PROGRAM SPONSORS

National Catholic Rural Life Conference
_Brother David Andrews, CSC, Executive Director

Catholic Relief Services
_Erica Dahl-Bredine, Mexico Director

Social Pastoral Commission, Mexican Bishops Conference
_Reverend Antonio Sandoval, Director


MEXICAN FARMERS
_Servando Olivarria Saavedra
_J. Refugio Quintana
_Daniel Delgado Chavira
_Francisco Juarez Alonzo
_Emilio Lopez Gamez
_Miquel Angel Colunga

U.S. FARMERS
_Larry Mitchell, American Corn Growers Association
_Chris Petersen, National Farmers Union & GRACE
_John Kinsman, National Family Farm Coalition & Family Farm Defenders
_Denise O’Brien, Women, Food and Agriculture Network
_Gary Guthrie, local sustainable farmer
_George Naylor, National Family Farm Coalition

JOURNALISTS
_Patricia Munoz Rios, La Jornada
_Alan Guebert, columnist

SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
_Armando Barta, Mayan Institute for Rural Development Studies, Mexico
_Thomas Lyson, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University

RURAL AFFAIRS ADVOCATE
_Jon Bailey, Center for Rural Affairs, Walthill, NE

FACILITATOR
Peter O’Driscoll, Center of Concern, Washington, DC


FORUM PARTICIPANTS
_Fr. Marvin Boes
_Larry Cleverly
_Kristen Corselius
_Sara Eide
_Perry Garner
_Sheila Geraghty, RSM
_Neil Hamilton
_David Hansen
_Nolan Hartwig
_Mary S. Holmes
_Carlos Jayne
_Don Klauke
_Mary Klauke
_Mercedes Lyson
_Paul Manternach
_Teresa Opheim
_Andy Rivas
_Mary Kay Shanlay
_Lori Sokolowski
_Sara Struckman
_Francis Thicke
_Julia Thorius

NCRLC STAFF
_Cece Arnold
_Robert Gronski
_Tim Kautza
_Darlene Limoges
_Carol Smith
_Sr. Pauline Tursi