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	Old Program - International Food Safety Administration Programme for Senior Officials (IFSA)   Sunday, June 13, 2010 - Friday, June 18, 2010 A 2-week international food safety administration training programme has been developed for senior government, industry and academic officials in part... More Published : 31/08/2010	For more information Click Here
	Event - Dr. Gregg BeVier to address role of agriculture and veterinarians in combating world hunger   MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (August 23, 2010) – Over two billion people on the planet earn less than $2 a day, and 80 percent of the global population earns less than $10 a day. This type of abject poverty l... More Published : 25/08/2010	For more information Click Here
	Old Program - Bellagio Food Systems Leadership Working Group   Tuesday, September 09, 2008 - Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Bellagio, Italy With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership hosted a three day ... More Published : 09/08/2010	For more information Click Here
	Old Program - Engaging Intergovernmental Organizations '10  Saturday, February 20, 2010 - Saturday, February 27, 2010 Geneva, Paris, and Rome Geneva, Paris, and Rome Engaging Intergovernmental Organizations (EIO) is a week-long intensive professional develo... More Published : 26/07/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - EIO Participants Make Valuable Connections  FAO, OIE, WTO, WHO… for those without firsthand knowledge of the actors and the distinctions among them, intergovernmental food safety can sometimes seem like a blur of interconnected agencies with co... More Published : 15/06/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - One Health: From Theory to Practice  The concept of One Health—bringing the resources and knowledge of human health and animal health together across sectors and disciplinary boundaries—has created fruitful new approaches to shaping syne... More Published : 15/06/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - Global Connection  William Bazeyo, dean of the School of Public Health at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, spoke on efforts to integrate One Health concepts into public health in sub-Saharan Africa at the One Hea... More Published : 15/06/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - Dr. Huailin Li Met Dr. William Hueston of University of Minnesota and fellow visitors in Shaanxi  On April 23, 2010, the Veterinary Food Safety Association, which is a part of Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, held its 11th Academic Communication Meeting at Northwest A... More Published : 02/06/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - Creating robust global food systems requires understanding of “Value Chains”  Forecasts suggest food shortages are increasing in many parts of the world. Aligning food systems with demand (need) to address these shortages requires new ways of thinking and strategic public-pri... More Published : 10/03/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - Ag’s Brighter Outlook  Shared leadership toward solutions is the key to addressing complex issues in the realm of animal and plant health, GIFSL Executive Director Will Hueston told participants at the U.S. Department of Ag... More Published : 10/03/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - Finding Common Ground  Everyone cares about food security. But not everyone shares the same vision of how to pursue it. How can diverse organizations work together to achieve common goals? That was the topic of discussion... More Published : 10/03/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - Director General of the United Nation’s Food Administration Organization (FAO) comes to Minnesota  Dr. Jacques Diouf, director general of FAO visited the University of Minnesota on February 25-26, 2010. The purpose of his visit was to investigate possible collaborations with the University of Minne... More Published : 10/03/2010	For more information Click Here
	Story - Executive leadership course off to great start  Thirty-four participants and eleven mentors hailing from more than 20 countries met in Quito, Ecuador, in August for five days of team-building and skills development in food safety leadership. The ... More Published : 19/11/2009	For more information Click Here
	Story - 2009 Bush Fellow to focus on food systems leadership  Building two-way connections between communities and the institutions that serve them—with emphasis on food safety leadership—is the focus of study for GIFSL program analyst Farhiya Farah, M.P.H. Fara... More Published : 19/11/2009	For more information Click Here
	Story - The Farm to Table Study Program – Uruguay 2009  The week long program compared the beef and cattle-related food systems in Uruguay to the U.S. and other countries as well as illustrating how the food systems impact animal health and welfare, food s... More Published : 19/11/2009	For more information Click Here
	Story - Meeting on strategizing for scalable approaches  September 2009 - The Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership convened a small working group from public, private and non-profit sectors to develop a macro-level scalability strategy for leadersh... More Published : 19/11/2009	For more information Click Here
	Story - Local policy course tackles the complexity of TB  What seems at first like a straightforward animal disease outbreak can turn into an incredibly complex situation when politics come into play. Dealing with one such animal health issue with multiple p... More Published : 19/11/2009	For more information Click Here
	Event - Farm to Table Uruguay Study Program  Participants will explore the food system from farm-to-table in South America. Facilitated discussions with key government and private sector leaders and site visits along the food supply chain are de... More Published : 29/10/2009	For more information Click Here
	Event - World Food Day 2009  Assuring Food for All: Food is in the headlines again, with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations hosting a ... More Published : 15/10/2009	For more information Click Here
	Story - October Farm-to-Table Study Tour to Showcase Food Systems in Uruguay  This fall, participants in the GIFSL-cosponsored Farm-to-Table Study Program in South America will have the opportunity to explore the many components and connections of a food system; meet individual... More Published : 31/08/2009	For more information Click Here
	Story - ELFS Program to Kick off in August  International Course Aims to Advance Food Safety Leadership in the Americas Three dozen industry, government, and academic professionals from across the Americas will gain leadership skills and kn... More Published : 28/08/2009	For more information Click Here
	Story - Regional Food System Leadership Meeting: Asia  Ranikhet, India was the site of the first in a series of regional meetings to continue creation of global food systems leadership models. This three-day meeting was hosted by Kalyan Paul of the Pan Hi... More Published : 17/08/2009	For more information Click Here