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Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
(SusAg 600)
Spring 2009
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Unless otherwise noted, all sessions meet 3:10 to 5:00 PM on Wednesdays
in 2115 Pearson Hall.
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| Date |
Program |
Location |
| 14 January |
Introductions and SAEA Conference Presentation
Phil Damery will make a presentation
about the upcoming SAEA conference, highlighting how students can be involved. |
2115 Pearson |
| 21 January |
Richard Schultz, ISU Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management,
"Agricultural Best Management Practices: Adoption, Economics, and
Land Ethics." |
2115 Pearson |
| 28 January |
Galen Bontrager,
"Entrepreneurial Farming 101." |
2115 Pearson |
| 4 February |
Angie Tagtow,
"Healthy Land, Healthy Food, Healthy Eaters - An Ecological
Approach to Food and Health." |
2115 Pearson |
| 11 February |
Carter Johnson,
"South Dakota’s Prairie Farm: Restoring Balance Between Environment and Economics."
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2115 Pearson |
| 18 February |
Jackie Comito, "A Culture of Conservation: Moving Citizens to Action."
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2115 Pearson |
| 25 February |
Cliff Ohmart, The Evolution of Sustainable Winegrowing in Lodi:
From Grower Education to Certification." |
2115 Pearson Please note: today's colloquium will
begin promptly at 3:00 PM. |
| 4 March |
GPSA Student Presentations: Matt Hoffman,
"Keeping the Wine Glass Full: The Role of Sustainable Viticulture in Sustaining
rural Livelihoods;" Rebekah Ritson, "Impact of Fungicides on
Entomopathogenic Fungi of Soybean Aphid." |
2115 Pearson |
| 11 March |
Pete Lammers, GPSA PhD candidate,
"Resources and Pigs." |
2115 Pearson |
| 18 March |
Spring Break |
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| 25 March |
Clay Mitchell, farmer, Waterloo area,
will speak about his farming operation:
www.mitchellfarms.com |
2115 Pearson |
| 1 April |
Leo Timms, ISU Department of Animal Science, will discuss current issues
in the dairy industry. |
2115 Pearson |
| 8 April |
Jeff Herrick, research scientist, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las
Cruces, New Mexico, "Practical Approaches to Increasing the Impact of Sustainable
Management Research and Development Projects." |
2115 Pearson |
| 15 April |
Marty Frick, professor, Division of Agricultural Education, Montana State University,
"Cooperatives and the Rural Social Economy." |
2115 Pearson |
| 22 April |
William Deutsch, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University,
"Reducing Nutrients and Pathogens from Local Streams to the Gulf -
Grassroots Action by Community Volun- teers, Educators and Livestock Producers in the US and Mexico." |
2115 Pearson |
| 29 April |
GPSA Research Symposium:
Fred Kirschenmann,
Distinguished Fellow with the Leopold Center for
Sustainable Agriculture and professor of philosophy and religious studies, will present
"Sustainability in the 21st Century: From Greening to Resilience." A poster session will
follow the presentation. For additional details, please see
GPSA Symposium. |
Sun Room &
South Ballroom,
ISU Memorial Union |
| 6 May |
Finals. |
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