The threat of a possible terrorist incident involving the nations food supply will be explored during a 3:30 p.m. presentation Monday, Feb. 21, in Room 2001 of the Agricultural Science Building at West Virginia University.

Steve Cain, the national leader of the Extension Disaster Education Networks (EDEN) Homeland Security Project, will discussAgroterrorism: What It Means to US.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Cain, who also serves as an advisor to the USDA s National Plant Disease and Pest Diagnostic Network, will focus on the risks and the challenges an agroterrorist incident presents to agriculture, food processing and food distribution industries. These industries seek to maintain both food safety and public confidence.

EDEN is a collaborative multi-state effort of land-grant university Extension Services that share resources to reduce the impact of natural and man-made disasters.

EDENs Homeland Security Project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is housed at Purdue University.

Cains presentation is sponsored by the WVU Extension Service and the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences.

For more information on the presentation, contact Peter Marshall, WVU Extension specialist, at 304-293-3323, ext. 3427.

Additional information about EDEN and about disaster preparation and disaster recovery is available on the Web (http://www.eden.lsu.edu/).