**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** HUMAN CIVILIZATION HAS RELIED ON LIVESTOCK FOR FOOD, FIBER, AND POWER, DATING BACK TO THE BRONZE-AGE MORE THAN 5,000 YEARS AGO. TODAY'S FOOD SYSTEMS FACE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES TIED TO BALANCING CALORIC DEMANDS OF A GROWING GLOBAL POPULATION WITH DIMINISHING LAND, WATER, AND LABOR RESOURCES ALONG WITH CHALLENGES TO THE ENVIRONMENT. IN RECOGNITION OF THESE CHALLENGES, AN INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT WAS HELD IN DUBLIN, IRELAND IN 2022 TO COMPILE THE ESTABLISHED SCIENCE ON THE SOCIETAL ROLE OF MEAT. THE OUTCOME OF THIS MEETING WAS THE DUBLIN DECLARATION WHICH CHALLENGES BOTH LIVESTOCK AND MEAT PRODUCERS TO FACE THE DOUBLE CHALLENGE TO PRODUCE SAFE AND ABUNDANT FOOD WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; AND SCIENTISTS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RELIABLE EVIDENCE ON THE HEALTH BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC VALUES, AS TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. ACCEPTING THIS CHALLENGE, THE 2024 SOCIETAL ROLE OF MEAT AND LIVESTOCK WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD IN DENVER, CO ON OCTOBER 30-31, 2024, TO BRING TOGETHER A CULTURALLY DIVERSE GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL LEADERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LIVESTOCK & MEAT SUPPLY CHAIN FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDING THE PRODUCTION OF MEAT AND LIVESTOCK FOR FOOD. A SPECIAL ISSUE OF ANIMAL FRONTIERS WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP AND A SERIES OF RESOURCE GUIDES, WEBINARS, AND PODCASTS TO PROPAGATE THE SCIENCE AND CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE AS AN OUTCOME OF THE WORKSHOP.

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