03-25-04

ENVIRONMENT, FEMINISM AND FOOD SLATED FOR DISCUSSION AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE APRIL 9-10

AMES, Iowa -- A two-day conference, "Environment: Personal as Political -- Women, Food and Environmental Ethics," willbe held Friday and Saturday, April 9-10, in the Memorial Union at Iowa State University. All Friday events will be heldin the Great Hall; all Saturday events are scheduled for the Pioneer Room.

Victoria Davion, professor of philosophy at the University of Georgia, will present the conference's plenary address at10:30 a.m. on Saturday on "Women and the Environment: Ecological Feminist Perspectives." Davion is editor of thejournal,Ethics and the Environment.Her areas of specialization include environmental ethics and feministphilosophy.

Additional sessions will feature discussions on a number of issues by Iowa State faculty members and other areaexperts. Some of the sessions include "Women's Work is Never Done: International Perspectives on Local Food Productionand Consumption," "Heritage Foods and Seeds in a Changing World," "Talking the Talk: Ecofeminism and BioregionalPerspectives," "Who Eats Local Food?" roundtable, "Ask Us How We Grow Your Food," "Food in the City" and "MidwesternCuisine: Home-Grown Recipes for Prairie."

All events are free and open to the public. Because seating is limited, registration is required and due Friday, April2. Registration forms are available at the following link:http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wsprogram/Enviromentconference/EnviromEthics.doc.

Additional information can be obtained from Karen Kessel, Department of Anthropology, atkkessel@iastate.eduor Whitney Sanford atwsanford@iastate.edu.

The event is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences International Programs, the College of Agriculture,the Bioethics Program and the Women's Studies program.

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