The U.S. Farmers and Rancher Alliance is gearing up for a November Food Dialogues event, November 15 in New York City following their board meeting. I will be there to provide live coverage here on AgWired. The Alliance has just announced the panelists for each of the topic areas for this event. You can find the list below.
Media can look forward to a special briefing on Friday, November 16, at 7:00 AM, CT, following the event. It will recap the event itself and USFRA’s board meeting.
To participate, go to:
• WebEx Link
• Call-in toll-free number: 1-(877) 319-8506
• Call-in number: 1-(408) 773-6320
• Conference Code: 3001175046
The Food Dialogues event will be streamed live at www.fooddialogues.com.
See the panelist lists after the break:
The Media, Marketing and Healthy Choices panel will examine how the media’s coverage of food and its health benefits has impacted consumer choice. This discussion also will address what more can be done to answer Americans’ questions about how their food is grown and raised. Expert panelists include:
• Tracie McMillan, author, The American Way of Eating
• Debbie Beauvais, New York School Nutrition President and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson
• Blake Hurst, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
• Craig McNamara, California organic farmer
• Richard Ball, New York vegetable farmer
For your Toughest Questions Answered on Antibiotics in Your Food panel, experts will discuss antibiotics and its use and application in animal agriculture. USFRA has secured:
• Dr. Christine Hoang, DVM, MPH, CPH, Assistant Director of the Division of Scientific Activities of the American Veterinary Medical Association
• Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives, Consumers Union
• Keith Ayoob, pediatric nutritionist, Albert Einstein School of Medicine
• Dr. Karen Jordan, Brush Creek Swiss Farms, North Carolina – dairy farmer and veterinarian
• Barb Determan, pork producer (Iowa), Heartland Marketing Group
For your Toughest Questions Answered on Biotechnology (GMOs) in Your Food panel will include experts who are well-versed in the use of biotech seeds, including the benefits and concerns related to long-term health and food labeling including:
• Pamm Larry, the leader of California’s Prop 37, “GMO labeling” initiative
• Dr. Bob Goldberg, plant molecular biologist currently using genomics to identify all of the genes required to “make a seed,” UCLA
• Jerry Slocum, Mississippi soybean farmer
• Dr. Julie Howard, Chief Scientist, Food Security, USAID
To attend an event in-person, go to http://fooddialogues.com/ny-food-dialogues/rsvp or call 888-25-USFRA (888-258-7372) for additional details. For information about USFRA and to see footage from past Food Dialogues℠ events, visit www.fooddialogues.com. To join the conversation online, visit www.facebook.com/USFarmersandRanchers and follow USFRA on Twitter @USFRA using #FoodD.