Media Advisory - Canadian Food Summit 2012

www.conferenceboard.ca

TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Few issues matter more to people than the quality and availability of food. Driven by increasing population and growing wealth in emerging economies, food demand and prices are rising both in Canada and around the world.

The Canadian Food Summit 2012 will bring together national and international experts, along with private and public sector leaders to discuss food safety, sustainability and security. The summit is hosted by The Conference Board of Canada's Centre for Food in Canada (CFIC). Launched in 2010, CFIC is a multi-year program of research and dialogue.

When:	February 7 - 8, 2012
Who:	Mark Bittman, New York Times Columnist and Author of Food Matters, How to Cook Everything, and Cooking Solves Everything David A. Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada Sarah Church, Head of Food Policy, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom Sarah A. Elton, Journalist and Author, Locavore: From Farmers' Fields to Rooftop Gardens, How Canadians are Changing the Way We Eat Anne Golden, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board of Canada Wayne D. Jones, Head, Agro-Food Trade and Markets Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France Michael H. McCain, President and Chief Executive Officer, Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Dino Dello Sbarba, President and Chief Operating Officer, Dairy Products, Canada and International, Saputo Dairy Products Canada G.P. Galen G. Weston, Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited
Where:	Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 225 Front St W, Toronto

For more information: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/12-0018/default.aspx

The conference is sponsored by Loblaw Companies Limited, Saputo Dairy Products Canada G.P., IBM Canada Ltd., Maple Leaf Foods, Weston Foods, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc., Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, MNP LLP, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, , Dairy Farmers of Canada, Canadian Egg Marketing Agency c.o.b. Egg Farmers of Canada, George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology, The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Food Exporters Association, City of Toronto, Food Processing HR Council, George Morris Centre, Foodtech Canada, and Toronto Food Policy Council.

Media must register in advance.
For more information or media accreditation, contact:
Yvonne Squires, Media Relations
Tel.: [phone], ext. 221. E-mail: [email protected].