This Week In Ag 0035 - What Is The Consumer's Stake in Today's Food Production?

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Conversation with Scott Stuart, NIAA Board Chairman, about the 2011 National Institute for Animal Agriculture conference

What is the focus for the 2011 National Institute for Animal Agriculture Annual Conference, titled Consumer's Stake in Today's Food Production?
What do you want attendees to take away from the conference? Are there any actions you hope they follow-up on once back to their operations?
On the first conference day there is a (panel?) session with Dr. Douglas Southgate (Ohio State University), Dr. Frank Mitloehner (UC-Davis), and Charlie Arnot (Center for Food Integrity), moderated by Dr. Nevil Speer (Western Kentucky University) and the information for this says "this is when the case will be made that consumers indeed have a stake in how food is produced. " What does that mean?
A follow on session is labeled "building consensus and developing solutions". It sounds like this is not just a conference presentation but a set of events and activities that, by the end of the conference, will have built some work products. What is the aim of those work products and how might they be used? Session includes Mr. Clint Hickman (Hickman's Family Farms), Mr. Mark Anstoetter (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Mr. David Schmidt (International Food Information Council), Dr. Peter Groot Koerkamp (Wageningen University), Moderator: Ms. Carrie Lee (FiOS1 News).
With the word "consumer" in the conference's title, how are consumers being represented at the conference?
What's next after the conference?

Reference links:

NIAA Consumer's Stake in Today's Food Production, April 11- 14, 2011, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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