Russian farming delegation to tour U.S. ag sites in February
Russian farming delegation to tour U.S. ag sites in February
A group of high-ranking members of Russia?s agricultural community, representing both the private and public sectors, will be visiting several U.S. farming facilities during early February.
The tour will be hosted by the Russian Farm Community Project, a Minnesota-based foreign development program with offices also in Moscow. The international organization is chaired by Allen J. Vangelos, who is also currently chairman of the board of Vancouver, BC-based BC Hot House Foods Inc.
Mr. Vangelos, whose RFCP offices are in California, coordinated and planned the tour, which officially kicks off Feb. 6 after the Russian contingent arrives in Los Angeles the preceding day.
?The RFCP is extremely excited to be hosting this trip in California and Washington, DC," Mr. Vangelos said recently.
The Russian group is visiting the United States "to improve their knowledge of farming, processing, distribution and marketing from American counterparts? through visits to operating farms and dairies, he added.
Hosting the U.S. tour dovetails with other activities carried out by RFCP, which was founded in the early 1990s and cites its mission as one "to increase the productivity, profitability and quality of life of Russian farmers and rural communities."
Commercial ventures in Russia, which are featured on-line at www.rusfarm.com, include a produce distribution center that markets potatoes, onions, carrots, cabbage and beets under Russia?s first produce brand, "Treasure of the Sun." In addition, the project has created a trust fund to provide loans and investments to Russian farms.
?The RFCP has been an extremely successful U.S.-sponsored commercial agriculture venture that has helped Russian farmers restore rural economies to prosperity by modernizing their crop and livestock techniques, and [it] is serving as a model in other Russian communities who are seeking to restore prosperity to their economies," Mr. Vangelos said.
The group will visit both farm and dairy sites in California and attend meetings with U.S. agriculture officials and members of the Russian embassy in Washington, DC.
Slated to attend the Feb. 6-9 tours are Andrei Danilenko, president of the RFCP; Alexander Chernogorov, governor of the Stavropol Territory; Vladimir Kayshev, deputy chief of Federal Agency at the Ministry of Agriculture and future manager of a new dairy in Stavropol; Vladimir Garkusha, minister of agriculture of the Stavropol Territory; Alexander Mayden, head of Pregdorniy Rajon in Stavropol; Yuriy Kayshev, director of Tselebniy Istochnik; and Yakov Jatsukatov, director of the Grazhdanstrol Construction Co.
On Feb. 6 and 7, the Russian ag representatives will tour the Bakersfield, CA, area, meeting with dairy and vegetable farmers as well as members of the California Department of Agriculture. The California Farm Show in Tulare is on the roster for Feb. 8, and on Feb. 9 the group will travel to Washington for meetings with representative of the USDA.
The tour will be hosted by the Russian Farm Community Project, a Minnesota-based foreign development program with offices also in Moscow. The international organization is chaired by Allen J. Vangelos, who is also currently chairman of the board of Vancouver, BC-based BC Hot House Foods Inc.
Mr. Vangelos, whose RFCP offices are in California, coordinated and planned the tour, which officially kicks off Feb. 6 after the Russian contingent arrives in Los Angeles the preceding day.
?The RFCP is extremely excited to be hosting this trip in California and Washington, DC," Mr. Vangelos said recently.
The Russian group is visiting the United States "to improve their knowledge of farming, processing, distribution and marketing from American counterparts? through visits to operating farms and dairies, he added.
Hosting the U.S. tour dovetails with other activities carried out by RFCP, which was founded in the early 1990s and cites its mission as one "to increase the productivity, profitability and quality of life of Russian farmers and rural communities."
Commercial ventures in Russia, which are featured on-line at www.rusfarm.com, include a produce distribution center that markets potatoes, onions, carrots, cabbage and beets under Russia?s first produce brand, "Treasure of the Sun." In addition, the project has created a trust fund to provide loans and investments to Russian farms.
?The RFCP has been an extremely successful U.S.-sponsored commercial agriculture venture that has helped Russian farmers restore rural economies to prosperity by modernizing their crop and livestock techniques, and [it] is serving as a model in other Russian communities who are seeking to restore prosperity to their economies," Mr. Vangelos said.
The group will visit both farm and dairy sites in California and attend meetings with U.S. agriculture officials and members of the Russian embassy in Washington, DC.
Slated to attend the Feb. 6-9 tours are Andrei Danilenko, president of the RFCP; Alexander Chernogorov, governor of the Stavropol Territory; Vladimir Kayshev, deputy chief of Federal Agency at the Ministry of Agriculture and future manager of a new dairy in Stavropol; Vladimir Garkusha, minister of agriculture of the Stavropol Territory; Alexander Mayden, head of Pregdorniy Rajon in Stavropol; Yuriy Kayshev, director of Tselebniy Istochnik; and Yakov Jatsukatov, director of the Grazhdanstrol Construction Co.
On Feb. 6 and 7, the Russian ag representatives will tour the Bakersfield, CA, area, meeting with dairy and vegetable farmers as well as members of the California Department of Agriculture. The California Farm Show in Tulare is on the roster for Feb. 8, and on Feb. 9 the group will travel to Washington for meetings with representative of the USDA.
