Friday March 31
Schedule

8:30 a.m. Registration at Rawlins County Fairgrounds

9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Overview of the day

9:45 a.m.

• Atwood and vicinity
• Option # 1: Ben Lee Processing Plant and Simmingers' Buffalo
• Option #2: Bird City Bird Seed, High Noon Feeds and Leitrier's Pheasants

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. School Assembly ... Welcome and Introductions

• Ogallala Commons, local students and adult leaders
• Rawlins County High School gym

Entrepreneurship: A Way to Build a Career in Your Town or a Way to Come Back When You Are Ready - Gene Pflughoft, Director, Grant County Economic Development, Ulysses, Kan.

shopruralamerica.com - Rich Mullaney,
NE Colorado RCD

2:10 p.m. Introduction of Youth Exhibitors

2:30 p.m. Public viewing of exhibits

4:00 p.m. Judges Review and announcement of winners

4:30 p.m. Youth Fair closes Walking Tour of Atwood and its businesses

6:00 p.m. Dinner (Tour Map and Dining Options available at Youth Fair)

8:00 p.m. Community Concert at the Jayhawk Theater featuring Kansas' own ... Ann Zimmerman (Only $5 per person for conference participants! Pay at Jayhawk)

Saturday April I

8:30 a.m. Registration and Refreshments

9:00 a.m. Building a Regional Food System from the Ground Up: The Oklahoma Food Cooperative Story - Kim Barker, Waynoka, Okla., and Bob Waldrop, Oklahoma City, Okla.

9:40 a.m. Selling Local Ag Products Regionally, Nationally and Beyond - Jim Rowh, Pure Prairie, Norton, Kan.

10:20 a.m. Break

10:40 a.m. Farmers Market and Farm?to Cafeteria ... Can it Work in our Area? - Ruth Smerchek, Kansas Department of Agriculture

11:20 a.m. Meeting State and USDA Regulations for Food Products ? Carole Jordan, Kansas Department of Agriculture

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. , Resources for Getting Started on Local and Regional Food ?Morning speakers will work with small groups or one?on?one with participants

1:15 p.m. Making it Happen: Who Does What, Where, When?

2:00 p.m. Adjournment

For questions or further information, contact Chris Sramek, RCED Director, 785-626-3640 or email rced@atwoodtv.net

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