{"id":5995,"date":"2013-03-14T09:16:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T16:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=5995"},"modified":"2013-03-14T08:45:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T15:45:47","slug":"mark-your-calendars-for-2013-ag-day-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=5995","title":{"rendered":"Mark Your Calendars for 2013 Ag Day in DC."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re invited to attend the most important Ag Day program in our history\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 18, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

3:30\u00e2\u20ac\u201c5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Farm to Fork Politics:
\nAn insider\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s look at the year ahead for food and agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Sara Wyant of Agri-Pulse and featuring J.B. Penn, Chief Economist, John Deere; Dr. Keith Collins, former Chief Economist, USDA; and B. Hudson Riehle, Senior Vice President of the Research and Information Services Division, National Restaurant Association.<\/p>\n

Hart Senate Office Building Room 902<\/strong><\/p>\n

5:00\u00e2\u20ac\u201c7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Agri-Pulse reception<\/strong> following in Hart Senate Office Building Room 902<\/strong> Free of\u00c2\u00a0charge<\/em><\/p>\n

March 19, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:30\u00e2\u20ac\u201c11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

USFRA\u00c2\u00a0Capitol Hill Briefing on the New Language of Food and Modern Agriculture
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

A special event featuring a new perspective on food culture today led by farmers and ranchers.<\/p>\n

The Sewall-Belmont House & Museum<\/strong> Free of charge<\/em><\/p>\n

11:30 a.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Mix-and-Mingle Luncheon<\/strong><\/p>\n

A luncheon emceed by legendary agricultural broadcaster Orion Samuelson and featuring Congressman Frank Lucas, the Outstanding Young Farmer.<\/p>\n

Cannon Caucus Room <\/strong>Free of charge<\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Celebration of Ag Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n

This event will feature Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of\u00c2\u00a0Agriculture, and Teresa Scanlan, Miss America 2011. Join us as we honor the winners of the Ag Day essay, video essay and\u00c2\u00a0poster contests.<\/p>\n

USDA Whitten Patio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tickets: $150 per person, or $1,500 for a reserved table of\u00c2\u00a0 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

_______________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

Sponsorships still available!<\/strong> Contact Jenny Pickett at jennyp@nama.org<\/a> or visit the Ag Day website at www.agday.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Register<\/strong> for events at www.agday.org!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re invited to attend the most important Ag Day program in our history\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 March 18, 2013 3:30\u00e2\u20ac\u201c5:00 p.m. Farm to Fork Politics: An insider\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s look at the year ahead for food and agriculture Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Sara Wyant of Agri-Pulse and featuring J.B. Penn, Chief Economist, John Deere; Dr. Keith […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5995"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6087,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995\/revisions\/6087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}