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| Subject: [Pollinator] Farming with Grass - Soil and Water Conservation |
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Farming with Grass
Achieving Sustainable Mixed Agricultural Landscapes in Grasslands Environments
The Call for Papers for this conference closes on February 6th.
The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) will convene a conference to address the factors
driving change in mixed agricultural systems. Specific objectives include:
• Engage participants across diverse disciplines and institutions in identifying research,
technology, and policy needs to maintain competitive and environmentally sound
agricultural systems under dynamic natural, social, economic, and policy drivers.
• Provide professional development and networking opportunities
• Identify key knowledge gaps and technology limitations that impede the ability of
individuals and communities to evaluate options to meet multiple objectives
• Identify policy alternatives to promote sustainable agricultural systems
Program/Agenda
The keynote speaker for the opening plenary session will be Dr. Frederick L. Kirschenmann,
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Speaking at the closing session will be Jean
Steiner, USDA-ARS and Craig Cox, SWCS Executive Director. Additional information is available
online at www.swcs.org/fwg
The three-day conference will consist of invited keynote speakers, submitted posters, and
facilitated roundtable discussions organized around the following topic areas:
1. Status and trends in types of agricultural systems, inputs, productivity, profitability,
environmental indicators, and rural demographics and economics. John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus
of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri
2. Environmental, social, and economic benefits of mixed grassland landscapes to include farm
level, rural community, and broad social perspectives. Deborah E. Popper, Associate Professor of
Geography, College of Staten Island, City University of New York and Frank J. Popper, Professor,
Planning and Public Policy Program, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers
University
3. Factors driving change in grassland environments (e.g., resource availability, demographics,
social dynamics, economics, climate change, farm, environmental and energy policy, and local
zoning/farmland preservation) Vivien Gore Allen, Thornton Distinguished Chair, Department of
Plant & Soil Science, Texas Tech University
4. Assessment tools for monitoring and predicting changes and to support scenario analyses of
alternatives and tradeoffs. Dennis Ojima, Senior Scholar, The H John Heinz III Center for
Science, Economics, and the Environment
5. Science and policy needed to sustain agriculture in mixed grassland environments, including
role of marketbased tools, state and local water laws and policies, and environmental trades
(e.g. greenhouse gas emissions, water allocation, effluent releases). George Boody, Executive
Director, Land Stewardship Project
SWCS will develop the conference proceedings and will disseminate the findings and
recommendations to key scientific, policy maker, and agricultural audiences, including all
attendees.
The early registration deadline is Wednesday, September 10, 2008.
WHEN
Monday, October 20, 2008 2:00 PM -
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:00 PM
Central Time Zone
WHERE
Clarion Meridian Hotel and Convention Center
737 S Meridian Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73108-1601
USA
FEE
Event Registration
Member
$250.00 until 9/10/08
( $350.00 afterwards)
Non-member
$300.00 until 9/10/08
( $400.00 afterwards)
Register and Join SWCS
$330.00 until 9/10/08
( $430.00 afterwards)
View Event Summary
View Event Agenda
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Laurie Davies Adams
Executive Director
Coevolution Institute
423 Washington St. 5th
San Francisco, CA 94111
415 362 1137
LDA at coevolution.org
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