Growing Stronger Together � NFSN Annual Meeting 2016: THE FARMER IN FARM TO SCHOOL: PARTNERSHIP IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Partnering with Farm Credit BRITTANY JABLONSKY NATIONAL FARM TO CAFETERIA CONFERENCE JUNE 1, 2016
Getting to Know Farm Credit
Getting to Know Farm Credit • Farm Credit supports rural communities and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit, today and tomorrow • Network of 74 local lenders providing financial services to farmers, ranchers, and rural businesses across the country • We support agriculture as we find it – large and small, organic and conventional, in rural and urban communities • We also support rural communities by financing the companies that bring clean water to rural families, reliable energy to farms and rural towns, and modern, high-speed telecommunications services critical to connecting rural areas with the rest of the world
What Makes Farm Credit Different?
What Makes Farm Credit Different? • Owned and operated by the very same farmers, ranchers and rural customers it serves • Unique structure keeps the Farm Credit System involved in the industries we finance and the local communities we support • Result: specialized lending and services with a dedication to agriculture and rural America • Celebrating a century of fulfilling our mission!
A Focus on Beginning Farmers • Farm Credit is also focused on helping young, beginning, and small producers be successful “Young”: 35 years of age or younger • “Beginning”: Less than 10 years of agricultural experience • “Small”: Farm production of less than $250,000 annually • • Many of our local Farm Credit associations have specific programs to help foster the next generation of farmers and ranchers
Farm to School and Farm Credit: Partnership Strategies Think beyond traditional grants and sponsorships Shared mission: to support farmers and rural economies • How can we achieve our mutual goals? • Farm Credit as An on-the-ground resource For understanding area farmers and their marketing channels • For building relationships with schools (FFA), university extension (4-H) and other local • agriculture stakeholders Getting to know farm credit Each institution is different • It ’ s about relationships •
A National Network
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Farm to School and Farm Credit: Partnership Strategies Examples of farm credit partnerships Cost-share for GAP certification • Investing in transportation or season extension infrastructure • Educating about agriculture and farm to school • Support for school gardens • Matching market prices for cosmetically imperfect seconds • (CIS)
Contact Us Brittany Jablonsky FarmCredit.com Director of National Contributions Facebook.com/ and Stakeholder Relationships FarmCreditNational The Farm Credit Council Washington, DC @FarmCredit 202-626-8710 YouTube.com/FarmCreditSystem jablonsky@fccouncil.com
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Powerful Partnerships NationalDairyCouncil.org 15 @NtlDairyCouncil
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Fuel Up to Play 60: Farm to School Play https://www.fueluptoplay60.com/playbooks/current- seasons-playbook NationalDairyCouncil.org 17 @NtlDairyCouncil
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Farm to School Play Success Stories NationalDairyCouncil.org 19 @NtlDairyCouncil
Farm to School Collaboration with Local Dairy Councils https://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/Our-Story NationalDairyCouncil.org 20 @NtlDairyCouncil
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Jean Ragalie-Carr, RDN, LDN, FAND President, National Dairy Council & Chair, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation JeanRagalieCarr.com @JeanRagalieRD LinkedIn.com/in/JeanRagalie NationalDairyCouncil.org 23 @NtlDairyCouncil
Farm to School A Missouri Farmers Perspective
To make this movement successful we must understand the many factors of food production
Real Farmers, Growing Real Food
So Many Opportunities! • Schools can “ pick their food ” . • Field Trips • A great way to sell produce that you wouldn ’ t have a market for. • Expanding partnerships, creating business opportunities.
It ’ s ALL Sunshine….and unicorns… or not… • Difficult for farmers to have constant communication. Producers are farmers, marketers, book keepers, HR departments, food safety specialists and everything in between. • Finding a middle ground of pricing. Schools are used to working with commodity dollars. • Schools want a reliable consistent supply of product. Mother Nature doesn ’ t always allow for that. • Local is cool but for how long? • Farming is a business. Not a uptopia.
We must create the next generation of agriculturalists!
Growing Stronger Together � Q & A
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