DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Corn Growers and the Iowa Soybean Association invite you to attend a sustainable agriculture event in Des Moines on Monday, August 28th, to celebrate and discuss opportunities for collaborations among farmers, food and agriculture companies, policymakers, the public, and the entire farming community. IA Corn, IA Soy, and co-hosts Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are eager to bring together agricultural leaders to discuss how working in partnership with farmers and the private sector is the most effective way to support conservation and farm resiliency.
The event takes place on Monday, August 28th, from 1:00-3:00pm CST at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. The event is free (and includes entry to the botanical garden!), but RSVPs are required: https://iacollaborativeconservation.eventbrite.com/.
The program for the event is as follows:
- Welcome from Bill Shipley, President-elect, Iowa Soybean Association Board of Directors
- Remarks by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey
- Panel session moderated by Josette Lewis, Associate Vice President – Agricultural Sustainability at EDF, and including:
o Dean Meyer: Director, Iowa Corn Growers Association Board of Directors and Chair, Animal Agriculture and the Environment Committee
o Dave Coppess: Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Heartland Co-op (part of the Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN network)
o Dr. Steve Bradbury: Professor, Iowa State University and Workgroup Leader, Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium
o Dave Nelson: Vice President, Nelson Family Farms and Co-owner, Brokaw Supply Company
- The panel session will be followed by a condensed sneak preview of the Discovery Channel’s forthcoming Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman documentary, based on a book that came out earlier this year (which Farm Bureau referred to as “the most important book about agriculture you’ll read this year – maybe ever”).
— Iowa Corn Growers, Iowa Soybean Association and Environmental Defense Fund
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