You are invited to the Family Farm Defenders Conference on March 13-15. This event is sponsored by FFD, www.familyfarmdefenders.org with cosponsorship by Crawford Stewardship Project and Valley Stewardship Network.

Registration is required, with materials and complete schedule on the FDD website. Register my March 7th and fees are reduced.

Saturday March 14 includes a day of speakers and workshops on CAFOs and Sustainable Farming. Register for Saturday by March 7 and fee for that day is just $20 including lunch.

8:30-10:15 Panel Discussion on the Economic, Social, Health, and Environmental Threats of CAFOs.

10:30 John Ikerd, featured speaker, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri Columbia. Sponsored by Driftless Speakers

Noon Lunch

1:15-2:30 Round Table Discussions and Dialogue on Community Organizing, Public Relations, Legislation, or Media. Choose a group for this workshop.

2:45-4:00 Presentations and Documentary on Food Sovereignty and Building a Local Food Economy

4:15-5:15 Media: Radio Commentaries

This is an event that offers us a chance to learn about the issues, gain specific suggestions for action, and meet others working on CAFO and Sustainable Ag projects

"While CAFOs clearly are profitable, they are only profitable because so much of the cost and damage is externalized onto the environment, neighbors and wildlife. The monitoring, supervision, clean-up, restitution, fines are not happening, thus the true cost of CAFOs never find the way onto the balance books." Talking point from the CAFO Conference.