Special Presentation May 26 Open to the Public Food Security & the Environment: Will We Have to Choose Between Meat and a Healthy Planet?
By Dr. Jonathan Foley, University of Minnesota Jon Foley is the Director of the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of Minnesota, where he also holds a McKnight Presidential Chair in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. He and his colleagues have been studying how to double food production, cut greenhouse gases by 80 percent, and stop loss of biodiversity, pollution, and permanent drawdowns of aquifers. "What we really want is healthy food that people can afford that doesn't hurt the environment. Show me a subsidy right now that rewards that. Our economy needs to change a little bit so farmers can make a decent living doing the right things, which is feeding the world and being stewards of the environment." When: Please join us at Thursday, May 26th, 7:00 pm to socialize over coffee and cookies from 7:00 to 7:30 pm. A brief business meeting and the featured speaker begin at 7:30 pm. The meeting will conclude before 9:00 pm. Where: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 3815 American Blvd. E, Bloomington. Seated is limited, but the meeting is free and open to all. Steve Weston Program Chair, MRVAC ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
