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Sus Ag Programs at ISU
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Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
(SUSAG 600)
Spring 2013
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Unless otherwise noted, meetings are 3:10 to 5:00 PM on Wednesdays
in 101 Industrial Education II.
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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