SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Learn about the power of making connections at the New York Farm Bureau’s 2019 Promotion & Education Summit: Energizing the Agriculture Force. This summit will take place November 2-3, 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Syracuse.
Explore resources and ideas to engage those around us. Share tools to connect with consumers who are eager to learn about food and farming. Workshop topics will include: social media, consumer engagement, GMO’s, telling your story, tools and resources. Keynote speaker, Kim Bremmer of Ag Inspirations in Wisconsin, is nationally recognized for her mission to inspire farmers to tell their stories.
For more information and to register, please call 800-342-4143 or visit NYFB.org/events.
Agenda
Saturday, November 2, 2019
9:30 – 10:00 | Registration & Light Refreshments |
10:00 – 11:15 | Welcome & General Session: Keynote Speaker – Kim Bremmer, a nationally recognized speaker who started Ag Inspirations with a mission to inspire farmers to tell their stories |
11:15 – 11:30 | Break |
11:30 – 12:15 | General Session: PE 101 – Our structure and discovery of opportunities by Patti Fisher, National P&E Chair. A multi-state panel providing a national perspective of Promotion & Education as a whole |
12:15 | Lunch |
1:30 – 2:15 | Workshop Session 1
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2:20 – 3:05 | Workshop Session 2
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3:10 – 3:55 | Workshop Session 3
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4:00 – 4:15 | Break |
4:15 – 5:15 | Make and Take Session – Different discussions and presentations to share and pick up resources |
6:15 | Reception |
7:00 | Dinner & Trivia Night – Special Trivia Night experience with a sample trivia questions for attendees to utilize. |
Sunday, November 3, 2019
8:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:45 | The P&E Value Statement, So Much More Than Promotion & Education! – Dan Palladino, NYFB State Membership Committee Chair and Onondaga County Farm Bureau President (and one other speaker TBA) |
9:50 – 10:35 | Telling Your Story on Another Level – Christina Nowak, NYS Fair Director of Programs |
10:40 – 11:30 | Closing Session and Wrap-up-“Putting It All Together” – Johanna Bossard, dairy farmer & Agriculture Educator from Fabius, NY |
Registration is $25.
Meals/Breaks: For Partial Attendance
- $45.00 Saturday, November 2nd through afternoon session
- $53.00 Saturday, November 2nd reception and dinner
- $30.00 Sunday, November 3rd full session
For Full Summit Attendance – $118.00
represents a savings over the individual selections
Hotel
DoubleTree by Hilton, Syracuse
315-432-0200
$109.00 Plus taxes,
2-double beds per room
Must make your own room reservations.
Ask for NYFB group
–New York Farm Bureau
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