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Public Policy
Kane County Farm Bureau’s public policy influence has helped secure several important firsts for Illinois farmers. Kane County was Illinois’ first county to:
protect farms by ordinance from nuisance lawsuits, 1991
develop a stormwater ordinance to protect farmland, 2000
establish a Farmland Protection Program, 2001.
assist farmers in maintaining productive soils with a farmland drainage assistance program, 2003.
Lunches to Legislators
Kane County Farm Bureau and Kane County Corn Growers volunteers remind local legislators of the affordable food provided by America’s farmers by delivering Heavenly Ham boxed lunches, farm facts about Illinois & U.S. agriculture, and Farm Bureau Policy Resolutions.
Food Checkout Day Shopping Spree
Since it’s inception in 2001, the Farm Bureau sponsored Shopping Sprees have donated over $30,000 in groceries to local food pantries.
Governmental Affairs Leadership Conference
The conference is two days in length and will typically feature keynote sessions with a variety of breakout sessions on local, state and federal government issues.
Harvest Leadership Picnic
Each year in early autumn the Kane County Farm Bureau hosts a Harvest Leadership Picnic. This is an event where local legislators, public officials and local farmers meet for a casual evening on the farm that includes dinner, harvest demos, field tours, specialty crop displays and machinery viewing.
Legislative Roundtable
Our objectives for this program are to present legislators with information relative to our legislative priorities for the current session of the General Assembly, and more importantly to hear legislators’ perspectives on the most pressing issues facing Illinois and agriculture.