November 4 & 5 – Atlanta, Georgia – Briefing for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. For more information contact Latetia Moore at lvmoore@cdc.gov.

November 20 – Massachusetts – Massachusetts Public Health Association 2009 Annual Meeting – Keynote address at 9:30 AM – Westborough Royal Plaza, Westborough, Massachusetts. For information see www.mphaweb.org or contact Valerie Bassett at vbassett@mphaweb.org.

December 4 and 5 – Black Mountain, North Carolina (near Asheville) – Annual conference of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association – half-day food policy workshop on December 4 and panel presentation the evening of December 4 and morning of December 5. For more informaton see www.carolinafarmstewards.org or contact fred@carolinafarmstewards.org.