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Sus Ag Programs at ISU

Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium

(SUSAG 600)

Spring 2013


Unless otherwise noted, meetings are 3:10 to 5:00 PM on Wednesdays in 101 Industrial Education II.

Date Program Location
16 January Clark Ford, associate professor, ISU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, "10 Questions about Global Sustainable Agriculture." 101 Ind Ed II
23 January Janet Poley, professor, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "The Land Grab Question in Africa." 101 Ind Ed II
30 January Cancelled due to weather. 101 Ind Ed II
6 February Firmin Amos, farmer and member of the Des Moines refugee community, "Farming in Burundi and Tanzania." 101 Ind Ed II
13 February Mark Westgate, director of the ISU Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, "Achieving Food Security and Economic Stability in Rural Uganda – Challenges and Accomplishments." 101 Ind Ed II
20 February Max Viatori, associate professor, ISU Department of Anthropology, "Fisheries in Latin American." 101 Ind Ed II
27 February Cancelled due to weather. 101 Ind Ed II
6 March Riyad Shajahan, assistant professor, Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University,"Post Colonialism and Sustainable Agriculture." 101 Ind Ed II
13 March David Brenner, plant germplasm curator, USDA-ARS and the ISU Department of Agronomy,"Seed Saving in the Tropics:  Yucatan, Mexico." 101 Ind Ed II
20 March Spring Break
27 March Jim French, midwest coordinator, OXFAM, Details TBA 101 Ind Ed II
3 April Denise O'Brien, co-founder, Women, Food & Agriculture Network (WFAN), "Afghanistan:  A Perspective from an Iowa Farmer." 101 Ind Ed II
10 April 9th Annual GPSA Research Symposium, keynote speaker is Dan Carmody, President of the Eastern Market Corporation in Detroit, MI, title of presentation is "Robust Regional Food Systems," research poster session will follow. Sun Room & S. Ballroom, ISU Memorial Union
17 April Julia Olmstead, senior program associate, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Details TBA 101 Ind Ed II
24 April Suzanne Millman, associate professor, ISU Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, "Animal Welfare." 101 Ind Ed II
1 May Lulu Rodriguez, professor, ISU Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, "The Communication Challenges for Sustainable Agriculture." 101 Ind Ed II
8 May Finals.