Global Food Security Event Monday; Register to Attend

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U.S. Sen. John Boozman joins Ed Fryar of Ozark Mountain Poultry and Stephanie Mercier of Farm Journal Foundation as featured speakers at Monday's "Preparing for 21st Century Policy Choices" event.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Registration is underway for the Monday event featuring noted speakers on the changing landscape of United States agricultural policy and its effect on global food security.

"Preparing for 21st Century Policy Choices" is at 5 p.m. Monday in Hembree Auditorium in the Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Building, and registration is underway.

The discussion brings several political and food industry leaders to campus to examine global food security issues. The event is sponsored by the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Science's Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, the Farm Journal Foundation and the University System Division of Agriculture.

In addition to the discussion, Ed Fryar, president of Ozark Mountain Poultry, and Nathan Reed, owner and operator of Nathan B. Reed Farms and Eldon Reed Farms Inc., will be presented distinguished alumni awards.

Featured speakers include Fryar, U.S. Sen. John Boozman and Dr. Stephanie Mercier with the Farm Journal Foundation.

Reed is participating in a question and answer session with Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wesley Ward, Arkansas Farm Bureau executive vice president Rodney Baker and co-owner of Pendergrass Cattle Company John Paul Pendergrass.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register online.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.