"Farm Contingency Plan" a conference of Farmers

FARM CONTINGENCY PLAN is a permanent conference ran by LFT-Australia and it's volunteers with the goal to search, evaluate and set up alternatives for our farmers to diversify their:

1. economy
2. markets
3. influence

Who is part of the guest speackers:

1. Farmers and pastoralists
2. Key business groups connected or related to agriculture
3. Government and community leaders
4. Rural businesses

The conference deals with with:

1. Globalisation and Free trade agreements: how it's affecting the economy of the farm?
2. Market, promotion and advertising: can farms compete in a corporate world?
3. Debt management: consumers can shave their earnings and support a farm get out of the slavery of debt?

Objectives:

• Examine the problems affecting our farms giving farmers a voice
• Explore alternatives to diversify the farm access to funding
• Select prospective key business to raise an emergency fund for the local farmers involved
• Cooperation and Leadership
• Professional development
• Managing communication with consumer

The conference will advance the objectives by:

"exploring better answers to the crisis affecting our farms while fostering the development and improvement of economy diversification; promoting diversification of alternatives by boosting closer connections with local and international businesses to develop their potential; defending and promoting respect for human rights." 

First conference (trial): 31-October-2013 to 30-November-2013