"Rooted Resilience: Cultivating Strength Through Diversity" is the theme of the 19th Annual Emerging Farmers Conference. This year's keynote speaker is Erika Allen, CEO for the Urban Growers Collective.

The annual Emerging Farmers Conference (formerly the Immigrant & Minority Farmers Conference) serves to advance the success and sustainability of farmers who traditionally face barriers to the education and resources necessary to build profitable agricultural businesses, including immigrant farmers and farmers of color.

This innovative conference focuses primarily on the needs and interests of these farmers, and supports their contributions to local economic development and building healthy communities. It does so by connecting farmers, farm advocates, educators, professionals, experts, and agency officials.

The Farm Safety Working Group (FSWG) is an informal collaboration between state agencies, higher education institutions, agriculture membership organizations, farm safety advocates, private sector companies, and labor and safety organizations focused on improving safety in agriculture.

The FSWG’s purpose is to provide a forum to discuss safety issues in agriculture, connect groups and organizations who are working on farm safety, and organize a collective effort to improve agricultural safety.

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Are you interested in food entrepreneurship and effective shared kitchen management? Join staff from our Make it Minnesota and Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) programs for a recap of the 2024 Shared Kitchen Summit in New Orleans.

We'll hear from Minnesota's 17-member delegation as they note highlights and key takeaways from the summit. We'll then review the "Minnesota Shared-Use Commercial Kitchen Final Report" released in March 2023. Lastly, we'll discuss opportunities for future training and leadership development, identify additional resource and technical assistance needs, and determine areas for further exploration.

Hosted by Food Works Group.