Thursday, January 15, 2009

8:00 am to 12:00 pm 

1:00 pm to 8:00 pm

7:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Board Meeting

David Blume

Alcohol Can Be A Gas

All Day Workshop

Social Hour

                                                             Friday, January 16, 2009

7:30 am to 9:00 am

Breakfast with Jim Hightower

An American Growers Club Event

8:30 am to 9:30 am

9:00 am to 9:15 am

Registration

Opening Ceremonies

ACGA Presidential Welcome

Keith Bolin

 9:15 am to 10:30 am

Trade:

Retaking our Manufacturing base through New Alliances

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) 

Agricultural Trade

John Dittrich; Moderator,

Brian O'Shaughnessy, Dr. Daryll Ray  

10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Energy:

Mainstreaming Renewable Energy through Prioritization

Dan McGuire; Moderator

 David Blume, Marguerite Kelly, Roya Stanley

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Social Issues:

Ethics in Agriculture; Profitability offer Opportunities for Agriculture to Give Back; A Farmers' Code of Conduct

Keith Dittrich; Moderator,

Fred Kirschenmann

1:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm to 2:15 pm

 Keynote Address:

Jim Hightower 

2:15 pm to 3:15 pm

Food:

Food from Farmscape to Cityscape; How Big Food and Big Oil,

is Draining Income from Farmers and Consumers Alike

Keith Bolin; Moderator,

Will Allen, Larry Mitchell

3:15 pm to 4:30 pm

Conservation:

Continuing the Gains and Focusing on Problems –

Water Quality Trading as a Potential Solution

Pam Horwitz; Moderator,

Donald Hey, Paul Heltne and Curt Meine

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Marketing:

The Spotlight is on Agriculture; How long will we Shine?

Troy Roush; Moderator,

Paul Olson, Sue Martin

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Policy Session

Awards Banquet

                                                          Saturday, January 17, 2009

8:00 am to 11:00 am

Board Meeting Continues

12:00 pm

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