Rod Nilsestuen Legacy Event

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Mar 08, 2012

Please join friends and colleagues for this first event honoring cooperative
and conservation leader Rod Nilsestuen

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the UW-River Falls University Center
Reception to follow
Registration fee of $100 includes lunch and reception

National Rural Leaders Keynote First Nilsestuen Event

March 30, 2012, marks the inaugural program of the Rod Nilsestuen Legacy Event at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. This inaugu-ral event is held in honor of the late Rod Nilsestuen, secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Wisconsin) and a longtime leader in the national cooperative movement. He died unexpectedly in the summer of 2010.

Keynote speakers Jon Scholl, president of American Farmland Trust, and Martin Lowery, vice president of external affairs for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association will be joined by distinguished panelists. In the spirit of Rod’s gift for bringing people together, they will explore the power of cooperatives, farmland conservation, the future of rural America and the increasing pressure on agriculture to feed the world. Speakers and panelists will also explore issues of ethics, trust and confidence in today’s society. The Rod Nilsestuen Legacy Event is being coordinated by the Ralph K. Morris Foundation in cooperation with the UW-River Falls Foundation.

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