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Sus Ag Programs at ISU
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Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
(SusAg 600)
Spring 2008
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Unless otherwise noted, all sessions meet from 3:10 to 5:00 PM on Wednesdays
in 2019 Morrill Hall.
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| Date |
Program |
Location |
| 16 January |
Francis Thicke, dairy farmer, Radiance Dairy, Fairfield, IA,
"Designing an Ecologically Sound Farm: From the Soil to the
Marketplace." |
2019 Morrill |
| 23 January |
Laura Krouse, vegetable farmer, Abbe Hills Farm, Mt. Vernon, IA,
"Farm Your Passions." |
2019 Morrill |
| 30 January |
Colleen Rogers, associate director of development, ISU Foundation,
"Campus Sustainability at Iowa State." |
2019 Morrill |
| 6 February |
Madeline Schultz, recent ISU MBA graduate,
"Travelogue: Sustainability in New Zealand." |
2019 Morrill |
| 13 February |
John R. Baker, attorney, Beginning Farmer Center,
"Making a Success of Succession Planning: A Question of Values." |
2019 Morrill |
| 20 February |
Sonja Brodt, research associate, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of
California-Davis, "The Low Carbon Diet: Reducing Energy Intensity and
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Food System Using a Life Cycle Assessment Approach." |
2019 Morrill |
| 27 February |
Laura Jackson, professor, Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa,
"Questions at the Intersection of Conservation Biology and Sustainable
Agriculture." |
2019 Morrill |
| 5 March |
J. Gordon Arbuckle, assistant professor, ISU Department of Sociology,
"Competing Agri-Environmental Paradigms and Technology Transfer: Negotiating
the Nature of Agroforestry in Missouri." |
2019 Morrill |
| 12 March |
Carol Williams, postdoctoral research associate, ISU Department of Agronomy,
"Patterns of Regional Yield Stability in Association with Regional Environmental
Characteristics." |
2019 Morrill |
| 19 March |
Spring Break |
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| 26 March |
Dennis Avery, director, Center for Global Food Issues, Hudson Institute,
"Sustaining Agriculture and the Planet through the 21st Century."
To view a video streaming file of Mr. Avery's presentation, please see the following link:
Dennis Avery Colloquium. (requires Real Player)
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2019 Morrill |
| 2 April |
Carmen Bain, assistant professor, ISU Department of Sociology,
"Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Value Chain: An Assessment of EurepGAP
Certification for Improving Farmworker Health and Safety." |
2019 Morrill |
| 9 April |
Dermot Hayes, Pioneer Chair in Agribusiness, ISU Department of Economics,
"Implied Objectives of US Biofuel Policy." |
2019 Morrill |
| 16 April |
Richard Leopold, director, Iowa Department of Natural Resources,
"Harmonious Balance of Land Use." |
2019 Morrill |
| 23 April |
Kathleen Delate, associate professor, ISU Department of Horticulture,
"Organic Agriculture Around the World: Lessons from Farmers and Field
Stations." |
2019 Morrill |
| 30 April |
Annual GPSA Research Symposium: Jason Hill, research associate with the Departments of
Applied Economics and Ecology, Evolution & Behavior at the University of Minnesota, will present
"Opportunities and Challenges of Sustainable Biofuel Production." |
Starting at 2:10 PM in the Sun Room of the ISU Memorial Union |
| 5-9 May |
Finals. |
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