March 5, 2019

6pm

X-Golf Grand Rapids

5761 28^th St. SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546

*Agenda includes dinner, discussion and indoor golf. 

Topics:

1. The customer is always right. How do farmers and ranchers think and

respond, through the lens of consumer priorities and marketing trends, to

build common values and confidence in modern production methods to

build consumer acceptance?

2. The 21st-century agricultural economy is threatened by labor shortages.

Without a clear solution for accessing foreign guest workers as a component

of immigration reform coming from Congress, what are some creative and

legal ways for agriculture to address the labor needs of a modern production

system?