>From: DBQCRL <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001
>Subject: US Bishop's Meet on Ag Policy
>> Please pass on this information. If you can come, please RSVP to Tim
>> Kautza.
>>
>> If you or someone you know wishes to speak, please register with
>> Tim Kautza (see below). Let's show the Bishops that agriculture policy is
>> important to the Midwest.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Don & Mary
>>
>> Joint Agricultural Policy Listening and Advocacy Session
>> St. Thomas Aquinas Church and ISU Catholic Student Community
>> 2210 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA
>> August 24, 2001
>>
>> Morning
>> The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee
>> on Agriculture Issues is partnering with National Catholic Rural Life
>> Conference (NCRLC) to review USCCB policy on farmers and on food
>> processors and workers, in cooperation with the Iowa Catholic Conference
>> and the four Dioceses of Iowa.
>>
>> Bishop's Listening Session (abbreviated) agenda includes:
>> - Press Conference/Coffee and Rolls at 8:00 am
>> - Welcome and Prayer: Archbishop Hanus
>> - Keynote: Dr. Neil Harl, Iowa State University
>> - Panel 1: Concentration of Agriculture
>> - Panel 2: Relationship between Food Processors and Workers
>> - Panel 3: Sustainability of Agriculture in the Midwest
>> - Open discussion (limited to 2 minutes per presenter. Speakers must be
>> registered in advance of the meeting by contacting Tim Kautza, NCRLC, at
>> [log in to unmask] or 515-270-2634.
>>
>> - Lunch at 12:30pm
>> No fee. Food provided. RSVP to Tim Kautza or contact Rural Life Office at
>> [log in to unmask] or 563-556-2580.
>>
>> Afternoon
>> The National Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC), the National Family
>> Farm Coalition (NFFC), and the National Campaign for Sustainable
>> Agriculture (NCSA) are hosting the advocacy portion of the meeting in the
>> afternoon, August 24, 12:30pm to 5:00pm, beginning with lunch (provided).
>> Abbreviated genda includes:
>>
>> - Keynote by Br. David Andrews, CSC, NCRLC: Farm Policy Considerations
>> and Their Potential Impacts on the Midwest
>> - Session 1: Fair Farm Prices and Competition
>> - Session 2: Conservation and Green Payments
>> - Session 3: Rural Revitalization
>> - Wrap-Up: New Partnerships an Next Actions
>>
>> RSVP to Tim Kautza or contact Rural Life Office at
>> [log in to unmask] or 563-556-2580. For up-to-date information,
>> visit http://www.NCRLC.com .
>>
>> Catholic Charities USA is also visiting food processors and workers in a
>> listening session arranged separately, but concurrently.
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> For information on Environment, Local Food Systems, and Farm Policy, see
>> the Rural Life section of Archdiocese of Dubuque web page -
>> http://www.arch.pvt.k12.ia.us/rural.htm
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Don & Mary Klauke
>> Archdiocese of Dubuque Rural Life Office
>> 511 Bear Creek Drive
>> Dorchester, IA 52140-7505
>> 319-556-2580
>> 1-800-876-3546
>> [log in to unmask]
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