[BCFSN] Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society - Job Posting - Community Development Coordinator II

[Diane Collis]

Hello all,
for any young farmers on this listserv, please see below for an invitation
to participate in the annual National Farmers Union Youth Retreat. Young
farmers play key roles in the leadership of the National Farmers Union and
this annual retreat helps to set their year's work agenda and priorities.

Please see below and follow up with Ayla if you are interested in
attending. This year it is Alberta, so more accessible to BC farmers.
in good food,
Abra

Abra Brynne
Director, Engagement & Policy
BC Food Systems Network
abra at bcfsn.org
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From: *Ayla Fenton* <aylafenton90 at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:12 PM
Subject: NFU Youth Retreat Application
To:

Hi everyone,


This email contains a rough outline of plans for the NFU Youth Retreat as
well as an application.  Please let us know by *Friday, February 5* if you
are interested and able to participate.


*Rough Plan:* The Youth Retreat will be held near Edmonton at Rundle's
Mission (Thorsby, AB - http://www.rundlesmission.org/). Participants will
need to arrive the afternoon/evening of Sunday, March 6. There will be
three full days of youth retreat activities (March 7, 8 and 9) plus an
option to stay for a visit to the Alberta legislature on Thursday, March
10. So participants can either depart in the morning of March 10, or come
to the legislature and depart the evening of March 10 or morning of March
11. Transportation to and from Edmonton will be coordinated for you.



*Main Goals:*

1. Continue to build and strengthen the NFU Youth and the capacity and
leadership skills of NFU youth members.

2. Advance the work of the National New Farmer Coalition - specifically,
develop a dissemination and engagement strategy for our New Farmer Report.

3. Strengthen the strategic collaboration with Young Agrarians and other
appropriate organizations in the area and plan for more farmer engagement
events.

4. Advance the work of various NFU committees/working groups - Strategic
Development, Alternative Media, Branding, International Programs Committee,
Seed and Trade, GMO and Pesticides, etc.

5. Participate in a NFU Youth/Young Agrarians social in order to connect
with and engage other young farmers in the region

6. Optional: Meet with members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to
discuss new farmer issues and the work of the National New Farmer Coalition



*Application to participate:*

We have some funding for the costs of travel and accommodation but will ask
participants to contribute $150 each towards the budget and encourage any
fundraising. Selection of participants will be based on regional diversity,
costs, and level of engagement in NFU (ideally we would like some more
experienced members and some newer members).  If you are interested in
taking part in this event please reply to nfuyouth at nfu.ca by Feb 5th with
the following information (short, informal, bullets are fine):

*A. What region are you from / where will you be traveling from and what is
roughly the cost to get you to Edmonton and back?*



*B. What has been your involvement in the NFU?*



*C. Briefly describe your farming involvement or, if a non-farming
associate member, describe your involvement in food/farming issues relevant
to the NFU/NFU Youth.*



*D. We generally ask participants to research and prepare a short
presentation on a farm/food issue they are interested in. Are you willing
to do this and if so, what issue or issues might you cover?*



*E. Would you stay for the Thursday afternoon visit to the AB legislature?
(Note: this will not affect your application, we would just like to
estimate numbers).*



Please feel free to share this email with anyone you think would be a good
fit for this event and let us know if you have any questions.



We are looking forward to an awesome youth retreat!



Ayla Fenton and Dana Penrice

NFU Youth Officials



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