ST. LOUIS — The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) invites you to attend a sustainable agriculture event in St. Louis on Tuesday, August 22nd, to celebrate and discuss opportunities for collaborations among farmers, food and agriculture companies, policymakers, the public, and the entire farming community. NCGA 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 common-sense conservation practices and farm resiliency.
The event takes place on Tuesday, August 22nd, from 4:00-6:00pm CST at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center’s AT&T Auditorium. The event is free, but RSVPs are required: https://mocollaborativeconservation.eventbrite.com/.
The program for the event is as follows:
- NCGA CEO Chris Novak will give opening remarks
- Suzy Friedman, Senior Director of Sustainable Agriculture at EDF, will moderate a panel session with:
o Kraig Westerbeek: VP Environment and Support Operations, Smithfield Foods
o Tim Richter: Farmer and Partner, Saratoga Partnership
o Jason Jenkins: Monarch and Pollinator Coordinator, Missourians for Monarchs
- 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”).
— National Corn Growers Association and Environmental Defense Fund
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