2025 RIFB Annual Meeting
2025 RIFB Annual Meeting Moves to
Laurel Lane Country Club
Please join us on Thursday, November 6 to celebrate 72 years of Farm Bureau in Rhode Island!
The 2025 Annual Meeting will once again be held on the FIRST Thursday in November.
This year the RI Farm Bureau Annual Meeting moves to Southern Rhode Island, to the Laurel Lane Country Club. Registration opens at 10:00 am, and workshops begin at 10:30 am with events continuing throughout the day. Our Business Meeting begins at 4:00 pm, Social Hour at 5:30 pm and the Dinner Buffet at 6:30 pm.
Registration:
Daytime Events Only Ticket | $25 per person
Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and all workshops.
Dinner Buffet Ticket | $40 per person
Full day of events, including dinner.
All are welcome to attend.
Tentative Schedule:
10:00 am Registration Begins- Coffee, Juice and Pastries
10:30 am Workshop: What is Vertical Solar All About? Farm Between the Panels!
Learn all about the newest, space-saving solar from Germany.
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Ice Cream Social
2:00 pm Danny Munch, AFBF Economist
Farm Bureau Advantage and the Ag Economy:
Delivering Value Through Turbulence
4:00 pm RIFB Business Meeting
5:30 pm Social Hour
6:30 pm Dinner Meeting
Speaker: David Salmonsen, Senior Director, Government Affairs, AFBF
-Awards and Penny Social
We always welcome raffle donations for the meeting. Each year we have a beautiful array of farm products, gift baskets from member & other local businesses, handmade crafts, gift cards and more for our raffle. All proceeds go to our Scholarship Fund.
Policy Recommendations:
Please submit 2026 policy recommendations in writing to the RI Farm Bureau. Please mail or hand deliver policy recommendations to: 16 Nooseneck Hill Road Apt B, West Greenwich, RI 02817 or email the scanned document to director@rifb.org. Submissions must be received in the office by 4:30 pm on Thursday, October 16. Policy submissions will be reviewed by the Resolutions Committee for inclusion in Policy Items to be voted on November 6, 2025.