The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) and DuPont invite you to honor the 2014 Borlaug CAST Communication Award winner on the occasion of the 2014 Borlaug Dialogue hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation.

Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam, an Animal Genomics and Biotechnology Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis, will speak on, The Livestock Revolution. The award presentation will be followed by Food Dialogues® hosted by U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance. The Food Dialogues panelists will be discussing GMOs and the Consumer Mindset: Do Perception and Marketing Outweigh Science.

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: Do Perception and Marketing Outweigh Science?
Panelists:
~ Jay Byrne, President, v-Fluence Interactive
~ Julie Kenney, Farmer, CommonGround Iowa
~ David Sutherland, Professional Artist & Amateur Animal Rights/Vegan Activist
~ Alison Van Eenennaam, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Animal Genomics and Biotechnology, University of California--Davis 

This event is free and open to the public. An RSVP is requested by clicking here, or by emailing Melissa Sly at msly@cast-science.org.