Farm Bill: What Does it Have to Do with Me?, Missouri Presentation

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Missourians are invited to help find answers to the question “What Does the Farm Bill Have to Do With Me?” at a public forum Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

Federal legislation determining the nation’s farm and food priorities will be the focus of a panel discussion on “America’s Local Food Future”

America‘s Local Food Future

Tuesday, May 3, 6:30 p.m.

Launer Auditorium

Columbia College

901 Rogers Street, Columbia, MO 65216

Save Your Seat. RSVP at https://moenviron.org/foodfarm.asp; or call 314-727-0600

Join national & local experts for a discussion of our food system, what it means to your budget, your health, & how to change it

Speakers:

·      Dave Andrews, Senior Representative for Food & Water Watch, and former Executive Director of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference

·      Brad Redlin, Agricultural Program Director with the Izaak Walton League and Montana farmer

·      Bill Heffernen, PhD., Emeritus, University of Missouri Dept. of Rural Sociology

·      Tim Gibbons, Political Director, Missouri Rural Crisis Center

Co-Sponsors – Izaak Walton League, Social Concerns Office Office-Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri Association for Social Welfare, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Slow Food KatyTrail, Sustain Mizzou, Main Street Opportunity Lab, Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, Missouri Association for Social Welfare