The Blackland Income Growth (BIG) conference is offering a workshop for YOUTH this year!

The Blackland Income Growth (BIG) conference is offering a workshop for YOUTH this year!

Please help spread the word with your 4-H members and share with your ag teachers so they can offer it to their FFA members, as well.  This can be considered a school-related absence; be sure to check eligibility before excusing youth from school.

There will be a new session at the 2016 Blackland Income Growth Conference. The event is titled “BIG Youth Workshop,” and it will be on December 13, 2016  from 9am-1:30pm at the Extraco Events Center.  There is no cost to attend and lunch is included! The target audience is 4-H and FFA members in grades 7-12.  We are inviting you to bring your ag classes and/or 4-H clubs to this program.

You can go to the link http://agrilife.org/d84h/bigyouthworkshop to register.  Please RSVP by November 30^th.    I have attached the BIG program brochure.  We also invite you to take your ag classes and/or 4-H clubs to tour the agriculture vendors that will be on display in the Extraco Events Center Coliseum that day.

9:00 – 9:30 am – Check-in

9:30 – 10:30 am – Ag Financing: A Youth Perspective, Mr. John Minor

10:30 – 10:45 am – Break, Trade Show

10:45 – 11:45 am – The Truth About Your Food, Dr. Billy Zanolini

11:45 am – 12pm – Break, Trade Show

12:00 – 1:30 pm – Scholarship Luncheon, Speaker: Julie Borlaug

RSVP by Wed, Nov 30: http://agrilife.org/d84h/bigyouthworkshop/

Additional conference info: http://stephenville.tamu.edu/blackland-income-growth/conference-information/