2010 Western Rural Summit Outline

National and regional USDA leaders, state agency leaders, and non-profit and business leaders from throughout the western U.S. came together for two days of strategic planning around four crucial directions for the rural West:

1. Local and Regional Food Systems
2. Energy
3. Broadband
4. Economic Development

The summit was designed to share best regional and place-based practices and build strategic partnerships among state Rural Development offices and rural leadership organizations throughout the region.

For copies of the presentations, click on the following links:

Local & Regional Food Systems	Energy	Broadband	Economic Development
Jerry DeWitt Leopold Center Iowa State University	Milton Geiger Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service	Jeremy Ferkin CenturyLink	Craig Nolte Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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Kamuela Enos MA 'O Farms	Lee Boughey Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association	Mike Petersen Utah Education Network	Valerie Plummer Oregon Microenterprise Network (OMEN)
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Sarah Hackney Gorge Grown Food Network	Grant Stumbough Southeastern Wyoming Resource Conservation and Development	Kathy Roberts New Mexico Rural Development Response Council	Pattie Snidow Colorado USDA Rural Development
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Robin Seydel LaMontanita Coop	Paul Kjellander Office of Energy Policy State of Idaho	Kevin Hayes Arizona Nevada Tower Corporation	Thomas Johnson Wyoming Business Council
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