Meet your fellow conference attendees and hear from National Farmers Union's 2024/25 National Youth Advisory Council.

Get ready to embrace the awkward, be present (not perfect!) and expand your flexible thinking skills in a series of conversation-based improv exercises with DC Improv. You'll learn how to recognize habits you have in your own thinking and replace them with curiosity and a "yes, and..." approach to problem solving. Expect to walk out with a more mindful and specific appreciation of your unique operating system and how to leverage your strengths with more agility.

Participants will choose one of the following panel discussions to attend, which will include networking opportunities with panelists over lunch:

Hear from a diverse range of agricultural industry and association panelists on the work their organizations do and the opportunities and challenges facing agriculture today.

Hear from young professionals working in agriculture in Washington, D.C. about their work, career trajectories, and the advice they have for those interested in similar career paths.

NFU Government Relations staff will share about Farmers Union's legislative priorities, how agricultural policy is made and shaped in Washington, and host an interactive policy workshop

Tour one of DC's most eccentric properties - the Mansion on O Street - full of secret doorways and hidden passages sprinkled throughout 100 rooms.

Groups will spend the morning volunteering at a local DC farm, food, or environmental organization. 

Groups will return to the hotel for lunch and work with Farmers Union staff to refine their resumes, cover letters, and interview skills.

After lunch, buses will take groups to the National Mall for a free afternoon to tour the monuments and museums. 

What do local food systems look like in our nation's capital? We'll visit the city's largest farmers market, the FRESHFARM Dupont Circle Market, where you'll have the opportunity to talk to local farmers, explore the unique offerings, and buy some goodies!

In an age of increasing polarization amongst our communities, can we learn to disagree with one another constructively? Led by Braver Angels, the country's largest cross-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to bridging divides, this workshop will explore best practices for disagreeing better. 

This interactive workshop will help participants learn best practices for networking and communicating their unique stories, whether in interviews, in meetings with their representatives, to the media, or to each other.

Over lunch, those running for a position on the National Youth Advisory Council will conduct their interviews with Farmers Union staff.

We will conclude All-States with this time-honored Banquet. Hear from National Farmers Union leadership, and elect the incoming National Youth Advisory Council.