Events Detail

Hudson Institute Center for Employment Policy

cordially invites you to a luncheon seminar entitled

Agricultural Entrepreneurs: The First and the Forgotten?

Thursday, April 26, 2007, noon to 1:30 p.m.
Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
Hudson Institute
1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005

As the farm business environment becomes more challenging, the modern farm manager must become more creative and entrepreneurial. More agricultural businesses are breaking out of the family farm stereotype and are creating opportunities for those with the drive and the talent to manage. New business models, new methods of production, and alternative marketing channels have also accompanied the rapid changes of the last few decades.

Steven Richards, Business Consultant of the Farm Credit of Western New York, will present a new paper exploring the demographic and economic forces behind the changes in today's agricultural business environment, as well as outlining the issues and policies that need to be addressed in the future.

Peter Barton, Owner of Barton Orchards, LLC, and Nathan Rudgers, Business Development Director of the Farm Credit of Western New York, will comment.

11:45 a.m.
Registration and Buffet Lunch

Noon
Presenter:
Steven Richards, Farm Credit of Western New York

Discussants:
Peter Barton, Barton Orchards, LLC
Nathan Rudgers, Farm Credit of Western New York

Moderator:
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute

1:30 p.m.
Adjournment

To RSVP (acceptances only) or to request information, please contact Hudson Institute at 202.974.6451 or e-mail Xiuyue Zhu at Xiuyue@hudson.org.

Hudson’s Center for Employment Policy is grateful to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for the support of this program.