Global Farmer Town Hall Meeting on Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Practices

Date/Time:	Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Location:	Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall
Cost:	Free
Contact:
Phone:	515-294-9934
Channel:	Lecture Series
Categories:	Lectures Live Green
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will provide opening remarks and participate in the discussion. Panelists will include ISU's Gary Munkvold, holder of the Seed Science endowed chair; U.S. AID senior adviser Judy Chambers and farmers from Honduras, India and the United States. Registration is recommended but not required. The public is invited.

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Panelists:

Rajesh Kumar, vegetable farmer, Tamil Nadu, India

Camila Illich, crop and tree farmer, Guarapuava, Brazil

Pam Johnson, corn and soybean farmer, central Iowa, United States

Gary Munkvold, Seed Science Endowed Chair, Chair of the Graduate Program in Seed Technology and Business, Iowa State University

Judy Chambers, Director of the Program for Biosafety Systems in the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Senior Advisor to USAID

Orion Samuelson (moderator), host of National Farm Report, Samuelson Sez, and This Week in Agribusiness


Watch the live webcast at www.BiodiversityWorldTour.com or on Twitter @CropLifeIntl and @CropLifeFdn or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CropNews.

To learn how to submit a question for the panel please visit www.biodiversityworldtour.com/ISU.

Free online registration is encouraged but not required at: http://ISUTownHall.eventbrite.com
Questions about registration questions should be directed to

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For more information or general questions, contact Seed Science Center Director Manjit Misra at .