thank you for listening as ACGA addressed the current issues and the policies and practices of food, conservation, energy and trade at our 22nd annual convention in Coralville, IA, January 15-16, 2009. 

Re-localization was a primary focus of our day!  

From Farmscape to Cityscape - Local Food, Local Fuel and You. 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2008 –The American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) has announced their endorsement of U.S. Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States.

October 18, 2008 - by Keith Bolin as written for the Bureau County Republican, IL regarding Meadowbrook Farm Cooperative.  “October is Co-op Month.” In the Midwest Ag Journal, an edition of the High Plains Journal, dated Oct. 6, Page 4B, they quote, “Cooperatives are special! Cooperative people are special! There is no other business model in which the customer has such a direct voice in the operations of the business, or shares in the economic success of the business.” The author of this quote obviously has never been a shareholder in Meadowbrook Farm Cooperative of Rantoul, Ill. Just as John Kerry was “swift boated” in 2004, these shareholders have been “meadow brooked” in 2004, and the “meadow brooking” continues.

Corn Farmers Oppose Plan to Eliminate Domestic, Renewable Energy Plans

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2008  – Keith Bolin, President of the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), and a Bureau County, Ill. corn and hog producer, today stated his organization’s opposition to several recommendations proposed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to scale back and/or eliminate critical domestic, renewable energy programs.

An Editorial Comment
By Larry Mitchell, Director of Government Affairs
American Corn Growers Association
October 6, 2008

From the fires of the movement emerged the AAM, and later from it the American Corn Growers Association which first advanced the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).

CHICAGO -   September 26, 2008   ACGA President, Keith Bolin and Illinois Local and Organic Food Task Force coordinator, Jim Braun, are guests of JB Siewers and Commodity Mix.  Follow the link for the full recorded interview - http://iepstein.com/iraTV/JBSiewers.aspx

Vote on Tax Extenders Legislation Critical for Rural Economy and Energy Independence

WASHINGTON, SEPT. 16, 2008 – Keith Bolin, President of the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA), and a Bureau County, Ill. corn and hog producer, today urged Congress to act quickly and affirmatively on H.R. 6899 – The Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act.

ACGA President, Keith Bolin - Drafting Team of Esteemed "original farmers".

National Call for a New, Sustainable Food System Crafted by Wendell Berry,
Dan Imhoff, Michael Pollan, Alice Waters and Others, Inviting All Americans
to Join in Nationwide Reform Effort at www.FoodDeclaration.org, (accessed 9/10/08 http://slowfoodnation.org/press/press-releases/declaration-for-healthy-food-and-agriculture-unveiled-at-slow-food-nation/)

San Francisco, CA (August 26, 2008)—Roots of Change, an organizing force behind the statewide food system transformation in California, announced today the release of a national Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture, which will provide the good food movement a clear and commonly held framework for future action to educate citizens and policy makers. The final draft Declaration will be unveiled in a public reading and briefing on Thursday, August 28 at 5:00 pm, in the rotunda of San Francisco’s City Hall on the eve of Slow Food Nation.

Position out of Touch with Mainstream Scientists, Administration and Casts Doubt on the Need for Renewable Energy Production

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008  – Keith Dittrich, Chairman of the Board of the American Corn Growers Association (ACGA) recently attended a senatorial candidate debate sponsored by the Nebraska Farm Bureau in Lincoln, Neb. Responding to comments made by former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Johanns regarding climate change, in which he suggested that the verdict was out on how much effect human kind is having on climate change, Dittrich stated that Johanns position is out of touch with nearly all of the scientific community and even his own past Administration.