UAF presents lecture on global agricultural trade

July 15, 2013

Nancy Tarnai
907-474-5042
7/15/13

Steven Beasley, senior international marketing specialist in the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Office of Trade Programs, will give a free public lecture on global agricultural trade Monday, July 22 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Prior to his current position, Beasley worked for USDA on international agricultural development projects in more than 25 countries. These projects included improving the countries' food defense capacity, supply chain management, knowledge of agricultural biotechnology and food safety.

Beasley is a UAF alumnus, holding degrees in resource economics and natural resources management. The lecture will be at 2:30 p.m. on July 22 in the Murie Building, Room 104. Parking passes are available at kiosks behind the UA Museum of the North.

For more information, call 907-474-7188.

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