Biofuels, food prices to be discussed

Thursday, June 5, 2008

A news conference sponsored by Putnam County Farm Bureau and White Oak Farms, Cloverdale, is slated for Wednesday, June 11.

The topic of the conference will be "Food Prices and Biofuels." The main speaker at the event, which will be held at White Oak Farms, will be Bob Young, chief economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Other speakers will include Chris Mann, Putnam County Farm Bureau president, and Don Villwock, Indiana County Farm Bureau President.

A news conference will run from 10 to 10:30 a.m., followed by a reception and question and answer session at Amity Baptist Church from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

For more information, call (317) 692-7818, (317) 692-7824 or (317) 692-7822.

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