The conference offers sessions for farmers, local food enthusiasts, homesteaders, farm-to-table chefs, organic gardeners and sustainability activists. A full day of pre-conference workshops also is offered for small-scale farmers and livestock growers. The keynote will be presented by Frederick Kirschenmann, international leader in sustainable agriculture and president of Stone Barn Center for Food and Agriculture in New York. Details and registration are available at www.FarmAndRanchFreedom.org/farm-food-leadership-conference/. Pre-conference workshops take place at the Heard Museum and the two-day conference is at the McKinney Performing Arts Center (the former Collin County Courthouse on the historic downtown square).