Inside the BARN with CO Farm Bureau’s Vice President of Advocacy Shawn Martini…
Ag Day at the Capitol Recap, CFB Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund Reactivated, WOTUS, Federal & Colorado Water Legislation, CFB’s 100th, Who’s Who in CO Agriculture & More…
(BARN Media / FarmCast Radio – Briggsdale, CO) March 28, 2019 – Joining the BARN on the Colorado Ag News Network to discuss issues facing Colorado’s ag industry is Shawn Martini, Vice President of Advocacy at the Colorado Farm Bureau, discussing several topics including:
- Recap Ag Day @ the Capitol (BARN Webcast Archives)
- CFB Foundation Activates Disaster Relief Fund for fellow Ag Producers in Nebraska – Find out how YOU can help
- WOTUS Comments due by April 15th – Submit your comments
- Federal Water Legislation “Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act”
- Colorado Water Legislation – HB19-1218: Loaned Water for Instream Flows Improve Environment & HB19-1271: Augmentation of Instream Flows (CFB’s Policy Watch Website)
- 2019 is CFB’s 100th Anniversary
- CFB/Denver Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Colorado Agriculture recognition on May 9th– Nominees Annnounced Soon – Get Registered
- & MORE
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW…
About: Shawn Martini, CFB VP of Advocacy
Shawn Martini currently serves as the Vice President of Advocacy for the Colorado Farm Bureau, cultivating relationships with community, political and business leaders to achieve the organization’s public policy goals. Shawn previously worked as a consultant in communications and grassroots advocacy for oil and gas industry clients ranging from large multinationals to family-owned firms in Houston, TX and in Denver, CO. He worked on projects related to the Keystone XL pipeline, offshore and Arctic energy production in Alaska, and directed campaigns on hydraulic fracturing and public lands energy production in the Mountain West. Prior to his work in the energy industry, Shawn served as the Communications Director for the Colorado Farm Bureau from 2008 to 2012. He comes from a diversified ag background, and graduated from both Northeastern Junior College, and Metropolitan State University in Denver.
Shawn@ColoradoFB.org
Main: 303.749.7506
Cell: 303.895.5070