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3rd Annual Farmer-Baker Forum: Linking Wheat Farmers to Artisan Bakers
June 24 - 27, 2004

Come and participate in this forum and bring wheat producers together with the baking industry in an effort for both to learn about the needs, abilities and constraints of the other. The focus is to form a link between the ‘producer and user’ necessary for understanding the value-added possibilities. Bakers will experience the mechanics and art of wheat production. Wheat producers will be introduced to the bakers who will use the farmers’ production to make their final product (and in the case of artisan bakers—their artwork).  Come connect!

This premier event will begin at the Fairfield Inn (Airport) in Kansas City, MO. and travel by motor coach to Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS to tour the Grain Science Department and other facilities or interest.  We will meet with wheat breeding scientists and tour their wheat fields.  Participants will also tour a state-of-the art stone grinding mill,  Homestead Milling, New Cambria, KS. There you can watch and ask questions about how wheat is milled into flour. Next on the tour,  wheat farms in central Kansas. Weather permitting, participants will be able to “get the feel of a combine” and watch harvest in progress.  To come full circle in the value-added process, the last stop on the tour will be at Farm to Market Bread Company, Kansas City, MO.  Participants will be able to ask questions and learn about the bakery and the value-added business concept. Finally, the tour will end back at Kansas City International Airport.

Program General Information:

Attire:  Business casual for the first night dinner, then casual for the remainder of the forum.  

Travel Arrangements:  Please make travel arrangements to arrive in Kansas City, MO by 6PM, June 24th. Courtesy Shuttle to Fairfield Inn available from Kansas City International Airport. Return flights should be scheduled no earlier than 1PM on June 27th (if you don’t plan to tour the bakery) or 5PM (if you plan to tour the bakery).

Lodging: Participants will be responsible for getting to and from the Fairfield Inn at Denver International Airport, Denver, CO and for their lodging.  No other fees will be required.  The Foundation will be responsible for all ground transportation and meals. 

Additional Information: For more information email:  info@Value-Added-Ag.org 

Note: Tour events are subject to change.  Watch for updates in the coming days.