Global Farmer Town Hall Meeting on Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Practices
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010 at 10:00 am – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall
Join farmers from around the globe to discuss sustainable agriculture practices and their role in biodiversity preservation. The panel will feature farmers from Asia and North and South America discussing what they do daily to preserve the environment. Experts, including Iowa State Seed Science Endowed Chair Gary Munkvold and International Food Policy Research Institute program director Judy Chambers, will address how these practices benefit our world. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will offer opening remarks and participate in the discussion. Orion Samuelson, host of National Farm Report will moderate. The event is part of the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity and is being held in conjunction with the World Food Prize celebration.This town hall meeting will be broadcast via the Internet to students around the world, and the panel will take questions live via Twitter, e-mail, Facebook, and two-way video.
Panelists:
Rajesh Kumar, vegetable farmer, Tamil Nadu, India
Camila Illich, crop and tree farmer, Guarapuava, Brazil
Pam Johnson, corn and soybean farmer, central Iowa, United States
Gary Munkvold, Seed Science Endowed Chair, Chair of the Graduate Program in Seed Technology and Business, Iowa State University
Judy Chambers, Director of the Program for Biosafety Systems in the Environment and Production Technology Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Senior Advisor to USAID
Orion Samuelson (moderator), host of National Farm Report, Samuelson Sez, and This Week in Agribusiness
Watch the live webcast at www.BiodiversityWorldTour.com or on Twitter @CropLifeIntl and @CropLifeFdn or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CropNews.
To learn how to submit a question for the panel please visit www.biodiversityworldtour.com/ISU.
Free online registration is encouraged but not required at: http://ISUTownHall.eventbrite.com
Questions about registration questions should be directed to .
For more information or general questions, contact Seed Science Center Director Manjit Misra at .
Cosponsored By:
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Crop Life of America
- Seed Science Center
- Truth about Trade and Technology
- World Affairs
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.
Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
- Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.