Rural Coalition’s

16th Annual Winter Forum

January 29-31, 2025 - Washington, DC

Schedule at-a-glance:

Wednesday, January 29th

  • 10 AM - 5:30 PM Workshops in our Key Program Areas (Includes lunch and morning and afternoon breaks)

Thursday, January 30th & Friday, January 31st

  • 8 AM - 5:30 PM - For two full days, we will gather to collaborate, learn, share, and grow our power. We will focus on our shared work and history, looking back on the 1987 Ag Credit Act and what it meant in our work.(Includes breakfast,  lunch and morning and afternoon breaks)

Friday, January 31st: 46th Networking Reception and Dinner

 6 - 10 pm ET - Join us for an evening of food, celebration, and cultural performances!

Join us!

January 29-31, 2025

Washington Plaza Hotel

Washington, DC

Rural Coalition’s annual Winter Forum is an opportunity for our diverse community of members, allies, farmers, and ranchers to come together for sharing, knowledge exchange, strategizing, reflecting, and aggregating power.

Please scroll down for information on sponsoring the Winter Forum.

Would you like to help sponsor the Winter Forum?

The support received this year will assure that the diverse producers, farmworkers and rural communities we serve are able to represent their unique communities to share ideas and their experiences with agricultural leadership and each other. Your support will be used to help the Rural Coalition expand participation in this event and bring diverse leaders together to confer on how current policies are working on concrete changes to improve equity and inclusion.

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • The cost of the full Winter Forum and Gala Dinner is $250 for Rural Coalition Members and $300 for non-members. The cost of the Winter Forum without the Gala Dinner is $80 for Rural Coalition Members and $100 for non-members. Youth participation is free. If you require an invoice before registering, please contact rel@ruralco.org.

  • Please book your hotel room by January 1st, 2025 here using code: RCWF25 

  • We recommend that participants fly into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). We highly encourage that participants book their air or train travel ASAP.

  • Wednesday, January 29th

    • 10 AM - 5:30 PM Workshops in our Key Program Areas (Includes lunch and morning and afternoon breaks)

    Thursday, January 30th & Friday, January 31st

    • 8 AM - 5:30 PM - For two full days, we will gather to collaborate, learn, share, and grow our power. We will focus on our shared work and history, looking back on the 1987 Ag Credit Act and what it meant in our work.(Includes breakfast,  lunch and morning and afternoon breaks)

    Friday, January: 46th Networking Reception and Dinner

     6 - 10 pm ET - Join us for an evening of food, celebration, and cultural performances!

  • Breakfast and lunch are included in the cost of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday’s Winter Forum tickets. Friday night dinner is included in the cost of tickets for the Friday Night Networking Dinner.

“The Winter Forum was life changing for our delegation of young people.”

Liz O’Gilve, Springfield Food Policy Council

Sponsorship Information

Package

Description

Price

Rural Sustainers

Includes: Rural Sustainer Top Listing with Organizational Logo | Display Table or Booth at Winter Forum | 5 Full Winter Forum Registrations | Scholarship/Travel Support for 10 Farmer/Rural/Youth Knowledge-Sharing Institute Participants | Message in Winter Forum Program Book

$15,000

Rural Partners

Rural Collaborators

Includes: Rural Collaborator Listing with Organization Logo | Display Table or Booth at Winter Forum | 2 Full Winter Forum Registrations | Scholarship/Travel Support for 3 Farmer/Rural/Youth Knowledge-Sharing Institute Participants | Message in Winter Forum Program Book

$5,000

Rural Supporters

$7,500

$2,000

Seat at the Table

Includes: Seat at the Table Sponsor Listing with Program Book 1/2 page ad | 2 Full winter Forum Registrations | I table | 10 tickets at the Networking Reception and Dinner

$1,500

Farmer Partner

Includes: Rural Partner Top Listing with Organizational Logo | Display Table or Booth at Winter Forum | 3 Full Winter Forum Registrations | Scholarship/Travel Support for 5 Farmer/Rural/Youth Knowledge-Sharing Institute Participants | Message in Winter Forum Program Book

Includes: Rural Supporter Listing | Display Table or Booth at Winter Forum | 2 Full Winter Forum Registrations | Message in Winter Forum Program Book

Includes: 2 Full Winter Forum Registration | and Display Table at Winter Forum OR a Table of 10 at the Networking Dinner

$1,000

Buy an Ad in our Winter Forum Program Book!

Please email your ad file to rel@ruralco.org

Full Page Ad in Program Book

$1000.00

½ Page Ad in Program Book

¼ Page Ad in Program Book

$250.00

Business Card Sized Ad in Program Book

$500.00

$100.00

Message of Solidarity in Program Book

$25.00