On behalf of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) and the Food Safety and Nutrition (FSN) Section of the AAEA, we are pleased to invite you to attend the preconference workshop entitled Economics and Child Nutrition Programs.

The workshop organizers are able to offer financial support to graduate student attendees, thanks to a generous contribution from the AAEA Foundation.  Students selected to receive support will receive one night's accommodation in the conference hotel and a waiver of the workshop registration fee.  Due to limited funds, we will not be able to provide support to all applicants.  Graduate students interested in being considered for this support should provide the information requested below by May 2, 2011 at 5 PM PST, and email it to childnutrition.workshop@gmail.com.  Please note that student selected to receive this support will still be responsible for arranging their own travel and general conference registration.

The objective of this event is to showcase emerging issues and creative policy solutions in nutrition and food programs such as the National School Lunch Program and other federal programs feeding children. An emphasis will be placed on the assessment of proposed behavioral solutions to the child nutrition puzzle.

We're excited to feature a keynote talk by George Loewenstein, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, a preeminent behavioral economist. Additional speakers will include: Diane Whitmore-Schanzenbach (Northwestern), Joseph Price (Brigham Young), Helen Jensen (Iowa State), Craig Gundersen (Illinois).

This preconference workshop is scheduled for Saturday, July 23, 2010 in Pittsburgh, PA.  Registration and hotel support for graduate student participants will be provided on a competitive basis.  For more information regarding the event and registration, please visit http://aaea.org.  We hope you join us.

Graduate students who wish to be considered for conference support should complete all of the following information and email it to childnutrition.workshop@gmail.com no later than 5:00 pm PST on Monday, May 2, 2011. Full name:Phone number:Email: University: Department:Program Level (MS or PhD):Anticipated Graduation Date:Major Area of Study:Research Interests:Are you currently a member of the AAEA (yes or no)?Will you be presenting a paper or poster during the AAEA conference (yes or no)?Please explain (in two or three sentences) your interest in attending the preconference workshop:Please provide the name and email address of an advisor or other departmental contact who can verify your enrollment status:

Sean B. Cash, Ph.D.,Department of Consumer Science and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison

scash@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5498