Partnering to Enhance the Food Chain.(Associations)

From: Feed & Grain | Date: February 1, 2008 | Copyright information

Partnering to Enhance the Food Chain

By Diana Klemme and Jeff Atkinson

The Animal Agriculture Alliance will host its seventh industry-wide Stakeholders Summit April 8 - 9, 2008 at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, VA. One of the key messages for the day-and-a-half conference, "Animal Welfare: Building Bridges Across the Food Chain," will advance is the idea that industry-led voluntary approaches are far superior to government-imposed approaches to ...

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