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.

Learn the ins and outs of building an effective resume and LinkedIn presence from the team at Urban Allianace.

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.

After lunch, buses will take groups to the National Mall for a free afternoon to explore the world-famous monuments and Smithsonian museums along our "nation's front lawn." 

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!

National Youth Advisory Council candidates will deliver their candidacy speeches to the conference.

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

Michelle Foisy - Manager of Strategic Campaigns, National Education Association

Learn actionable steps to organizing: from issue identification, to assessing conversations with potential allies, to identifying leaders for your group.

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. 

We will conclude All-States with this time-honored Banquet. We'll hear from National Farmers Union leadership and announce the 2025/26 National Youth Advisory Council.