2026 RIFB Annual Meeting

2026 RIFB Annual Meeting Moves to Twelve Acres in Smithfield!

Please join us on Thursday, November 5 to celebrate 73 years of Farm Bureau in Rhode Island.

This year the RI Farm Bureau Annual Meeting moves back to Northern Rhode Island, to Twelve Acres, 445 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI. Registration starts 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.

This year, registration will be at two levels:

Daytime Events Only Ticket | $25 per person
Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and all workshops. No dinner.
Dinner Buffet Ticket | $40 per person
Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and all workshops. Includes dinner.

All are welcome to attend.

Tentative Schedule:

10:00 am Registration Begins- Coffee, Juice and Pastries

10:30 am Workshop: Food Sales to the Public: How to Safely and Legally Sell Your Farm Raised and Home-Made Items to the Public, with DOH and DEM.

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Ice Cream Social

2:00 pm Faith Parum, Ph. D., AFBF Economist
Input Costs Under Pressure: Fertilizer, Diesel, and Farm Margins

3:00 pm OPEN

4:00 pm RIFB Business Meeting

5:30 pm Social Hour

6:30 pm Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Terri Moore, Vice President of Communications, AFBF
Amplifying Your Voice to Drive Change

-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 2027 policy recommendations in writing to the RI Farm Bureau. Please mail or hand deliver policy recommendations to: 780 Victory Hwy Unit 8, 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 15. Policy submissions will be reviewed by the Resolutions Committee for inclusion in Policy Items to be voted on November 5, 2026.

Register on Eventbrite, stop by the office, or call the RIFB office at 401-385-3339. Space is limited, so register early! Registration closes Friday, October 23.

WE HAVE MOVED! Rhode Island Farm Bureau’s new office is located at 780 Victory Hwy Unit 8, West Greenwich, RI. Take Exit 14B off of Route 95, we are located 1/2 mile north on the right, in the West Greenwich Plaza (where the Dunkin Donuts is.)

RIFB Office Hours. Our office is open Monday- Friday 9:30- 4:30 if you need to make a payment or drop in with a question. Please contact us ahead of coming in for any notary act. Call 401-385-3339 or email rifarm@rifb.org.

The American Farm Bureau Federation is the Voice of Agriculture®. We are farm and ranch families working together to build a sustainable future of safe and abundant food, fiber and renewable fuel for our nation and the world. Rhode Island Farm Bureau is a non-profit, non-governmental, membership-based organization, advocating for agriculture in Rhode Island and across the country. Farm Bureaus are located in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Isn’t Farm Bureau an insurance company?
Rhode Island Farm Bureau Federation is a grassroots advocacy organization. Farm Family Insurance is a separate entity and insurance discounts with American National are one of many valuable benefits available to Farm Bureau members.

Interested in Starting a Farm? Look at our “So You Want to Start a Farm” sheet which has a lot of resources to help you as you grow your new or existing farm.

Click Here for the Guide

This compilation, issued by the RI Farm Bureau, is designed to be a guide for farmers to the maze of Rhode Island General Laws specific to agriculture. It does not make the maze simpler. It just enables finding where specific issues are located within the maze. Its purpose is to help farmers be more efficient in finding the provisions of law that apply to their operations. (Use Ctrl-F to search the document.)

Save 20% off budget Truck rentals

Rhode Island Farm Bureau members can now save 20% off Budget Truck Rental! Use your discount to save 20% on consumer rental rates and mileage charges on Budget Truck’s broad range of offerings, from cargo vans up to 26’ box trucks!

FORD BONUS CASH

*Farm Bureau Exclusive Cash Reward is exclusively for active Farm Bureau members who are residents of the United States. $500 Exclusive Cash Reward on the purchase or lease of an eligible new 2025/2026/2027MY Ford Maverick, Ranger, F-150 or Super Duty or F-150 Lightning®. This incentive is not available on F-150 Raptor®, F-150 Raptor R™, Ranger Raptor or F-650® and F-750® Super Duty.

This offer may not be used in conjunction with most other Ford Motor Company private incentives or AXZD-Plans. Some customer and purchase eligibility restrictions apply. Must be a Farm Bureau
member for 90 consecutive days prior to purchase or lease and take new retail delivery from an authorized Ford Dealer’s stock by January 4, 2027.

Visit FordFarmBureauAdvantage.com or see your authorized Ford Dealer for qualifications and complete details.

RIFB Member Benefit! Dungarees.com
For top brands of clothing, work wear and boots. Receive 10% off orders under $200 and 15% off orders over $200!

RIFB Benefit! Wyndham Hotels: Farm Bureau Members receive up to 20% off the Best Available Rate* at approximately 8,000 participating hotels worldwide.

Farm Bureau members receive special access to the John Deere Rewards Program. Go to www.johndeere.com/FarmBureau
to find out more about John Deere Rewards!

RIFB is looking for some great photos of our member farms to use on the website or in promotional emails. If you have a photo (or two or three) of your farm, would you be willing to share them with us? Your farm from a drone, sunsets or sunrise over your fields, produce or livestock, family working together (remember… only photos showing safe practices, please), anything you’d be pleased to see on another Farm Bureau’s site or on FB or Instagram. Please make sure you either took the photo or have permission to share. Send your pictures to rifarm@rifb.org.