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http://eci.illinois.edu/news-events/eci-summit/ The Environmental Change Institute at the University of Illinois is assembling a colloquium of research scholars, business leaders, and policy makers to discuss the causes, effects and consequences of agricultural practices on earth’s changing climate patterns. The day will begin at 7:45 a.m. with a continental breakfast and registration. 8:00 am WELCOME – Wesley M. Jarrell, UIUC Professor Emeritus, Soil Science and Interim Director, Environmental Change Institute 8:15 am OPENING REMARKS – Mr. Joel Freidman, Trustee of the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund; Dr. Robert Hauser, Dean, College of ACES 8:30 am MORNING KEYNOTE – Mark Seeley, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota St. Paul 9:00 am TOPIC 1 – Chemical Management and Soil Fertility Chemical Management: Brian McCarl, TX A & M University 10:00 am TOPIC 2 – Food, Fuel, and Farming Speaker 1: John Sheehan, Institute on the Environment, University of MN 11:00 am TOPIC 3 – Global Land & Water Use Global Land Use: Madhu Khanna, Professor, Agriculture and Consumer Economics 12:00 pm LUNCH 1:00 pm TOPIC 4 – Agricultural Productivity Speaker 1: Josiah McClellan, Director of Food Market Issues and Sustainability, United Soybean Board/SmithBucklin 2:00 pm TOPIC 5 – Precision Agriculture-Doing More With Less Speaker 1: Cole Pestorious, Sunset Farms, Albert Lea, MN 3:00 pm TOPIC 6 – Crop Genetics and Resource Dynamics Crop Genetics: Ruth Grene, Professor, Dept. of Plant Physiology, VA Tech | 10
Start: 11/10/2010
2010 Conference "The Carbon Ranch: Fighting Climate Change through Food and Stewardship" Climate change is the most pressing issue confronting humanity. It is also a tremendous opportunity. Right now, the only possibility of large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is through plant photosynthesis and other land-based carbon sequestration activities. Strategies include: enriching soil carbon, farming with perennials, employing climate-friendly livestock practices, conserving natural habitat, restoring degraded watersheds and rangelands, and producing local food. Over the past decade, many of these strategies have been demonstrated to be both practical and profitable. A carbon ranch bundles them into an economic whole with the aim of creating climate-friendly landscapes that are both healthy ecologically and the source of healthy food. In this conference we will explore this exciting new frontier and learn from `carbon pioneers' from around the world. | 11
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2010 Conference "The Carbon Ranch: Fighting Climate Change through Food and Stewardship" Climate change is the most pressing issue confronting humanity. It is also a tremendous opportunity. Right now, the only possibility of large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is through plant photosynthesis and other land-based carbon sequestration activities. Strategies include: enriching soil carbon, farming with perennials, employing climate-friendly livestock practices, conserving natural habitat, restoring degraded watersheds and rangelands, and producing local food. Over the past decade, many of these strategies have been demonstrated to be both practical and profitable. A carbon ranch bundles them into an economic whole with the aim of creating climate-friendly landscapes that are both healthy ecologically and the source of healthy food. In this conference we will explore this exciting new frontier and learn from `carbon pioneers' from around the world. | 12
Start: 11/10/2010
End: 11/12/2010
2010 Conference "The Carbon Ranch: Fighting Climate Change through Food and Stewardship" Climate change is the most pressing issue confronting humanity. It is also a tremendous opportunity. Right now, the only possibility of large-scale removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is through plant photosynthesis and other land-based carbon sequestration activities. Strategies include: enriching soil carbon, farming with perennials, employing climate-friendly livestock practices, conserving natural habitat, restoring degraded watersheds and rangelands, and producing local food. Over the past decade, many of these strategies have been demonstrated to be both practical and profitable. A carbon ranch bundles them into an economic whole with the aim of creating climate-friendly landscapes that are both healthy ecologically and the source of healthy food. In this conference we will explore this exciting new frontier and learn from `carbon pioneers' from around the world. | 13
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