For Immediate Release
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
PSA: CSU to Host Nov. 15 Talk on Origins of "Plants on Your Plate"
Note to Reporters: Below are two PSAs -- one 15-second script and one 30-second script. Please air beginning immediately and ending Nov. 15, the day of the event.
15-second script:
The Colorado State University annual Thornton-Massa Lecture on Nov. 15 will feature Steve Baenziger from the University of Nebraska talking about “The Origin of the Plants on your Plate.” The public event will be 2- 4:30 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Main Ballroom on the Fort Collins campus followed by a reception. For reservations, call (970) 491-7013 or go to www.natsci.colostate.edu
and click on Thornton-Massa Lecture.
30-second script:
Few people in the industrialized world know anything about the history of food on their dinner plates.
The Colorado State University annual Thornton-Massa Lecture on Nov. 15 will feature Steve Baenziger from the University of Nebraska talking about “The Origin of the Plants on your Plate.” The public event will be 2- 4:30 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Main Ballroom on the Fort Collins campus followed by a reception. For reservations, call (970) 491-7013 or go to www.natsci.colostate.edu
and click on Thornton-Massa Lecture.
The talk will be followed by a panel of CSU experts discussing the origin of household foods.
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