The Hudson Institute Hosts Conference on Food for the 21st Century: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the World Bank recently warned, we are facing critical food shortages by mid-century. Dennis Avery, Director of the Center for Global Food Issues, argues that by 2050, the world will need to double its food and feed production to meet the demands of an expected population boom. This innovative forum will examine the costly impact of diverting crops to ethanol production and the agricultural impact of climate change.

WHAT -

Conference on Food for the 21st Century: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom

WHO -

Dennis Avery, Dir., Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute

"Don't Inflate Food Prices Through Biofuels"

Indur Goklany, Asst. Dir. of Science and Technology, Dept. of the Interior

"Diverting Millions of Acres From Farms and Forests for Cellulosic Ethanol"

Pat Michaels, Senior Fellow Environmental Studies, Cato Institute

"Why Renewables? Where's the Warming?"

Alex Avery, Dir. of Research, Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute

"Why Friends of the Earth Should Applaud Big Pharma"

Judith Capper, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell University

"Bovine Growth Hormone: More Milk, Smaller Eco-Footprint"

Danielle Nierenberg, Animal Agriculture and Climate Change Specialist, Human Society

"Intensive Animal Agriculture: Hurting Climate Change Efforts?"

WHEN -

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

10:30 AM - 1:30 PM

WHERE -

Hudson Institute, Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center

1015 15th Street, NW, Sixth Floor

Washington, DC 20005

RSVP -

Phil Ross, events@hudson.org

MORE INFORMATION - http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=hudson_upcoming_events&id=601

Hudson Institute is a non-partisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity, and freedom.

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