The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is presenting the Borlaug CAST Communication Award this year to Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam, an Animal Genomics and Biotechnology Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California-Davis.

The award recognizes individuals who are actively excelling in communication of agricultural science and technology. She will receive the award on the occasion of the 2014 Borlaug Dialogue hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation and will speak on “The Livestock Revolution” and then will participate in a Food Dialogues hosted by U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance. It will take place October 15 in Des Moines.

Participating in the USFRA event with Van Eenennaam will be v-Fluence Interactive president Jay Byrne and farmer Julie Kenney with CommonGround Iowa.

Van Eenennaam recently completed a new scientific review on the performance and health of livestock and poultry consuming genetically engineered feed in the time since it was first introduced 18 years ago. The review examined nearly 30 years of livestock-feeding studies representing more than 100 billion animals. The results found conclusively that the health and productivity of food-producing animals consuming genetically engineered feed has been comparable to that of animals consuming non-GE feed.The review study also found that scientific studies have detected no differences in the nutritional makeup of the meat, milk or other food products derived from animals that ate genetically engineered feed.

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Register to attend the CAST and USFRA event in Des Moines on October 15 here.