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July 28, 2009
Conference: Food Safety Security and Sources -- University of Wyoming, Sept. 24-25, 2009
Save the date for the next Consumer Issues Conference: Food Safety, Security and Sources on September 24th and 25th. As usual there will be several keynote presentations by nationally known speakers, breakout sessions by experts on issue topics, poster presentations (deadline June 22, 2009), exhibits, and tours.
Planned sessions include
- Local Foods: Safety, Freedom, and Other Values in Conflict (invited panelists represent epidemiology, food production, food science, policy making, regulation, and retail)
- Community Supported Agriculture Efforts
- Labeling & Safety
- Food or Fuel? An Analysis of Systems in Conflict
- Sustainable Practices in Modern Life
- Food Fight: Balancing Nutrition and Health Choices
- A screening of the movie Food, Inc., and discussion followwing
This year we are excited to offer a new format. On both days of the conference we will offer plenary and concurrent sessions in the morning, and tours of food-related destinations in the afternoon. The movie Food, Inc., with discussion, will be Thursday evening.
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