Georgia Farm Bureau - YF Discussion Meet Resource Material

DISCUSSION MEET QUESTIONS 2012

Certain sectors of agriculture are labor intensive and rely heavily on immigrant workers. What is a fair and balanced immigration policy?

Media Conference Call On The Need For Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Hosted By USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and Bob Stallman, President, AFBF

May, 2011

http://tinyurl.com/7njqx27

IMPACT OF MIGRANT LABOR RESTRICTIONS ON THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

American Farm Bureau Federation – Economic Analysis Team

February 2006 Report

http://tinyurl.com/7syhwrs

Testimonies from U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee, held Sept. 6, 2011

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Carr%2009082011.pdf

RURAL LABOR AND EDUCATION: FARM LABOR

USDA, ERS Briefing Room

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/LaborAndEducation/FarmLabor.htm

What can be done to encourage young farmers and ranchers to return home to the farm if it means living in a rural area that does not provide the same amenities as a metropolitan community?

RURAL COMMUNITY BUILDING

Resources for Farm Bureaus to help improve the quality of life in rural communities.

AFBF Blog by Sabrina Matteson

http://ruralcommunitybuilding.fb.org/

http://ruralcommunitybuilding.fb.org/category/farm-bureau-activities/

Connected Nation

http://connectednation.org

Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

http://www.rupri.org/entrepreneurship.php

Community Development Society

http://www.comm-dev.org

National Rural Development Partnership

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/nrdp/about/structure.html

State Rural Dev Councils (SRDC)

http://srdc.msstate.edu

Partners for Rural America

http://www.partnersforruralamerica.org/news.asp

Cooperative Extension

http://www.extension.org/entrepreneurship

USDA – RD

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html

National Agricultural Law Center

LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS

USDA

KNOW YOUR FARMER KNOW YOUR FOOD

National Sustainable Ag Coalition

Views On Local Food Systems And Rural Development

NSAC Food System Funding Guide

Blake Hurst, MOFB president disputes Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma

OMNIVORE’S DELUSION

GROWING OPPORTUNITY: OUTLOOK FOR THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS MARKETPLACE 2008

CULTIVATING THRIVING COMMUNITIES AND SUSTAINABLE FARMS

Center for Environmental Farming Systems

How do we reach out to associate members to provide value to their membership?

The Decision to Join: How Individuals Determine Value and Why They Choose to Belong, by James Dalton and Monica Dignam, Association Management Press, 2007

Executive Summary

The End of Membership As We Know It: Building the Fortune-Flipping, Must-Have Association for the Next Century, ASAE, 2011

How should Farm Bureau help prepare its members - both young and old - for transferring operations to the next generation of farmers and ranchers? What is Farm Bureau’s role in encouraging more transfers?

LEGACY PROJECT - Farm Journal

http://www.agweb.com/legacyproject/legacy_project_2010_report.aspx

WHOLE-FARM DECISIONS - SUCCESSION

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wdbusiness.html

Beginning Farmer Center

Iowa State University

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/bfc/

FARM / RANCH TRANSITION & ESTATE PLANNING

By Dave Goeller, Univ. of Nebraska

http://www-staging.exnet.iastate.edu/sites/www-staging.exnet.iastate.edu/files/files/Successor.pdf

STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS

Module- Succession Planning Purdue University