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Wisconsin farmer to lead U.S.F.R.A.

Kavazanjian

Nancy Kavazanjian of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin has been elected chair of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance.  USFRA consists of more than 80 farmer and rancher-led organizations working to build consumer trust in the way American agriculture produces food. In just a little more than three years in existence, the group has developed some valuable tools for communicating with consumers including Food Dialog programs where farmers talk about their farming experiences.  The organization just announced the second “Faces of Farming” class: Thomas Titus of Illinois, Erin Brenneman of Iowa, Carla Wardin of Michigan, Jay Hill of New Mexico, and Darrell Glaser of Texas who will travel the country to tell their story of farming to consumers.

USFRA also produced the feature film “Farmland”. Kavazanjian says it is now available to download and their goal is to get that video into every high school in the country. They are also going to offer a series of shorter features on their website in the near future.

Kavazanjian represents the U.S. Soybean Board in the organization, she is also an active member of the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association and Wisconsin Women in Agriculture. She and her family operate Hammer & Kavazanjian Farms.

Kavazanjian talks about the effort:

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