Just a reminder that our Central Iowa Group meeting is at the same time tonight and the director of the Leopold Center is the speaker. Meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Methodist, 37th and Cottage Grove in Des Moines. ----- Original Message ----- From: Erin Jordahl To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 4:48 PM Subject: biotech discussion at ISU Nov. 20 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 www.biotech-info.net. 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 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]