2023 Virtual Annual Meeting & Local Farmer Panel Discussion

09 / 21 / 23
2023 Annual Meeting & Local Farmer Panel Discussion graphic

Watch the full Annual Meeting video here.

Watch the Local Farmer Panel Discussion only here.

 

Read the full meeting transcript here.

Read the Local Farmer Panel Discussion only transcript here.

Thursday, October 5th
5:30pm-7:45pm
Online (audio-only version available by phone)

Hear the year in review and learn about the financial health of your Co-op at this virtual event. Co-op staff and the Board will answer questions from attendees, and the Board candidates will give their speeches. All pre-registered attendees will be entered to win prizes! After the meeting, stay for our panel discussion with farmers from Tipi Produce (Evansville, WI) and Vitruvian Farms (McFarland, WI) and learn about the state of local farming.

Our local farmer panelists

Steve Pincus and Beth Kazmar own and run Tipi Produce, near Evansville in Rock Co, about 25 miles south of Madison. Steve started farming in 1976, in the hills and valleys of the Driftless region. Beth joined up in 1999, after the birth of their daughter. They started selling to the Co-op sometime around 1980, making a weekly delivery early Saturday mornings, before selling at the Dane County farmers market. Over the years, they have sold a very wide range of vegetables to the Co-op; their current big items are carrots and other root crops, watermelons, peppers, cabbage, kales, and collards. They have a year-round business—fresh from their fields May through Thanksgiving, then winter storage crops into early spring. Find out more about them at tipiproduce.com.

 

Tommy Stauffer of Vitruvian Farms. He started farming in 2011 and has been supplying the co-op with tasty local produce for 11 seasons now. You can find their pre-packaged salad greens/spinach/kale, bulk salad greens, pre-packaged mushrooms, and pre-packaged microgreens/shoots on our shelves. In addition to supplying the co-ops, they deliver produce and mushrooms to over 60 restaurants in the Madison area, offer a CSA program, home delivery, and will be opening a farm store at their farm in McFarland, WI this fall. You can learn more about them at www.vitruvianfarms.com store.vitruvianfarms.com, and instagram.com/vitruvianfarms.

Agenda

5:30pm  Agenda Approval & Minutes Approval (last year’s minutes are here)

5:40pm  Welcome and Introductions of Board Members

5:45pm  Year In Review (including Thanks and Appreciations)

5:55pm  Financial Report

6:05pm  Introduction of Board Candidates

6:20pm  Owner Q&A

6:30pm  Local Farmer Panel Discussion with farmers from Tipi Produce and Vitruvian Farms

7:30pm  Prize Drawings

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