GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan Farm Bureau’s 102nd State Annual Meeting kicked off in Grand Rapids Tuesday, bringing more than 400 delegates from across Michigan who represent more than 40,000 Farm Bureau members.
During the two-day event, delegates are discussing and voting on grassroots policy proposals coming directly from farmers, including a new policy focusing on how farms can help sequester carbon.
“This is huge for our members to be able to come here and take part in this. A lot of farmers are not done harvesting crops right now. There are a lot of crops out there in the field, but they see the need to be here, and they will take time away from their farms; they’ll shut everything down and they’ll come here for two days to talk policy and to talk agriculture,” said Michigan Farm Bureau President Carl Bednarski, a Tuscola County sugar beet farmer.
The 2021 State Annual Meeting continues Wednesday.
