City Club Missoula: The Rising Cost of Food
11:30 AM The Doubletree Hotel
Description:
This summer, Americans have experienced sticker shock at the grocery store. Cereal, peanut butter, olive oil and other basics are going up in price much faster than the average Joe and Jane’s paychecks. What’s behind the rising cost of food? What factors affect locally grown food, and what affects the price of food transported across the country? Where will our food come from in the future? What are the roles of fuel costs and pressures for other uses for food crops, such as ethanol? What can people do to control the costs to their own households?
City Club Missoula’s September forum will look at these issues with a panel of experts. Panelists will be Josh Slotnick, co-owner of Clark Fork Organics in Missoula and an instructor in the University of Montana’s Program in Ecological Agriculture and Society (PEAS); Joel Clairmont, deputy director of the Montana Department of Agriculture and owner and operator of a family farm that raises hay, grain and beef cattle; Crissie McMullen of Grow Montana, a coalition of agencies and organizations promoting a more central role for community-based agriculture in Montana; and Vern House, an agricultural economist who has taught at the University of Wyoming, Clemson University and Texas A & M University and served as extension economist at Montana State University for 17 years.
Bring your ideas and questions about the rising cost of food and what that means to our community.
City Club Missoula forums are open to everyone. You do not need to be a member to attend; however, reservations are required.
Reservations for the September City Club Forum can be made by email to ccm@cityclubmissoula.org or by calling 406-546-6643 before Thursday, September 11. Please indicate if you want lunch: $11 for members and students, $16 for nonmembers, or the no-lunch option of forum only for $5. Cancellations must be made by the reservation deadline. For more information about City Club Missoula, visit www.cityclubmissoula.org
Age Group: All Ages Venue: The Doubletree Hotel Address: 100 Madison St., Missoula Phone: N/A
