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UGA hosts its annual symposium about the future of agriculture

By Faith Peppers
pepper@uga.edu

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman will address the third annual “Symposium on the Future of American Agriculture:

Ann Veneman

Southern Region” at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Veneman is scheduled to speak at 12:30 p.m. Aug. 16; Sen. Zell Miller will introduce Veneman.
“The symposium on the future of agriculture began three years ago with the backing of the late U.S. Sen. Paul Coverdell,” says Gale Buchanan, dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “We are grateful that Sen. Zell Miller will carry on the tradition, by participating in this year’s event and conducting a Congressional field hearing.”
The symposium is geared toward producers, policy makers, national producer organizations, commodity organizations and academic, environmental and consumer organizations.
“The symposium is designed to bring together experts from the nation’s best agricultural institutions and industry to define the current status of agriculture, identify the issues we are facing and to search for solutions,” Buchanan says.
During the symposium, speakers from around the country, including farmers, producers, academics and policy makers, will craft a portrait of the future of American agriculture. The session concludes with a Congressional field hearing moderated by Miller (D-Ga.).
“We hope that, through this symposium, those in attendance will get a clearer picture of the future of American agriculture and will help define the issues for Congress as they continue to formulate the next farm bill and other legislation pertaining to agriculture,” Buchanan says.
Those interested in attending the symposium can register by phone (542-2134) or online (www.gactr.uga.edu/conferences/2001/Aug/16/caes_symposium.phtml).

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