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June 9, 2016
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Animal Health Stakeholder Webinar Series
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Prokopy Selected for Purdue's Spirit of Land-Grant Mission Award
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NIFA Director Presents "Perfect Storm to Nutritional Security:...
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2016 International Society for Ecological Economics Conference
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Animal Health Stakeholder Webinar Series
USDA’s
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Agricultural Research
Service (ARS), and Office of the Chief Scientist will begin holding a series of
stakeholder webinars related to animal health, beginning with a webinar on
antimicrobial resistance on July 19, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The purpose
of the webinar is to discuss, prioritize, and develop strategies to address the
most pressing animal health research, education and extension needs related to
antimicrobial resistance.
Following this webinar
will be a series of webinars on various topics.
Approximately 4-6 weeks prior to each webinar, the agencies will solicit
feedback on the top five animal health priorities related to each webinar
topic.This pre-webinar input will be used to make efficient use of the webinar
time to thoroughly assess research, education, or extension
gaps. Additional details and registration instructions will be provided
several weeks prior to the webinar series.
 Prokopy Selected for Purdue's Spirit of Land-Grant Mission
Award
Purdue University forestry and natural resources
professor Linda Prokopy will
receive the 2016 Corinne Alexander Spirit of the Land-Grant Mission Award for
her work in soil and water resources management. The award is presented yearly to a Purdue faculty
member in the colleges of Agriculture, Health and Human Sciences or Veterinary
Medicine whose work exemplifies the university's land-grant mission of
discovery, engagement and learning.
Prokopy was awarded a $5 million
grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and
Agriculture to lead the national, multi-institution Useful
to Usable initiative that offers a suite of online tools to
help farmers and agricultural advisers manage increasingly variable weather and
climate conditions across the Corn Belt. The tools provide historical climate
data that help inform purchasing, marketing and activity planning throughout
the growing cycle.
U2U last
year received a Partnership Award for Mission Integration of Research,
Education and Extension from NIFA. That year it also received the College of
Agriculture’s TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Award, given annually to a
Purdue team of professionals for their interdisciplinary achievements.
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NIFA Director Presents "Perfect Storm to Nutritional Security: It's the Message, Stupid"
Last month, NIFA Director Sonny
Ramaswamy presented a lecture, "Perfect Storm to Nutritional Security: It's the
Message, Stupid." Much of the focus was on the
transformative approaches needed, particularly approaches relying on genetic
engineering and other biotechnology methods, nanotechnology, pesticides, and
food processing, to name a few. It is critically important, however, to ensure
that the public, which is mostly uncomfortable and untrusting of foods derived
from such approaches—unfortunately termed “frankenfoods” by Paul Lewis and
touted by Prince Charles and others—has a much better understanding of these
approaches and why we use the same.This requires the development and promotion
of synergy of science and communications to sustainably solve the nine billion
problem.
2016 International Society for Ecological
Economics Conference
The College of Agriculture, Urban
Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) of the University of the
District of Columbia (UDC) will host the 2016 Conference of the International
Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), June 26-29.The conference,
Transforming the Economy: Sustaining Food, Water, Energy and Justice, will
bring together more than 500 policymakers, researchers, and citizens committed
to advancing tangible solutions for a sustainable and resilient
economy. As the science of sustainability, ecological economics must
advance the transformation of the economy to support rather than debilitate the
processes that sustain our living planet. Such a transformed economy supports
the resilience of our planet and its life support systems rather than
undermining it.This has implications for both local and global decision
making, and for urban and rural communities. ISEE 2016 will be held on the
campus of the University of the District of Columbia at 4200 Connecticut Ave.
NW, Washington, D.C. For registration details and further information please
visit www.isee2016.com.
ECOP National System Study Webinar
In the ECOP Minute:
The Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) member and
chair of the ECOP National System Task Force, Chuck Hibberd, Nebraska
Extension, will hold a webinar-based conversation about Cooperative Extension
as a national system on June 28 at 11 a.m. ET.
To connect, visit https://zoom.us/j/445634779, or iPhone
one-tap: 1-(408) 638-0968, Access Code 445634779# or 1-(646) 558-8656, Access
Code: 445634779#, or Telephone: Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558
8656 (US Toll), Webinar ID: 445 634 779.
Hibberd will review the
results of two national surveys related to themes describing Cooperative
Extension, understanding of national presence and operations, and thoughts
about branding.There will be opportunity for continued interaction by way of
online “voting.” The webinar is designed for Cooperative Extension Directors
and Administrators or their designees. This continued discussion is critical to
positioning Cooperative Extension to respond to opportunities of multistate and
national scope. Your participation is encouraged. When using Zoom for the first
time, take time before the webinar begins to download the Zoom launch
application at: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362593-Zoom-Launcher-Plugin
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