{"id":1527,"date":"2018-03-06T19:34:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T01:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2018-03-19T22:16:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:16:57","slug":"family-farm-defenders-annual-meeting-john-kinsman-beginning-farmer-food-sovereignty-prize-award-dinner-sat-april-7th-2018-baraboo-wi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/?p=1527","title":{"rendered":"Family Farm Defenders Annual Meeting & John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize Award Dinner! Sat. April 7th, 2018 \u2013 Baraboo, WI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Western Baraboo Inn <\/b><\/span>\u2013 725 W. Pine St.\"\"<\/a><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

9:00 am \u2013 12:00 Noon\u00a0 FFD Annual Meeting \u2013 open to the public<\/p>\n

12:00 noon \u2013 1:00 pm\u00a0 local food lunch (suggested $10 donation)<\/p>\n

1:00 \u2013 4:00 pm\u00a0 Community Food Sovereignty Forum \u2013 with participatory panels focusing on immigrant farmworker solidarity, water issues, and the ongoing dairy farm crisis<\/p>\n

Invited speakers include: Becky Schigiel, exec. director, Worker Justice Wisconsin; Erica Sweitzer-Beckman, farmworker attorney, Legal Action Wisconsin, Dr. Diego Calderon; UW Veterinary School (and former immigrant dairy farmworker); Patty Lovera, assistant director of Food & Water Watch; Jen Riemer, farmer activist with Green County Defending Our Farmland; Pete Hardin, editor of the Milkweed; Jim Goodman, organic dairy farmer; and Rob Anderson, board member of Westby Cooperative.<\/p>\n

Baraboo Arts Center <\/b><\/span>– 323 Water St.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

4:30 pm reception with cash bar<\/p>\n

5:30 pm award dinner featuring local grassfed organic foods, plus vegetarian options\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

6:00 pm\u00a0 Welcome by Joel Greeno, FFD President; John Kinsman Tribute by Ben Burkett, MS Association of Co-ops, and Keynote by George Naylor, IA farmer, and former president of the National Family Farm \u00a0 Coalition (NFFC) on Parity Price, Democracy, and Food Sovereignty<\/p>\n

6:30 pm\u00a0 John Kinsman Beginning Farmer Food Sovereignty Prize,\u00a0 honoring the legacy of FFD founder, John Kinsman (1926-2014) This year\u2019s winners:\u00a0 Tommy & Samantha Enright of Black Rabbit Farm near Amherst, WI, and Craig & Lauren Kreutzer of Meadowlark Farm near Wonewoc, WI!<\/p>\n

Dinner tickets are $30 per person and can be ordered in advance (send check to FFD: P.O. Box 1772, Madison, WI 53701) or online via the Razoo donation link on this website!<\/p>\n

If you plan to attend and pay at the door we ask that you RSVP in advance so we know how many to expect!\u00a0 Please let us know at:\u00a0 familyfarmdefenders@yahoo.com<\/p>\n

Family Farm Defenders is also seeking additional sponsors for this year\u2019s John Kinsman Prize!\u00a0 All sponsors will receive an honorable mention in the evening program and any sponsorship over $100 will receive two complimentary tickets to the award dinner!<\/p>\n

All gifts to FFD are tax deductible.<\/p>\n

Please spread the word and share the Facebook event:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/195240804400847\/<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Hope to see you in Baraboo Sat. April <\/b>7<\/b>th<\/b><\/sup>!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best Western Baraboo Inn \u2013 725 W. Pine St. 9:00 am \u2013 12:00 Noon\u00a0 FFD Annual Meeting \u2013 open to the public 12:00 noon \u2013 1:00 pm\u00a0 local food lunch (suggested $10 donation) 1:00 \u2013 4:00 pm\u00a0 Community Food Sovereignty … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foodsovereignty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1546,"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyfarmers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}