2024 Minority Landowner Magazine Rural Farms and Urban Agriculture Conference

The 2024 Minority Landowner Magazine Rural Farms and Urban Agriculture Conference will be held at the Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel October 6-8, 2024, in Houston, Texas. In the past we’ve held our Farmers and Landowners Conference, and our National Urban Agriculture Conference separately. This year we’re bringing everyone, rural and urban, together under one roof.

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REGISTRATION OPTIONS FOR FARMERS:

All Registrations include the Welcome Reception, morning and afternoon refreshment breaks, breakfast meals, luncheon meals, the 18th Anniversary Conference Banquet, conference sessions, conference material, and access to the Conference Exhibit Hall.  

Full Payment – Includes all of the above and two hotel room nights double occupancy. Roommates must be Registered as well. Please include the name of the person you prefer to room with, if applicable, in your registration. If no preference is listed, a roommate will be assigned. If you prefer a private room, you are welcome to book and pay for your own room by booking directly with the hotel HERE. The conference rate is $105 per night.

Scholarships – A limited number of Registration Scholarships are available for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. Scholarships include all of the above and two hotel room nights double occupancy. Roommates must be Registered as well. Please include the name of the person you prefer to room with, if applicable, in your registration. If no preference is listed, a roommate will be assigned. If you prefer a private room, you are welcome to book and pay for your own room by booking directly with the hotel HERE. The conference rate is $105 per night.

REGISTRATION FOR RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS:

Includes all of the above with the exception of hotel nights. The conference rate is $105 per night. Resource Professionals make your own hotel reservations HERE.

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Presentations include a focus on technical and financial assistance programs, urban agriculture grants, farm planning, farm loans, high tunnels, forest management, soil health, building healthy, local food systems, access to land, marketing and selling, carbon markets, and climate change. We’ll also discuss mental health, mentorship programs, wills, estate planning and heirs' property, and a review of trends within the agricultural census data.

Keynote presentations include the Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center, the American Forest Foundation, a research report on Black Farming: Farming in the Midst of Racial Discrimination and COVID-19, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Farm Service Agency, and the USDA Advisory Committee on Minority Farming. And an update on the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program that paid farmers $2.2 billion.

Note: No refunds after August 15, 2024.