Beef: The Real Farm-to-Table Story

May is National Beef Month! To celebrate, Badger NAMA is hosting a beef farm tour at Katzman Farms followed by lunch at Casual Joe’s, where guests will experience both the farm and the table aspect of this popular movement. Attendees will learn about obstacles beef farmers have to overcome in getting their product to the market and hear how Casual Joe’s meets consumers’ niche appetites while staying true to their agricultural roots.

WHEN: Thursday, May 24 at 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM

WHERE: Katzman Farms, W3223 Hoffman Road, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 and Casual Joe’s, 319 W. James Street, Whitewater, WI 53190

COST: $30 for NAMA Members, $40 for Non-Members and $15 for Students

REGISTER NOW!

Spring is a time of renewal and fresh opportunities! Join North Central NAMA for happy hour and enjoy some great beer and just as great networking. Bring a friend who is not a member. Each person who brings someone new will have their name entered into a drawing for growlers. Bringing a potential new member means a better opportunity for more beer!

WHEN: Thursday, April 26 at 5:00 to 7:30 PM

WHERE: Inbound Brewco, 701 N 5th St, Minneapolis, MN 55401

COST: Admission is free. Two free drink tickets will be provided for each person in attendance.

RSVP NOW!

We’ve set a goal of 1800 NAMA members by the end of 2018 – 18 in ’18.

Our latest membership survey proves that word-of-mouth marketing is the best way to let people know about the great programming and networking opportunities in NAMA.

We challenge everyone in the organization to recruit a new member. Just have your recruit(s) list your name in the “Referred by” field on the registration page https://nama.org/NAMA.OrchardWeb/MemberRegistration/Register. We’ll draw names of “Referrers” each month for a special gift.

We’ll update this chart each month.

COFFEE, COCKTAILS AND CORRUPTION

Savor, sip and share on NAMA’s flavor tour of Kansas City. The food and drink are sure to be on-par with the conversation and networking at The Roasterie and Rye. You’ll feel finer than a Prohibition-Era politician when you end the day with cocktails at Tom’s Town, a 1920’s-style Kansas City Speakeasy!

In the morning, your regularly scheduled caffeine buzz will get a jolt with a behind-the-scenes tour of The Roasterie factory. Attendees will learn secrets of brewing the best at-home coffee, and receive a complimentary Roasterie pub glass – not to mention a sample of The Roasterie’s
mouthwatering Nitro, Cold Brew or Iced Tea.

We’ll keep the fun moving and get back to the roots of agri-marketing with a delicious meal at Rye on the Plaza. After chowing down, attendees will get the chance to learn about Rye’s farm-to-table philosophy, as well as their partnerships with local farmers who provide the ingredients for top-tier American fare.

Then, bootleg the spirit of Kansas City Prohibition-Era Spirits at the beautiful art deco lounge of Tom’s Town Distilling Co., a local speakeasy that draws its roots from the infamously crooked politician, Tom Pendergast. Sip one of Tom’s Town’s award-winning craft cocktails after a tour of the distillery and barrel room. Because, as Tom Pendergast loved to say, “the people are thirsty.”

Register today so you can savor the aroma of the coffee business, share a farm-to-table meal and conversation, and flout prohibition with your NAMA friends and colleagues!

Cost for the tour is $75. 

Wednesday, April 11
9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Click here to register.

Two Member-Get-a-Member Campaigns have taken place in the 2017-18 chapter year. Both winners have been from the Midsouth NAMA Chapter!

Lesley Landry, Sullivan Branding, was the winner in December 2017 of a free Agri-Marketing Conference registration.

The winner of the most recent Member-Get-a-Member Campaign, which ended March 20, is Darrah Pierce, with Farm Progress. Thank you to both for recruiting new NAMA members!

New Member List:
Welcome our New Members for March 2018:

AT LARGE
Albert Bancroft, AgroLiquid
Shauna Brand, Western Producer Media
Darlene Dorge, Digita Advertising Specialist
Karen Reynolds, Team SI
Rick Sellar, Think Shift

BADGER
Sara Griswold, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Jim Jenssen, Bader Rutter
Amanda Loveless, Bader Rutter
Mariah Martin, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Denielle Peters, R&D LifeSciences
Elizabeth Sarbacker, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Holly Schnitzler, Bader Rutter
Sam Schumacher, Kuhn North America
Emily Sneller, Bader Rutter
Annie Talajkowski, Bader Rutter

CAMA ALBERTA
Debbie Verbonac, AdFarm

CAROLINAS/VIRGINIA
Anne Blankenbiller, Irrigation Association
Emily Decamillis, G&S Business Communications
Christon Wiles, Zoetis

CHESAPEAKE
Brooke Brown, New Holland Agriculture
Mattew Russell, USDA –  National Ag Statistics Service
Katie Ward, MidAtlantic Farm Credit
Clay Zimmerman, Balchem Corporation

CHICAGO
Martha Porter Fiszer, Rhea + Kaiser
Shane Stiles, Gate 39 Media

CORNBELT
Chris Dickey, Kent Nutrition Group
Bruce Howison, Wyffels Hybrids
Mike Shield, Kent Nutrition Group

CORNHUSKER
Glen Aines, Balchem
Jon Brabec, Frontier Cooperative

EASTERN
Gregg Sullivan, SIGMA Marketing Insights

GATEWAY
Courtney Dickson, HLK
Jackie Minor, Brighton Agency
Liz Ott, Monsanto
Julia Richardson, Monsanto
Jessie Tribble, MFA Incorporated

GREAT PLAINS
Kylie Reiss, High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal

HEARTLAND
Rachel Peabody, Illinois Soybean Association
Haylee Priest, Titan International

IOWA
April Hageman, Two Rivers Marketing
Nina Holdren, Two Rivers Marketing
Shannon Hughes, Lessing-Flynn
Laura Muren, Helena
John Reasor, Vermeer

MID-AMERICA
Lindsey Corydon, Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC
Brady Faggard, Dow AgroSciences
Maggie Holt, Beck’s Hybrids
Tyler Patton, Dow AgroSciences
Annie Spencer, Dow AgroSciences
Laurie Young, Fastline Media Group, LLC

MIDSOUTH
Sydney Clifford, Team SI

MISSOURI-KANSAS
Kourtney Determan, The Sandbox Agency
Lexi Glassman, Sullivan Higdon & Sink
Kelly Loganbill, The Sandbox Agency
Tami Parr, American Royal Association
Scott Shade, Woodruff
Nicole Turner, The Sandbox Agency
Ethan Whitehill, The Sandbox Agency

NORTH CENTRAL
Kim Bethke, broadhead.
Michael Braunlin, Star
Jennifer Day, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
Malarie Holmes, broadhead.
John Poferl, Exponent PR/Colle McVoy
Dani Rice, Woodruff
Maggie Smith, FLM Harvest
Jessica Welander

NORTHERN PRAIRIE
Jean Voorhees, WCCO Belting, Inc.

OHIO
David Banks, Aimpoint Research
George Casey, Meister Media Worldwide
Hannah Greenich, Kalmbach Feeds

SOUTHEASTERN
Kelly Joyner, Boehringer Ingelheim
Scott King, Boehringer Ingelheim
Allison Spitz, Boehringer Ingelheim
Becca Turner, Sunbelt Ag Expo

WESTERN PACIFIC
Eric Johnson, J.R. Simplot Company
Katherine Vaiente, Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc.

We’ve set a goal of 1800 NAMA members by the end of 2018 – 18 in ’18.

Our latest membership survey proves that word-of-mouth marketing is the best way to let people know about the great programming and networking opportunities in NAMA.

We challenge everyone in the organization to recruit a new member. Just have your recruit(s) list your name in the “Referred by” field on the registration page https://nama.org/NAMA.OrchardWeb/MemberRegistration/Register. We’ll draw names of “Referrers” each month for a special gift.

We’ll update this chart each month.