D.C. forum Monday to focus on cost of rural poverty

The Farm Foundation on Monday will host a free interactive forum, "The Cost of Poverty in Rural America," from 9-11 a.m. EDT at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. The forum, which will consist of PowerPoint presentations and a question-and-answer session, will include: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack; Jason Henderson, extension director at Purdue University; and William Bynum, CEO of Hope Enterprise Corp. and Hope Credit Union, a regional community development financial institution and policy center in Jackson, Miss. To register to attend the event, click here. To register to participate in the audiocast, click here. For those unable to attend in person or listen to the live audiocast, an audio file of the discussions will be posted in the Forum Archives after the event.