DENVER, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Marie Belew Wheatley, president and CEO of the American Humane Association, will be one of the key participants in the Future Trends in Animal Agriculture Symposium -- "The Future of Animal Agriculture: 2030" - to be held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2009. The symposium will explore the timely and sensitive issues of what will - and what should - animal agriculture look like in the future.

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Among its many programs for animals and children, American Humane created and launched the nation's first and original monitoring, auditing and labeling program that attests to the humane care and handling of animals raised for food, which gives American Humane unique and powerful insights into how to advance animal welfare in the food-production industry. That program, known as American Humane(R) Certified, is now the pre-eminent and fastest-growing such program, covering more than 500 farming operations and more than 60 million farm animals.

Wheatley will participate in the panel discussing what "should" animal agriculture look like, along with representatives of other humane, organic and food production organizations.

Other speakers during the day-long conference include U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan; Rep. Rosa DeLauro, chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee; Rep. David Scott, chair of the U.S. House Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee; and Dr. Ron DeHaven, CEO of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

The event is free and open to the public. It will be held at the USDA's Jefferson Auditorium, South Agriculture Building (corner of 14th Street SW and Independence Avenue SW), from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 2. To expedite registration and to ensure there are enough copies of the proceedings, interested attendees are asked to register in advance by contacting David Brubaker at PennsylvaniaB@aol.com with your name, affiliation, postal address and preferred email address, or by mail to David Brubaker, 145 South Spruce Street, Lititz, PA 17543. On-site registration is available but discouraged. Government personnel do not need to register. Attendees should enter at Wing 7 on Independence Avenue.

SOURCE American Humane Association

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