Grassroots Policy Development at Work

It was a busy weekend for farm policy with the annual meetings for the Minnesota Farmers Union and the state Farm Bureau groups in North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota. NDFB Executive Director Jeff Missling said this meeting is an example of grassroots policy development. “It’s fun to watch; there aren’t too many opportunities anymore where people can stand up on a delegate floor in a hotel ballroom and just speak their peace, speak what’s on their mind and in their hearts and I’m always invigorated to see that process each year,” said Missling. “That’s what guides us. We’re going to go to work both in Bismarck and in Washington D.C. to try to forward what our members want us to take stances on.”