With half the country under abnormally dry condition, our friends at Farm Foundation have scheduled another one of their free forums… this time on how long-term drought conditions impact regional and national agricultural production and food systems.

The forum will be held on June 27th, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. It will include presentations by Matthew Rosencrans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Jay Armstrong of Armstrong Farms, Kansas; Kitty Smith of American Farmland Trust; and David Anderson of Texas A&M University. An open discussion will follow.

As I said, the forum is free, but they do ask that you register in advance by noon, Monday, June 25. Email julie@farmfoundation.org to save your spot. But if you can’t attend in person, you can catch up on what was said on the Farm Foundation website.