Natural Resources
November 4, 2014

Media Advisory: Parliamentary Secretary to Speak at Agriculture Research Symposium

Clayton Forsey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Derrick Dalley, Minister of Natural Resources and Minister Responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, will address the agriculture research symposium, Our Food, Our Future: Research that Feeds Newfoundland and Labrador, tomorrow (Wednesday, November 5). The event will take place 7:00 p.m., at the Pepsi Centre Studio, Corner Brook.

The second biennial symposium invites researchers from disciplines related to agriculture and agrifoods to discuss their areas of interest, including diversification of agrifood production, value added production and processing, animal health and nutrition, climate change, and farm economics.

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Media contact:

Diana Quinton
Director of Communications
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5282, 631-8155
dianaquinton@gov.nl.ca

2014 11 04                                    2:40 p.m.