LEOPOLD CENTER HOSTS NOV. 20 BIOTECH DISCUSSION

AMES, Iowa-The former director of the National Academy of Sciences Board on
Agriculture and a leading agricultural policy consultant will be in Ames Nov.
20 to discuss current issues in biotechnology.

The discussion, "Let's Talk About Biotech: Who controls and who benefits?"
will be 6-8 p.m., Wed., Nov. 20 in the Ensminger International Room, 1204
Kildee Hall, on the Iowa State University campus.

The discussion will feature comments by Charles Benbrook, owner of Benbrook
Consultant Services of Sandpoint, Idaho, and developer of Ag BioTech InfoNet,
one of the Internet's most extensive independent sources of technical, policy
and economic information on biotechnology. Benbrook, an agricultural
economist, worked in Washington, D.C., on agricultural policy, science and
regulatory issues from 1979 through 1997. His technical reports, comments to
regulatory agencies, speeches and analyses, which may be used during the ISU
discussion, are on his web site at <A HREF="http://www.biotech-info.net/">www.biotech-info.net</A>.

The discussion is open to the public and is sponsored by the Leopold Center
for Sustainable Agriculture. For more information, contact Jeri Neal, (515)
294-5610, or [log in to unmask]



Erin E. Jordahl
Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-277-8868
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