The two-day meeting at MSU’s Strand Union Building Ballroom A will include a public meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 10, followed by a panel with Montana tribal leaders as well as public question-and-answer periods during which the BIFAD members will discuss solutions to the growing issue of hunger in the U.S. and on the planet. During the public meeting, BIFAD members will also discuss research priorities under Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative, and will participate on a panel about “How can a state university contribute globally in agriculture?”