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Tuesday, 3/28 Event Schedule
(all times in Eastern Time)
8:20 – Welcome
- Kathleen Merrigan (Former US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Executive Director of Sustainability, George Washington University)
- Ricardo Salvador (Union of Concerned Scientists)
9:00-10:20 – Panel Discussions on Farm Bill Titles
I. Title I and V, Commodity Programs and Credit: moderated by Garrett Graddy-Lovelace (SIS)
- Harwood Schaffer (Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, Knoxville, TN)
- Carl Zulauf (The Ohio State University, FarmDoc Daily)
- Jim Goodman (National Family Farm Coalition, Northwood Farm, Wonewuc, Wisconsin)
II. Title II, Conservation: moderated by Scott Freeman (SIS)
- Michael Kotutwa Johnson (Hopi nation member, Hopi dryland farming expert, Arizona)
- Callie Eideberg (Ecosystems Sustainable Agriculture Program, Environmental Defense Fund)
- Ferd Hoefner (National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Washington, DC)
- Leslie Deavers (Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA)
10:30-11:50 – Panel Discussions on Farm Bill Titles
III. Title III, Trade: moderated by Jonathan Fox (SIS)
- Gerardo Otero (Simon Fraser University)
- Stephanie Mercier (Farm Journal Foundation)
- Karen Hansen-Kuhn (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy)
IV. Title IV, Nutrition: moderated by Noreen Springstead (WhyHunger)
- Molly Anderson (Middlebury College, Vermont)
- Julian Baer (US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry)
- LaDonna Redmond (Seward Community Co-op, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- Audrey Rowe (Former Administrator, USDA Food and Nutrition Service)
12:00 – Missing in Action: Plenary I, Pecha Kucha style
- Introduction: U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
- Labor: Jessica Felix-Romero (Farmworker Justice)
- Antibiotics: Bob Martin (Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future)
- Antitrust and consolidation: Patty Lovera (Food and Water Watch)
12:30-1:30 – LUNCH: Teaching & Learning Agricultural Policy
- Keynote Speaker: Ben Burkett (Farmer, President of National Family Farm Coalition)
- Daniel Imhoff, author of Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to the Next Food and Farm Bill
- Community-Based Research: AU School of International Service Practicum, Lorette Picciano of Rural Coalition, and National Family Farm Coalition
- UC-Berkeley Food Institute Policy Program
1:40 – Panel Discussions on Farm Bill Titles
V. Title VI, Rural Development: moderated by Johanna Mendelson Forman (SIS)
- Tracy McCurty (Black Belt Justice Coalition)
- Rudy Arredondo (National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association)
- Sam Farr (Former U.S. Congressman, Carmel, CA)
VI. Title VII, Research, Extension and Education: moderated by Anne Thrupp (BFI)
- Yao Afantchao (University of the District of Columbia Cooperative Extension)
- Carolyn Dimitri (Food Studies Program, New York University)
- Janie Simms Hipp (Indigenous Food & Law Initiative, University of Arkansas)
- Casey Hoy (Agroecosystems Management Program, The Ohio State University)
3:10 – Missing in Action: Plenary II
- Introduction: U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon)
- Role of Food Policy Councils: Jeremiah Lowery (DC Food Policy Council)
- Government Transparency: Bill Wenzel (Public Interest Research Group)
- Civil Rights and the Farm Bill: Dr. Joe Leonard (Former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, USDA)
- Urban Agriculture: Dean Sabine O’Hara (University of the District of Columbia)
3:45 – Closing Invocation
