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:92ef082d-10e2-4783-bd46-ab7f033d8b56.175919@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170125T225713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T225713Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Ballroom East SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - Agriculture\, food policy and domestic tranquility DESCRIPTION:Federal agriculture policy helps foster high levels of product ivity\, which in turn helps keep American food prices relatively low. Rou ghly two-thirds of the nearly $150 billion annual agriculture appropriati ons are for mandatory funding for food and nutrition programs such as “WI C” and “SNAP” (formerly known as food stamps). Low food prices and helpin g individuals and families in need are about more than food.  However\, t hey are important agents of domestic peace and security. Given this\, wha t are the best policies regarding food production\, safety\, nutrition\, access and consumption?  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>Federal agriculture policy helps foster high levels of productivity\, which in turn helps keep American food prices relatively low. Roughly tw o-thirds of the nearly $150 billion annual agriculture appropriations are for mandatory funding for food and nutrition programs such as &ldquo\;WI C&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;SNAP&rdquo\; (formerly known as food stamps). Low f ood prices and helping individuals and families in need are about more th an food.&nbsp\; However\, they are important agents of domestic peace and security. Given this\, what are the best policies regarding food product ion\, safety\, nutrition\, access and consumption?&nbsp\;</span></p></bod y></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170406T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170406T141500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule/504/agricul ture-food-policy-and-domestic-tranquility CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR