Tomorrow morning I’ll be attending the Biodiversity World Tour stop in Ames, IA where our U.S. Secretary of Ag, Tom Vilsack, will be joining the conversation. The event will be streamed live online too. Just use the hashtag #BWT2010 and your tweets will appear in the auditorium for the audience, moderator, Secretary Vilsack, and panelists to see.

Iowa State University, CropLife International, CropLife America, and Truth about Trade and Technology have partnered together to bring together farmers from around the world to discuss what they are doing on a daily basis to preserve our planet and how they see these practices improving in the future. Featuring farmers from North America, Asia, and South America, the panel will discuss the role of sustainable agriculture practices in protecting biodiversity. In addition, taking questions from the audience and interacting with the panel will also be United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

This event is on the agenda of the Truth About Trade and Technology, Global Farmer To Farmer Roundtable, which I’m participating in courtesy of the National Corn Growers Association, one of the event’s sponsors.

Believing that farmers must work together on a global table to expand access to technology in agriculture to all, Truth About Trade & Technology (TATT) – an American based non-profit formed and led by farmers who support access to technology, including biotechnology, and freer trade – will host an Annual Global Farmer to Farmer Roundtable.

So, keep an eye on AgWired for action from these events. They kind of tie into the Borlaug Dialogues and World Food Prize Symposium that take place in Des Moines this week too. I am not planning on attending them, but who knows? Schedules can change.