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Nebraska Farmers Union |
1305
Plum Street • Lincoln, NE 68502 Contact
John Hansen Office: 402-476-8815, Fax: 402-476-8859, Cell: 402-580-8815 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“Working Together To
Harvest Rural Opportunities”
is Theme For Three Nebraska
Farmers Union
Workshops on Rural
Economic Development
Nebraska
Farmers Union announced three workshops that will focus on rural cooperative
economic development opportunities. The
first workshop will be held in Norfolk at Northeast Community College on
Tuesday, November 15th. The
second workshop will be Wednesday, November 16th in Beatrice at the
Holiday Inn Express. The third workshop
will be Thursday, November 17th in Kearney at the University of
Nebraska Student Union in the Ponderosa Room.
All
three workshops have registration at 9:00 am, and the program beginning at 9:30
AM running until 5:00 PM. The event is
open to all members of the public, although an RSVP to the Nebraska Farmers
Union office at 402-476-8815 is required. The registration fee is $10 per person,
which includes the morning and afternoon refreshments, and the noon meal.
The
day-long seminars on rural economic development will bring together some of the
state’s premier experts on co-op development, direct marketing, grant funding,
and value-added opportunities for farmers and ranchers.
All
three workshops will include a new unique opportunity for rural cooperative
economic development, community owned wind energy. Mark Lindquist, an energy policy specialist from the Minnesota
Project will share how rural Minnesota communities are working together to
develop community owned wind projects using the C-BED (Community Based Energy
Development) structure and other development models. Minnesota is the recognized national leader in rural wind energy
development. NEFU will also present the
latest information on wind energy development potential in Nebraska, including
the recently released wind maps of Nebraska made available through the (NREL)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the Nebraska Department of Energy.
The
three workshops will also include presenters from USDA Rural Development, NE
Cooperative Development Center, Center for Rural Affairs, and the Nebraska
Farmers Union. State Senator Matt
Connealy will be the luncheon speaker in Norfolk, State Senator Lavon Heidemann
will provide the opening presentation in Beatrice, and Chancellor Doug
Kristensen of the University of Nebraska at Kearney is the scheduled luncheon
speaker in Kearney.
Nebraska
Farmers Union is the state’s second largest and oldest general farm
organization representing over 4,500 farm and ranch families and the rural
communities they live in. The mission
of Nebraska Farmers Union is to improve the economic well being and quality of
life of family farmers and ranchers, and their rural communities.
SEE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW.
REGISTRATION FORM
”Working Together
To Harvest Rural Opportunities”
CHECK THE CONFERENCE YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR:
_____Tuesday, November 15, 2005/Norfolk - $10 per person
Northeast Community College – Ag Complex, 2301 E. Benjamin Avenue
_____Wednesday, November 16, 2005/Beatrice - $10 per person
Holiday Inn Express, 4005 N. 6th Street – Lincoln Room
_____Thursday, November 17, 2005/Kearney—$10 per person
University of NE-Kearney, Student Union, 1013 W. 27th Street – Ponderosa RM
REGISTRATION
begins 8:30 AM –
Includes
LUNCH and adjourns at about 5:00 PM
NAME __________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
PHONE : _____________________________________
Number Attending _____________ @ $10 = $$ _______________DUE
PLEASE SEND REGISTRATION FORM AND CHECK TO: NEFU, 1305 Plum Street, Lincoln, NE, 68502 You can also fax registration to 402-476-8859 or call 402-476-8815 and register by phone and pay at the conference.
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