The session at the Michigan Family Farms Conference, *How the 2012 Farm Bill Will Affect Yo**u, will now be** from 3-4:20 p.m with** Jacqlyn Schneider*, who handles ag research and speciality crops for Senator Stabenow. Please note this important time change. Also, for those of you in the Grand Rapids area, and for those of you who have connections to organic farmers or food and farming organizations in the Grand Rapids area, I just found out that Senator Stabenow will be giving one of several "State of Michigan Agriculture" speeches this week. I don't know yet where she will be next but I will let you know ASAP. Please help me spread the word. Here are the details for tomorrow's speech: * * *Tuesday January 10th 2:15 pm * *Kent County MSU Extension Office * *775 Ball Ave NE* *Grand Rapids, MI **49503* http://www.accesskent.com/locations.htm#755Ball *You must RSVP* by calling Senator Stabenow's West Michigan office at 616-975-0052 or by emailing [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>-- Melissa Hornaday, Great Lakes Organizer Organic Farming Research Foundation 4751 Trumbull St Detroit, MI 48208 313-525-2372 [log in to unmask] www.ofrf.org Join the OFRF Action Network Today! http://ofrf.org/action/action.html If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html