Thank you to all who helped make the 13th Annual Midwest Value Added Ag Conference successful!

Due to funding cuts and the lack of committed sponsorships River Country will not be hosting a Midwest Value Added Ag Conference in January 2012. We are tentatively planning for fall 2012. Check back for updates!

Thank you to our 2011 Sponsors and Donors!

Thank you Joel Salatin!

DVDs of Joel Salatin's presentations at the Midwest Value Added Ag Conference are now availbale at $18.00/each plus shipping/handling ($3 for one DVD, $4 for two DVDs, $5 for three DVDs, $6 for four DVDs, $7 for five DVDs, six of more DVDs please contact us for shipping price)! To order your DVDs please mail your check to: River Country RC&D PO Box 207 Altoona WI 54720-0207

1) Joel Salatin's keynote address "Ballet in the Pasture" and his Question & Answer session(approximately 2 hours).

2) Joel Salatin's breakout session "Processing on Polyface Farm" and his interview with Mary C. Anderson, River Country RC&D Grazing Specialist (approximately 2 hours).

3) Cheyenne Christianson's breakout session "How to Succeed in Organic Dairy Production" (Cheyenne is an Organic Valley Farmer and Owner of Christiansons Grazing Acres Farm); and Mary C. Anderson and Laura Paine's breakout session "Organic and Value Added Agriculture: New Opportunities for Meat Producers" (Mary C. Anderson is an Organic Valley Farmer and Owner of Andersons Genesis Acres, as well as a River Country RC&D Grazing Specialist, and Laura Paine is a Grazing and Organic Agriculture Specialist with Wisconsin DATCP (approximately 2 hours).

For more information please contact Erica at 715-579-5098

All proceeds will be used to fund next year's conference!

Thank you Stan Gruszynski!

Thank you to all who attended the conference! We hope you enjoyed it and will join us next year!

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Click the link to view:

2011 Conference Program

2011 Speaker Presentations

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To become involved with the fall 2012 Value Added Conference

please contact:

Erica Zerr at (715) 579-5098

Updated: September 2, 2011

River Country Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council is a non-profit 501 (c)3 tax exempt organization that initiates and facilitates wise use of natural, human and economic resources. The River Country RC&D Council prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status.