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ACGA announces annual convention detailsThe American Corn Growers Association announces its 22nd Annual Convention in Coralville, Iowa, Jan. 15 and 16, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. "Food, Conservation, Energy and Trade 2009" will boast a line-up of well-known industry leaders who will address the current policies and practices of food, conservation, energy and trade. Straight out of Texas, author and populist Jim Hightower, as the keynote speaker, will deliver his seriously funny message calling farmers, consumers and just-plain-folks to get involved and make a difference in their own lives and communities. ACGA promises to deliver a day of must-have education and new insights with well-known guest speakers from your neighborhood and around the country. Come join us as they share their news, views and solutions that address the current policies and practices that impact you and your community. Events will start with an exclusive "Breakfast with Jim Hightower," an ACGA Growers' Club event. Please, register separately by calling 202-835-0330 or 815-646-4040. At 9:30 a.m., the ACGA 22nd annual convention begins and speakers will take us down the road from "Farmscape to Cityscape." Along the way, our speakers will help the audience realize the vital connections between rural and urban ways of life and explore the policies and practices of food, conservation, energy and trade that shape our lives. These policies and practices impact everyone--farmers and consumers, friends and neighbors, you and me. Don't miss this day-long event as ACGA hosts Jim Hightower, Sue Martin (Ag and Investment Services, Inc.), Fred Kirschenmann (Leopold Center, Distinguished Fellow), David Blume (ethanol pioneer/author "Alcohol Can Be A Gas."), Roya Stanley (Director, Office of Energy Independence (Iowa)), Donald Hey (The Wetlands Initiative), Paul Heltne (Humans and Nature), Brian O'Shaughnessy (CPA Co-Chair Manufacturing and Chairman of Revere Copper Products), Dan McGuire (CEO ACGF/ "Wealth From the Wind" program), Paul Olson (NFO President) and Larry Mitchell (ACGA/Director Governmental Affairs) and more. They will all share their own stories and exciting news, views and solutions that address the current policies and practices of food, conservation, energy and trade. These issues impact all of us. Don't miss out, attend this one day event and we know you can make a difference in your community. Visit us online at www.acga.org. or to register, please call ACGA at 202-835-0330 or the ACGA Midwest Field Office at 815-646-4040. 11/10/08 Date: 11/6/08
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