[Ccpg] Jan 23 /Panel on Sustainability in Food & Ag Industries: TOMORROW at Cal Poly (3:30 pm)

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

All,

Just a reminder about tomorrow’s event in Chumash Auditorium (University 
Union) at 3:30 pm. We hope you can join us!

http://cfs.calpoly.edu/events/salsW13.html

PRESS RELEASE:

Cal Poly Panel Presentation to Explore “Paths to Sustainability in Food 
and Agriculture”/
Public Event Will Highlight Industry Advances in Sustainability/

SAN LUIS OBISPO – The Cal Poly College of Agriculture, Food & 
Environmental Sciences’ Center for Sustainability will host a panel 
presentation titled “Paths to Sustainability in Food and Agriculture” 
from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Chumash Auditorium on campus. 
Part of the center’s quarterly Sustainable Ag Lecture Series, the event 
is free and open to the public.

Panelists from four of California’s leading food producers and 
processors will share their expertise and experiences implementing 
sustainability programs and practices in their operations. The event 
will conclude with a question-and-answer session.

Guest speakers include: Cliff Ohmart, vice president of SureHarvest; 
Jocelyn Gretz, sustainable agriculture program manager for Rio Farms; 
Naomi Sakoda, sustainability specialist at Driscoll's; and Duncan 
Dowdle, director quality assurance and technical services at Wawona 
Frozen Foods; and Gour Choudhury, head of the Cal Poly Food Science and 
Nutrition Department.

The event will precede the college’s 24^th annual Ag Showcase hosted by 
the Agribusiness Management and National Agri-Marketing Association 
(ABM/NAMA) Club. Ag Showcase is a student-run job fair that allows 
students to network with company representatives and learn about 
internship and job opportunities in dozens of food and agricultural 
companies. The Ag Showcase will take place in the Agricultural 
Operations Building (Bldg. 9) from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 
24. For details on Ag Showcase, go to: 
http://agb.calpoly.edu/content/current/agshowcase.

For more information on the panel presentation, visit 
http://cfs.calpoly.edu/events/sals.html, call 805-756-5086 or email 
/cfs at calpoly.edu/ <mailto:cfs at calpoly.edu>.

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Best regards, Hunter

Hunter Francis

Director

CAFES Center for Sustainability

College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences

Cal Poly State University

San Luis Obispo, California 93407

(805) 756-5086

www.cfs.calpoly.edu

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