From: wheeler@SUPER.ORG (Ferrell S. Wheeler)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.animals
Subject: Iowa Conference
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:22:49 GMT



Iowa Alliance for Animals
P.O. Box 1263 - Welch Avenue Station
Ames, IA  50010
 
          THE IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS INVITES YOU TO ATTEND
 
           The First Midwest Regional Farm Animal Conference
       October 9, in Ames and October 10, in West Des Moines, Iowa
 
FARM ANIMALS
 
What is Their Future in American Agriculture?
 
 Conference sponsorship is provided by the following groups:
 - Animal Advocates of South Dakota
 - Animal Rights Coalition (Minnesota)
 - Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
 - Center for Health & Validity in Science (Missouri)
 - Greater Nebraska Animal Welfare Society
 - Iowa Alliance for Animals
 - People for Animal Rights (Missouri)
 - St. Louis Animal Rights Team
 - Save Animals from Exploitation (Minnesota)
 - Wisconsin Animal Education Network
 
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE AGENDA:
 
  Friday Evening, October 9 - Ames
  7:30 - 9:30 "Meat on the Menu: At What Cost?" - T. Colin Campbell
               and Jeremy Rifkin
 
  Saturday, October 10 - West Des Moines
  7:15 - 8:00 Conference Registration
  7:15 - 8:00 Continental Breakfast
  8:00 - 8:45 "Tracing the Roots of Animal Agriculture" - Jim Mason
  8:45 - 9:45 "Beyond Beef" - Jeremy Rifkin
  9:45 -10:15 Break
 10:15 -11:00 "A Veterinarian's Perspective of the Health and
               Welfare of Farm Animals" - Ned Buyukmihci
 11:00 -11:45 "Correlating Eating Habits and Health:  Lessons from
               the China Study" - T. Colin Campbell
 11:45 - 1:00 Lunch
  1:00 - 1:45 "Social and Ethical Implications of Animal
               Agriculture" - Victoria Moran
  1:45 - 2:30 "Moving Toward Sustainable Agriculture" - Terry Gips
  2:30 - 3:00 Break
  3:00 - 4:00 Workshops:
              - Vegan Cooking Demonstration/Taste Test - Hendriks
              - Sustainable Agriculture - Gips
              - Ask the Veterinarian - Buyukmihci
  4:00 - 5:00 Workshops:
              - The Love-Powered Diet - Moran
              - Becoming a Farm Animal Activist - Sandstedt & Mason
              - To be announced
  5:00 - 5:30 Closing Comments, Door Prize Drawings
  5:30 - 6:30 Social Hour/Cash Bar
  6:30 - 7:45 Dinner
 
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
 
Each year, over 6 billion animals are raised and slaughtered for human
consumption in the United States.  The majority of these animals are now
raised in large-scale, intensive confinement systems, as the traditional
family farm has given way to agribusiness corporations.
 
 - What have changes in agribusiness meant for the animals?
 - How has animal agriculture impacted the environment?
 - What effect has a meat-based diet had upon human health?
 - What does the future hold for farm animals and American
   agriculture?
 
This conference will address these issues and seek to find answers which
will benefit humans, animals, and the environment.
 
CONFIRMED CONFERENCE SPEAKERS:
 
 - Dr. Ned Buyukmihci (Associate Professor Veterinary Medicine at
   the University of California-Davis and President of the
   Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights)
 
 - Dr. T. Colin Campbell (Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at
   Cornell University and Director of the China Diet Study)
 
 - Terry Gips (Co-director of the International Alliance for
   Sustainable Agriculture)
 
 - Deborah Hendriks (President of the Wisconsin Animal Educational
   Network)
 
 - Jim Mason (attorney and co-author with Peter Singer of "Animal
   Factories")
 
 - Victoria Moran (author of "The Love Powered Diet")
 
 - Jeremy Rifkin (economist/environmentalist and author of "Beyond
   Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture")
 
 - Becky Sandstedt (farm animal activist)
 
REGISTRATION:
 
Advanced registration (by September 18) is encouraged. The conference
registration fee* is $45 ($40 for paid members of any sponsoring group/$35
students) which includes admittance to all sessions and workshops, three
pure vegetarian meals (continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner on
Saturday), free literature, cruelty-free vendors, door-prize drawings, and a
cash-bar social hour.
 
* After September 18, an additional $10 late-registration fee will be
assessed.
 
If you have questions about the conference or accommodations, please call
515/233-5347.

 



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