Plan to attend the annual Rural Advantage/Healthy Farms Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska. The dates for 2010 are February 5-6 at the Haymarket Holiday Inn. Our keynote this year is by Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. The Congressman is on the House Agriculture Committee and serves as the Ranking Minority Member on the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry. He is also an ardent supporter of local foods in Nebraska!! There will also be a capstone session by John Ikerd as well as several other sessions including; Kevin Fulton on Sustainable Agriculture as the Key Ingredient for Rural Economical Development; Dr. Marion Ellis who is a Professor and Extension Apiculture Specialist and Beekeeping Expert; Jill Gifford, Food Processing Center at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Dr. Bill Weida on Economics of Sustainable Agriculture, Paul Rohrbaugh on Family Farming and many more