May 19, 2005 – Congressional Briefing on Four Key USDA Grant Programs

-- from the desk of Marie Powell, Communications Associate
Center for Rural Affairs

April 26, 2005

YOU ARE INVITED to a Center for Rural Affairs briefing in Washington DC on May 19, 2005. The briefing will share the results of a study ranking four key agricultural research, marketing, and business enterprise development programs for how well they are serving family farms and rural communities.

Times and locations are listed below.

11:00 a.m. to Noon, IOWA House Briefing House Agriculture Committee Briefing Room, 1300 Longworth House office building

Noon to 1:00 p.m., GENERAL House Briefing House Agriculture Committee Briefing Room, 1300 Longworth House office building

2:00 to 3:00 p.m., IOWA Senate Briefing 328-A Russell Senate Office Building

3:00 to 4:00 p.m., GENERAL Senate Briefing 328-A Russell Senate Office Building

SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Kim Leval, Senior Policy Analyst, and Amanda Tuttle, Project Assistant, Center for Rural Affairs

For more information, contact Kim Leval at (402) 870-0658 or kimleval@qwest.net.