Annual Meeting

The Federation/LAF Holds 40th Anniversary Celebration
Rural Training & Research Center
Epees, Alabama (August 2007)

Below are photos from the Annual Meeting
including awards for the year's staff, credit union and cooperative.
(Please click on the photo for an enlarged image)

Board Members Woodrow Keown (AR), Edward Cline (TX), Shirley Blakely (MS)	Alfonzo Drain of USDA's NASS receives acknowledgement of appreciation
Board Member Norwood David (LA)	Staff Member Ben Burkett (right) receives 2007 Staff of the Year Award
Board members Daniel Bustamante (TX), Board associate, Helen Fields (SC)	Staff Member Leon Crump (right) receives "Cooperative of the year Award" for the World Wide Honey Bee Cooperative
Board Members Tina James(GA) & Helen Fields (SC)	Alabama Senator Hank Sanders
Board member Carrie Fulghum	Carol Zippert shares her poetry during the Saturday Prayer Breakfast
Senator Robert Jackson (MS) receives Credit Union of the Year Award. He is with the 1st Delta Federation Credit Union in Mississippi	Staff member Melbah Smith moderates Saturday Prayer Breakfast
Executive Director Ralph Paige and Browne of the Virgin Island Farmer's Cooperatives	USDA's Dr. Gladys Vaughan (Director USDA Office of Outreach) receives 40th Anniversary poster in appreciation
Joseph Antoine of the South Plaquemines Parish United Fisheries Cooperative	Staff member Pam Madzina introduces the Sankofa Youth
Saturday Prayer Breakfast speaker Wendell Paris - former director of the Federation/LAF's Rural Training & Research Center	Staff Member Shirley Sherrod and Reverend Charles Sherrod
Ralph Paige displaying 40th Anniversary poster during Federation Membership Business Meeting	Tom Dorr (right),USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development, receives 40th Anniversary poster in appreciation from Ralph Paige and Jerry Pennick during Agriculture Workshop
Yvette Browne of the Virgin Islands Farmer's Cooperative	Board member Carrie Fulghum Members of US Virgin Island Farmers Cooperative
Attendee Dr. Jessica Nembhard of the University of Maryland	Hank Sanders (center) honored by US Virgin Islands Farmers Cooperative