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DESCRIPTION:April 29, 2016  •  9am-3pm  •  Ramada Inn Fresno  •  324 E Shaw Ave, 
 Fresno, CA\n\n“This conference is about allowing the farmers’ to share 
 their stories, building alliances, and coming together to connect agency 
 resources to those who need it or do not have equal access,” says, Chukou 
 Thao, Executive Director of National Hmong American Farmers 
 (NHAF).\n\n\n\nTogether, One Voice, One Community: National Hmong American 
 Farmers to Host 7th Annual Small Farm Resource Conference \n\nFresno, CA 
 — National Hmong American Farmers will host the 7th Annual Small Farm 
 Resource Conference at the Ramada University Hotel, 324 E. Shaw Ave., 
 Fresno, CA 93710.\n  \n“This conference is about allowing the farmers’ 
 to share their stories, building alliances, and coming together to connect 
 agency resources to those who need it or do not have equal access,” says, 
 Chukou Thao, Executive Director of National Hmong American Farmers 
 (NHAF).\n  \nThis year we are welcoming Paul Wenger, President of the 
 California Farm Bureau. Wenger, who farms in Modesto, became a statewide 
 officer in 1997 when he was elected second vice president. He was elected 
 first vice president in 2005. He also served as a member of the CFBF board 
 and chaired the CFBF Water Advisory Committee and the Board Water 
 Development Task Force. He is a former president of the Stanislaus County 
 Farm Bureau. In January 2011, he was elected to the American Farm Bureau 
 Federation board of directors, and was re-elected in 2013 and 2015.\n  
 \nThis event will give farmers the opportunity get hand-on lessons and get 
 a better understanding of working with groups to better their farm 
 operation. Many farmers are socially disadvantaged and are limited 
 resource.\n  \nGroups present at this year’s conference are U.S. 
 Department of Agriculture, White House Food and Nutrition Services, 
 Department of Pesticides, Wells Fargo, University Cooperative Extension, 
 Community Alliance of Family Farmers, Cultiva De Salud, Hmong Veteran 
 Farmers, Black Agriculture, Lideres Campesinas, CA Farm Bureau, Ag 
 Commissioners Office, and much much more!  \n  \n For pre-registration 
 please go online at www.nhaf.org/annual-conference\n\nPaul Wenger, CA Farm 
 Bureau, keynote speaker at Together, One Voice, One Community\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/12/18785177.php
SUMMARY:National Hmong American Farmers: 7th Annual National Farm Conference
LOCATION:Ramada Inn Fresno  •  324 E Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/12/18785177.php
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