Conference to focus on Ukraine "from breadbasket to marketbasket" (04/15/01)

Conference to focus on Ukraine "from breadbasket to marketbasket"

by Ashley Ruch

WASHINGTON - The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has announced two upcoming conferences titled "Ukraine: From Breadbasket of Europe to Marketbasket for the World."

The first of these one-day events will be held in the U.S. Capitol on May 9, from 9 a.m to 5 p.m., in cooperation with the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. The second event, on the same theme, will take place in Kyiv, on May 16.

The purpose of these roundtables will be to discuss a new and bold long-range vision regarding the development of the entire food system in Ukraine, from producer to consumer, from field to table. Participants will be representatives of the private and public sectors active in the development of the entire food system in Ukraine, with the aim of making an impact on U.S.-Ukraine economic development.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has already invited a number of key players in the U.S.-Ukraine food systems sector, such as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, WestNIS Investment Fund President Natalie Jaresko, General Manager George Logush of Kraft Jacobs Suchard Ukraina, Dupont representative John Shmorhun, Coca-Cola Representative Sonya Soutus and AVK Confectionery's Chairman of the Board Volodymyr Avramenko.

These roundtables are part of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation's 10th Anniversary Conference Series, which will also focus on strategic issues facing U.S.-Ukraine relations, such as community/local government development and energy.

For more information contact the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, 733 15th St. NW, Suite 1026, Washington, DC 20005; telephone, (202) 347-4264; fax, (202) 347-4267; e-mail: usuf@usukraine.org; homepage, http://www.usukraine.org.

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