Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF

25th Annual Georgia Farmers Conference

Hilton Garden Inn

101 South Front Street

Albany, GA 31701

Friday February 8, 2008

Facilitators - Mr. Jessie Barnes, Farmer from Dougherty County

Mrs. Dianne Johnson, Farmer from Worth County

Theme: “Reaching New Heights in Farming”

8:00 AMRegistration

9:00 – 9:15 Devotion

SongFSC/LAF Singers

PrayerPastor Shirley Cody (SRBWI)

Ft Gaines, Georgia

GreetingsShirley Sherrod

Director of Federation/LAF Georgia Field Office

2007 Census Heather Gray, Federation/LAF

9:30 – 10:15Production (Carrot/Broccoli/Egg Plant) Dr. Terry Kelly

Vegetable Specialist

University of Georgia

10:15 – 11:00Diseases (Carrot/Broccoli/Egg PlantDr. David Langston

Plant Pathology

University of Georgia

11;00 - 11:45Farm - To - SchoolGlenn Holmes The New North Cooperatives Inc.

11:45 – 12:00Marketing

12:00 – 12:15 Women, Infants & Children (WIC)Doris Evan-Gates

State Farmer Market Nutrition P Coordinator

12:15 - 1:45 Lunch

Introduction of Guest Speaker- Ralph Paige

Executive Director

Guest Speakers

1:45 – 2:15 Longleaf Pine Ecosystems: Amadou Diop

Opportunities for Underserved Landowners Southern Forest Restoration Manager

in the Southeast RegionAtlanta Georgia

2:15 – 4:00 What’s Available at USDA

FSA - ProgramClark Weaver

Farm Program Chief

FSA - LoansDavid Laster

Farm Loan Chief

ForestryLarry Payne

US Forest Service

Risk Management______

Outreach Coordinator

NRCSDavid Lamm

Georgia State Conservationist

SAREJames Hill Office of Minority & Limited

Resource Farmer Outreach

Rural DevelopmentGodfrey Hinds

4:00 – 5:15State Planning and Heirs Property Atty. Miessha Thomas

FSC/LAF

General Risk Management Issues Anthony Reed

Consumer Credit Issues

5:15Wrap-Up & Closing RemarksShirley Sherrod

Georgia Field Office Director

The Reception Will Start At 7:00 PM.

In the Meeting Room

Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund

25th Annual Georgia Farmers Conference

Saturday February 9, 2008

Facilitators Jessie Barnes, Farmer from Dougherty County

Dianne Johnson, Farmer from Worth County

Theme: “Reaching New Heights in Farming”

8:00Registration

9:00-9:30Devotion SongUnity Choir

PrayerRev. Charles Sherrod

9:30 - 10:00Women In Agriculture Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative

10:00 - 10:15Chemical Free ProducerSamuel Lee

10:15 - 10:45 What’s happening with the Pigford Case?Alva Waller

Monitor’s Office

10:45 - 11:15Atty. Rose Sanders Chestnut, Sanders & Sanders

11:30 - 12:00Congressional Updates Congressman Sanford Bishop

U.S. House of Representative

12:00 - 12:30 2008 Farm BillJerry Pennick

Director, Land Fund, Federation/LAF

John Zippert

Program Director Federation/LAF

12:30 – 1:00 Aflatoxin –Public Health: Saving LivesDr. Gerald F. Arkin

Assistant Dean & Assistant Provost

University of Georgia

1:00 – 2:30 Lunch

Speaker

Attorney Hank Sanders

Chestnut, Sanders & Sanders Law Firm

2:15Wrap-Up

Shirley Sherrod

Georgia Field Office Director