Senator Bernie Sanders will host US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at a dairy town meeting at the Burlington Hilton at 10 am on Saturday, February 13, 2010. Sanders also will host Vilsack as the keynote speaker at the Northeast Organic Farming Association annual conference at the University of Vermont’s Ira Allen Chapel in Burlington at 11:45 a.m. Sen. Patrick Leahy will host the secretary as he speaks to the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery Annual Meeting in St. Albans at 1:15 p.m. Vilsack, Leahy, Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch also will meet with Vermont anti-hunger leaders.
What: Town Meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Who: Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Patrick Leahy, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Congressman Peter Welch, and Vermont Agriculture Secretary Roger Albee
When: 9:30 a.m. coffee, 10 a.m. meeting, media availability immediately following the meeting from approximately 11:10 to 11:25 p.m., Saturday, February 13, 2010
Where: Hilton Hotel, Lake Champlain Room, 60 Battery Street, Burlington
What: Secretary Vilsack Addresses Northeast Organic Farming Association Annual Winter Conference
Who: Senator Bernie Sanders, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Senator Patrick Leahy, Congressman Peter Welch, and Vermont organic farmers
When: 11:45 a.m., Saturday, February 13, 2010
Where: Ira Allen Chapel, University of Vermont, 26 University Place, Burlington
Source: Sanders' office. BURLINGTON, February 12, 2010 –