(The Saturday session of the Festival of Films and Slides is in Davis Auditorium; all other events are in Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street)
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12:30–1:00, Opening Remarks
1:00–2:15, Plenary Session: “The Chicken and Globalization”
2:15–4:15, Plenary Session: “Perspectives from the Poultry Industry”
4:30–6:00, Plenary Session: “Farmers, Workers, and Organizers Speak Out”
7:30–10:00, Festival of Films and Slides
- A slide show of Exotic Chickens (7:30)
- “I Was Content and Not Content": The Story of Linda Lord and the Closing of Penobscot Poultry, slides and readings (8:30)
- Uncertain Future, a film on Maryland poultry farmers (9:30)
8:30–10:00, Panel A: “The Historical Creation of the Chicken”
8:30–10:00, Panel B: “Small-Scale Chicken Production in the United States: Past, Present, and Future”
10:15–11:45, Panel C: “The Chicken in Folklore and Symbolism”
10:15–11:45, Panel D: “The Engineering of a Global Work Force”
1:00–2:30, Panel E: “When Chickens Come to Town: The Impact on Communities”
1:00–2:30, Panel F: “Chicken Consumption: History, Culture, Choice, and Taste”
2:45–4:15, Panel G: “Economics and Politics in the Making of Big Chicken”
2:45–4:15, Panel H: “Alternatives to the Industrial Chicken: Sustainable Poultry Production”
4:30–6:00, Plenary Session: “Engineering a Verticalized Industry: Contracting Growers’ Roles, Rights, Communities, and Incomes”
8:00–10:30, Festival of Films and Slides (continued)
- Life and Debt, film shown at 8:00 followed by question and answer session
8:30–9:45, Plenary Session: “Chickens and Nutrition: White Meat and Obesity”
9:45–11:15, Panel I: “Ecological and Human Health Consequences of Industrialized Chicken”
9:45–11:15, Panel J: “Animal Welfare Issues Surrounding Poultry”
11:30–1:00, Panel K: “Environmental Consequences of Industrialized Poultry Operations”
11:30–1:00, Panel L: “Local and Global: Poultry Production Systems around the World”
