The 2010 USDA Agriculture Outlook Forum kicks off this Thursday and Friday, Feb. 18 and 19. The event, hosted in Arlington, Va., will feature traditional supply and demand sessions, along with featured topics such as global trade, health and food safety issues, organics, renewable energy, conservation, food prices and more.
The theme of the forum is “Sustainable Agriculture: The Key to Health & Prosperity,” and speakers include Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Whole Foods CPO Walter Robb, recently retired Sysco CEO Richard Schnieders and Joseph Glauber, chief economist with the USDA.
If you won’t be able to make the forum, plenary speeches will be webcast after 3:30 p.m. EST on Feb. 18, and speech and PowerPoint presentations will be posted online after 6 p.m. on Feb. 19.
Tags: 2010 USDA Agriculture Outlook Forum, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Sysco CEO Richard Schnieders, USDA economist Joseph Glauber, Whole Foods CPO Walter Robb
