News Feature                                                            1/6/2009

Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference

The Hiawatha Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) and River Country RC&D Councils are holding a two-day Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference in Rochester, MN January 22 through January 23, 2009.  The focus of this year’s conference is “Profiting from Renewable Energy & Regional Food.   The event will take place at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota. 

Conference highlights include: 

·         Tradeshow will have a wide variety of exhibitors covering educational information and materials.  This is your chance to find additional resources and make your agricultural operation more successful!

·         Exhibit your products!  Attendees include farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs, people interested in buying local, and educators looking forward to learning about your products and services.  Expand your service areas, meet new clients & showcase your products and services to the new and upcoming value added businesses.

·         Two days filled with agricultural and business information, education and networking. 

For more information regarding the upcoming Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference, please contact Jeffery Koster, Hiawatha RC&D Coordinator at (507)-281-1959 or visit www.rivercountryrcd.org 

The purpose of the Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) program is to accelerate the conservation, development and utilization of natural resources, improve the general level of economic activity, and to enhance the environment and standard of living in designated RC&D areas. It improves the capability of State, tribal and local units of government and local nonprofit organizations in rural areas to plan, develop and carry out programs for resource conservation and development. The program also establishes or improves coordination systems in rural areas.

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