NAFB 2022 Farm Broadcasters & Friends: Journey to Israel

Dates are set for September 2-14, 2022, for the NAFB 2022 Farm Broadcasters & Friends Journey to Israel. Former Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman will serve as the head of NAFB delegation, and conversations are underway to schedule meetings with the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture, the U.S. Embassy and other companies conducting business in Israel. Plans also call for U.S. commodity organizations and their overseas staffs to set up tours of agriculture facilities and farms during the tour.

The trip agenda includes meetings with U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides, Israel’s agriculture minister and other Israeli officials as well as executives of companies doing business there. The itinerary also includes visits to farms, supermarkets, dairy operations, the flower-growing industry, kibbitzes, wineries and visits with farmers. Holy sights of the region also will be part of the trip, as well as stops in Tel Aviv, Merom Golan, the Dead Sea region, Negev, and Jerusalem. “Overall, this will be a working journalists’ trip, traveling with representatives from the agriculture community,” says Tom Brand. NAFB executive director.

Details

Cost of the trip is estimated at $5,960 per person (double occupancy) plus airfare. The NAFB Foundation has offered continuing education grants of $2,000/each for up to ten NAFB Broadcast Council members who make the trip.

To begin the process of securing travel arrangements, setting up meetings with officials and arranging stops along the route, we need your help and cooperation. If you want to be part of NAFB's 2022 Farm Broadcasters and Friends Journey to Israel, please contact NAFB as soon as possible, as a required deposit in the very near future is anticipated. Refund criteria and trip insurance will be offered; full payment will be required prior to the trip.

To join the tour, a passport valid through March 2023 with at least four (4) blank pages is required.  No immunizations are necessary. For more information and answers to questions contact Tom Brand, 816-431-4032, extension 103.