BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2a3483b5-9d11-4056-acd5-84cbd7c4b119.228231@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20230628T211155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230628T211155Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference 2023 - Navigating the Space from Farm to Table: Reconsidering America’s Food Culture DESCRIPTION:A century ago\, farm workers comprised 41% of the American wor kforce. Today\, that percentage is 1.3. As the nation has urbanized\, the structure of farms\, farm households\, and rural communities have also t ransformed\, and the space between food producers and consumers has widen ed into a chasm. How can the tools of cultural competence\, among other e fforts\, bridge the divide between farming and food? To create a more sus tainable food culture for the future\, what strategies could help remove stigma\, correct misconceptions\, improve humane practices\, and lessen t he environmental impacts of the way we consume? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>A century ago\, farm workers comprised 41% of the American workforce. Today\, that percentage is 1.3. As the nation has urbanized\, the struct ure of farms\, farm households\, and rural communities have also transfor med\, and the space between food producers and consumers has widened into a chasm. How can the tools of cultural competence\, among other efforts\ , bridge the divide between farming and food? To create a more sustainabl e food culture for the future\, what strategies could help remove stigma\ , correct misconceptions\, improve humane practices\, and lessen the envi ronmental impacts of the way we consume?</span></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T115000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/2023/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR