Mary Fund
Kansas Rural Center
ksrc@rainbowtel.net
785 873 3431
Seed funding for the 2011 Legislative and Policy Watch Program is being provided by the Jan Garton Memorial Fund, but we're the sole fiscal sponsor and KRC needs your help to make this vision a reality. While we offer the service to all interested individuals at no cost, we also want to encourage your support to KRC.
We are adding this new initiative to an already full docket of food and farming education and support programs. If you've ever been to a KRC sustainable ag or farmers market conference, farm tour, or one of our numerous other workshops, you know that sustainable food production education and support is at the core of everything we do.
While KRC receives much of its funding from federal/state grants and private foundations, those funds are earmarked for specific programs. We hope you will consider participating in the Legislative and Policy Watch Program.
Your $20 donation helps to defray the cost of having an experienced farmer/lobbyist at the statehouse to monitor issues that affect you and thousands of other family farmers.
Your $50 donation registers you for the weekly email updates and covers your participation in monthly teleconference calls where you'll be able to ask questions on the issues we'll monitor.
Your $235 donation registers you for the weekly emails and funds one of the monthly teleconference calls for ALL participants.
Your tax-deductable donation will enable KRC to respond quickly and effectively to threats and opportunities in Topeka.
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If you are interested in:
Then we have some good news! The Kansas Rural Center is launching a new program in 2011--the Legislative and Policy Watch Project. And we're hoping that you'll see its value and join with us to work for the future of sustainable agriculture and healthy communities in Kansas. |
Starting in January 2011, the Kansas Rural Center will offer Weekly E-Reports during the State of Kansas Legislative Session, and updates and alerts on the development of the 2012 federal farm bill throughout the year. Paul Johnson, Perry, Ks., farmer and former lobbyist for a consortium of church groups, will be staffing this effort. With state budget woes, a new governor and new cabinet team in place, KRC is launching a new Legislative and Policy Watch Project to monitor the state legislature for decisions affecting a diversified agriculture, the environment, our natural resource base, and consumers, and to promote a local and regional food system.
Again, anyone can sign-up, no fees or costs, and receive the Weekly E-Reports during the state legislative session and the regular updates on the 2012 Farm Bill developments. To sign up for the Weekly E-Reports, please click on the Register Now link below. You can register for the Weekly E-Reports by filling out the registration form online. OR you can register and make a contribution to KRC through one of two methods:
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For more information, contact Paul Johnson at pdjohnson@wildflower.net. or contact Mary Fund ksrc@rainbowtel.net, or 785-873-3431