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PLOWING THE FIELDS OF CHANGE

Agenda Overview

Food Safety Gone Astray: The Misguided War on Wildlife
A Teach-In for the Media, Decision Makers, and Stakeholders

Plowing the fields of change: Since the 2006 E.coli outbreak in spinach, agri-business practices conducted in the name of "food safety" have caused serious environmental harm and may actually be counterproductive to keeping our food safe. Even before the spinach incident, related systemic problems were brewing. This event brings together national and regional experts who will demonstrate how over-reactions and superficial fixes are threatening the sustainability of our food systems as well as human health and wildlife - while also identifying paths to a future of safe food. You will be presented with fresh perspectives and the latest research on critical US food safety challenges.

Thursday November 20, 2008
One Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

9:00am	Food Safety and the Fate of the Commons Dan Imhoff, Director, Watershed Media
9:30am - 10:45am War on Wildlife and Family Farms
9:30am	Why Marketing Food Safety Doesn’t Work: The Leafy Green History of Habitat Destruction Jo Ann Baumgartner, Director Wild Farm Alliance
9:40am	Native Habitat and Wildlife Pose Little Risk: Working From the Science We Know Diana Stuart, Doctoral Candidate, UCSC
10:00am	Defending Family Farmers: Industrial Food Safety Fallout Dave Runsten, Director, Community Alliance with Family Farmers
10:20am	Why Not All Produce Shippers Have Bought into Voluntary Leafy Green Regulations Bu Nygrens, Purchasing Manager and Co-owner, Veritable Vegetable
11:00am - 12:00pm Getting to the Root of the Problem
11:00am	CAFOs: Incubators for Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Our Food? Robert S. Lawrence, MD; Director, Center for a Livable Future; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1:00pm - 2:15pm Public Trust in Jeopardy
1:00pm	Perspectives From a Panel of Conservationists • Jill Wilson, Environmental Scientist, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board • Jovita Pajarillo, Associate Director Water Division, Region 9 US EPA • Terry Palmisano, Senior Wildlife Biologist, California Department of Fish and Game • Bill Stevens, Natural Resource Management Specialist, National Marine Fisheries Service • Danny Marquis, Resource Conservationist, Natural Resource Conservation Service
Overzealous Fixes Leading to Unintended Consequences 2:30pm - 3:45pm
2:30pm	Brucellosis, Bison, and Food Safety: Animal Health Rules Run Astray and How They're Changing Becky Weed, Farmer, 13 Mile Lamb and Wool Company
3:00pm	Irradiation, Genetic Engineering and Cloning Livestock: Harmful Food Technologies and Sustainable Alternatives Andy Kimbrell, Director, Center for Food Safety
3:30pm	Summary and Next Steps Dave Henson, Director, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center

Major Sponsor:

Gaia Fund

Co-Sponsors:

Center for a Livable Future, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Center for Food Safety

Common Ground Garden Supply and Education Center

Ecological Farming Association

Full Belly Farm

Organic Farming Research Foundation

Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation

Sustainable Agriculture Education

Agenda Overview Food Safety Gone Astray: The Misguided War on Wildlife A Teach-In for the Media, Decision Makers, and Stakeholders

Thursday November 20, 2008 One Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

Agenda Overview

Food Safety Gone Astray: The Misguided War on Wildlife
A Teach-In for the Media, Decision Makers, and Stakeholders

Thursday November 20, 2008
One Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA