Nebraska Farm Bureau News
Come fly with us! American Farm Bureau Convention
Hawaii 2012 January 6–11, 2012 | Honolulu To book air and any pre or post extensions contact Executive Travel and mention you are with Nebraska Farm Bureau
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Hotel Information Please contact Autumn Jacobs at 402/421-4470 or autumnj@nefb.org to make your hotel reservations. Sheraton Waikiki Hotel 2255 Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu, HI 96815 Over the next few months in Nebraska Farm Bureau News, we will feature a variety of tour options. Below are a few to entice you to join us in Hawaii. To register for any of the 2012 AFBF Annual Meeting Tours visit www.activitysaleshawaii.com/afbf2012. Cost of tours are listed on the website. Riding a Wave Honolulu City Firefighters will teach you how to surf. They will provide a worry-free environment to really enjoy an awesome and exhilarating experience. Oahu Farm Tours Cost of Tours Include: • Exclusive round-trip air-conditioned transportation • Narrated tour • Visit to two or three different farms agricultural operations • Farm tour/experience led and narrated by farmers, their designated representatives and/or farm workers • Lunch featuring a commitment to “Farm Fresh to Tableâ€? products and presentation • Hawaii state tax and Island Partners Hawaii coordination • Donation to the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation
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Native Hawaii Plants Hui Ku Maoli Ola is an organization dedicated to the perpetuation and preservation of Hawaii’s natural history and culture. Partnerships with high profile outlets such as The Home Depot and Wal-Mart have helped develop the fast-growing market for native plants. Hawaii Farm Bureau Farmers’ Market The Saturday Farmers’ Market will feature all Hawaii grown and produced foods. The farmers and food producers will be there to tell you how they grow their product and how you should prepare their product. Nalo Farms Founded in 1953, this family-run operation supplies approximately 130 restaurants with over 3,000 pounds of their fresh-cut top-quality tasty greens weekly. Its signature “Nalo Greens� is a unique salad mix designed by current farm owner and president. REMINDER The 2011 Membership Incentive Program offers Nebraska Farm Bureau members a chance to win a trip for two to the American Farm Bureau Convention in Honolulu, Ha., Jan. 8-11, 2012. You must recruit at least three new members for your name to be entered in the drawing for the Hawaii. If you recruit five new members, you qualify for the drawing and get your next Farm Bureau membership free! For each new member over five, your name will again be put into the Hawaii trip drawing. Completed membership applications and payment must be sent to your District Director of Member Services by Sept. 30, 2011. The winner of the Hawaii trip will be announced on Oct. 7 in Lincoln. Only one prize will be awarded.
For registration information, contact Autumn Jacobs at 402/421-4470 or autumnj@nefb.org
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