SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

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Status: Approved

Basic Information

Project No. and Title: NECC_OLD63 : Research Committee on Commodity Promotion
Period Covered: 03/01/2005 to 10/01/2005
Date of Report: 02/14/2006
Annual Meeting Dates: 10/13/2005 to 10/14/2005

Kris Anderson - Oregon Department of Agriculture; Walt Armbruster - Farm Foundation; Dennis Balint - California Walnut Commission; Linda Berg - Office of Attorney General, California; Jim Binkley - Purdue University; Chanjin Chung - Oklahoma State University; Madlyn Daley - Dairy Management, Inc.; Kellie Dubois - California Avocado Commission; Kevin Fore - National Watermelon Promotion Board; Perry Hedin - Cherry Industry Administrative Board; Neal Hooker - The Ohio State University; Pauline Ippolito - Federal Trade Commission; Rene Hadjigeorgalis - New Mexico State University; David Just - Cornell University; Cathy Kapica - The McDonald's Corporation; Kevin Kesecker - USDA/AMS; Henry Kinnucan - Auburn University; Alan Levy - Food and Drug Administration; Lan Li - University of California, Davis; Archie MacDonald - Dairy Farmers of Canada; Lisa Mancino - USDA/ERS; Jim Meimann - National Pork Board; John Mengel - USDA/AMS/Dairy; Melanie Miller - The Sugar Association; Lynn Morgan - California Department of Food & Agriculture; Tom Nagle - International Dairy Foods Association; John Nichols - Texas A&M University; Christian Nissen - USDA/AMS/SE Marketing Field Office; Robert Norberg - Florida Department of Citrus; Paul Patterson - Arizona State University; Tim Richards - Arizona State University; Rick McCarty - National Cattlemen's Beef Association; John Rutherford - International Dairy Foods Association; Trent Smith - Washington State University; Ron Ward - University of Florida; Glenn Yost, California Department of Food & Agriculture

Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

See attached minutes.

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[Minutes]

Accomplishments

"Obesity, Nutrition and Commodity Promotion" was the title of the semi-annual conference held in Savannah, Georgia on October 13-14, 2005. Presenters at the conference included representatives from: Dairy Marketing, Inc.; California Strawberry Commission; Florida Department of Citrus; Cattlemens Beef Promotion and Research Board; The McDonalds Corporation; and California Walnut Commission in addition to scientists from participating universities and the USDA-ERS. Presented papers will be available at NEC 63 website. Topics included, among others, health and nutrition research conducted by commodity group, promotion of health messages, consumers understanding of health claims and factors that influence food choices.

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