according to Obama Food-O-Rama blog posted information about the U.S. Senate and Stabenow (D):
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich), will hold hearing for the 2012 Farm Bill next week in Washington. It will focus on the role of American agriculture in meeting world food demands. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is scheduled to testify.
The hearing, titled “Food for Thought: The Role, Risks and Challenges for American Agriculture and the Next Farm Bill in Meeting the Demands of a Growing World,” will be held Thursday, May 26 at 10 AM in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.
On May 31, Stabenow will hold a locals-only 2012 Farm Bill field hearing in Michigan, which will cover Michigan issues and feature a witness list of homestaters.
Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will also testify on May 26th; he is now co-chair of the Chicago Council’s Global Agricultural Development Initiative and senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington.
Other panelists are Barry Mumby, Senior Member, Wakeshma Farms LLC, Colon, MI; Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, Senior Vice President for Science and Knowledge, Conservation International, Alexandria, VA; Douglas DeVries, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Services, Agriculture and Turf Division, Deere and Company, Moline, IL; and Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Applied Economics, Cornell University.
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