I take it from Mace Thornton’s (@AFBFMace) latest photo that we’re now into the question and answer portion of today’s Farm Foundation Forum on animal welfare. Here’s some of his tweets since my last post including concluding thoughts. I love his “funny moment” post: Bob Krause of MW Poultry Svcs of Indiana. 10 largest egg farm comp. In country @ …
Now Hearing From American Humane Association
This time we’ve got Tim Amlaw, Director of the Farm Animal Program of the American Humane Association on the podium at the Farm Foundation Forum on animal welfare. Here’s what our man on the scene, Mace Thornton, (@AFBFMace) is saying about his presentation: Tim Amlaw of American Humane @ FF forum on farm animals: AH been around since 1877. In …
More From Farm Foundation Forum
Here’s Paul Shapiro, Senior Director of the Humane Society of the United States, speaking now at the Farm Foundation Forum on animal welfare. Thanks again to Mace Thornton’s Blackberry. Here’s a couple new tweets from him (@AFBFMace): HSUS Shapiro @ FF farm anim forum: civil discourse essntl. All agree animals protected by law to some degree…dog and cock fight etc. …
Animal Welfare Farm Foundation Forum
Thanks to @AFBFMace (Mace Thornton, American Farm Bureau Federation) we’re getting some information from the Farm Foundation Forum on Animal Welfare as it relates to Production Agriculture. The session this morning in Washington, DC has started as you can see from his Blackberry photo. Here’s who’s on the program: Paul Shapiro, Senior Director of the Humane Society of the United …
Deadline for Farm Foundation’s 30-Year Challenge Nears
Just a month to get in entries for a competition that’s looking for innovative and promising public policy options to address challenges facing agriculture and the food system. The Farm Foundation’s competition with its June 1st submission deadline is based on the group’s report released last December… The 30-Year Challenge: Agriculture’s Strategic Role in Feeding and Fueling a Growing World. …
Animal Welfare Topic of Next Farm Foundation Forum
Our friends at Farm Foundation are sponsoring another discussion on an important issue facing farming in America: animal welfare as it relates to production agriculture. In true Farm Foundation form, the Tuesday, May 5th forum will feature speakers bringing several divergent opinions to the table: * Paul Shapiro, Humane Society of the United States, * Tim Amlaw, American Humane Association, …
Vilsack to be Keynote Speaker at Farm Foundation Event
The next Farm Foundation event is less than a week away and will feature U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack as the keynote speaker. The one-day workshop on April 28th, entitled Agricultural Research and Productivity for the Future, will look at the impact of research on the growth in agricultural productivity, the challenges facing the food system over the next …
Farm Foundation Sponsors Animal Welfare Forum
Make plans to attend the next Farm Foundation Forum Tuesday May 5th from 9 to 11 am at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington D.C. when the group takes a look at animal welfare as it relates to production agriculture: Presenters will be: * Paul Shapiro, Humane Society of the United States, * Tim Amlaw, American Humane …
Farm Foundation to Host Ag Research & Productivity Workshop
A workshop examining the relationship between public- and private-sector research and agricultural productivity growth, both in the United States and worldwide, takes place later this month at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Farm Foundation has teamed up with the the National Agriculture Research Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board for the April 28th workshop, entitled Agricultural Research and …
Cellulosic Ethanol To Bridge The Gap
Commercializing Gasification/Fermentation Technology was the topic of comments made by Mark Dietzen, INEOS Bio, at the Farm Foundation Transition To A Bio Economy Conference. He says that they have a practical technology that they’re in the process of implementing to be online by 2011 to produce cellulosic ethanol. He thinks that it will help bridge the gap between what’s possible …