The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology and DuPont invite you to attend
The 2014
Borlaug CAST Communication Award Presentation
followed by
Food Dialogues® hosted by U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance®
When
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
7:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
Breakfast begins at 7:00
Program begins at 7:30
Can't make it in person? Video will be available post-event @ www.cast-science.org.
Where
Des Moines Marriott Downtown700 Grand Avenue
Hall of Cities, 3rd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50309
Contact
Melissa Sly
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
515-292-2125 ext. 232
msly@cast-science.org
Please join us for the Borlaug CAST Communication Award breakfast and presentation cohosted by CAST and DuPont, featuring keynote speaker Alison Van Eenennaam speaking on The Livestock Revolution followed by Food Dialogues hosted by U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance.
Agenda: 
7:00 - 7:30 a.m.
Complimentary Breakfast sponsored by DuPont Pioneer
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Borlaug CAST Communication Award Program
~ Winner's Remarks: Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam - The Livestock Revolution
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Food Dialogues hosted by U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance
GMOs and the Consumer Mindset: Does Perception and Marketing
Outweigh Science?
Moderator:
~ Mike Pearson, Iowa Market to Market
Panelists:
~ Jay Byrne, President, v-Fluence Interactive
~ Julie Kenney, Farmer, CommonGround Iowa
~ David Sutherland, Activist, blogger and founder of VeganGMO
~ Alison Van Eenennaam, Cooperative Extension Specialist,
Animal Genomics and Biotechnology, University of California--Davis