By Sarah Thomack
St. Joseph Post

The agriculture business community will come together for an event next week in St. Joseph.

The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce hosts the Farm City Breakfast each year. Chamber Director of Communications and Marketing Kristi Bailey said this is the 15th annual Farm City Breakfast, which is an event put on to partner with the agribusiness community.

“It really brings everyone that is out in the field doing their daily business together with the people that work on the more financial side of ag, which is people that are in banks and business that use the services of the farmers,” Bailey said. “So it’s usually a very good turnout of people from all walks of life in the ag business community.”

The event is held in celebration of National Ag Day.

The speaker this year will be Mike Adams of the Adams on Agriculture syndicated radio program which airs on 680 KFEQ. A year ago he started the Adams on Agriculture program for the American Ag Network, focusing on ag policy and issues such as trade, renewable fuels and rural development. Adams is a past president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, past National Farm Broadcaster of the Year recipient and last fall was inducted into the NAFB Hall of Fame.

The event is also a fundraiser for the AFA which provides college scholarships to students in the Future Farmers of America program to continue their education in agribusiness.

The Farm City Breakfast takes place from 7 to 9 a.m. on Friday, March 22, at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph. Individual tickets are
$12 each.

For more information, or to register, call (816) 364-4102 or go to saintjoseph.com.