Please join us December 12th and 13th at the LaCrosse Center in LaCrosse, WI for the 14th Annual Midwest Value Added Ag Conference!

Co-sponsored by Wisconsin Farmers Union

Call for Presenters - Apply Here!

Conference tracks include:
- Marketing
- Business Management
- Accessing Local Food Systems
- Bio-Energy
- Farm Success Workshops
- And our fast track
Farmer forum featuring Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education project recipients from Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin

- Laura Jackson, Professor of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa, daughter of Wes Jackson of The Land Institute in Salina, KS and Dana Jackson of Land Stewardship Project and author of "The Farm as Natural Habitat: Reconnecting Food Systems with Ecosystems"

- Francis Thicke of Radiance Dairy, Fairfield, Iowa and author of "A New Vision for Iowa Food and Agriculture: Sustainable Agriculture for the 21st Century"

- John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia and author of "Small Farms are Real Farms: Sustaining People Through Agriculture" and "Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Common Sense"

- Dinner banquet and reception featuring local author and entertainer Michael Perry

Be a Sponsor or Exhibitor at the Conference!

2012 Sponsorship and Exhibitor Packet

To pay via credit card please click the "Donate" button. You do not need a PayPal account to make a payment!

Registration Information Coming August 2012

For more information please contact:

Erica Zerr at (715) 579-5098 or erica@rivercountryrcd.org

We look forward to seeing you at the 2012 Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference!

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

Thank you to our 2011 Sponsors and Donors!

DVDs of Joel Salatin's presentations at the Midwest Value Added Ag Conference are still 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 2000 Oxford Avenue, Mailbox # 9, Eau Claire, WI 54703

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).

Proceeds will be used to fund the Dec 2012 conference!

Click the link to view:

2011 Conference Program

2011 Speaker Presentations

Updated: May 3, 2012

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.