Sustainable Ag Tuesdays

March 4, 2014

Sustainable Agriculture Tuesdays 

At the Institute of Applied Agriculture

6:00 PM in Jull Hall 1123

 

v  February 11: Sustainable Agriculture’s Role in Saving the Chesapeake Bay

  • Rob Schnabel, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Maryland Grazers Network

v  February 18: Challenges and Opportunities for Beginning Farmers

  • Andrea Rice, Beginning Farmer Success, University of Maryland Extension
  • Cathy Tipper, Beginner Farmer Training Program, Future Harvest CASA

v  February 25: Screening and Discussion of King Corn

v  March 4: What Does Organic Certification Look Like?

  • Carrie Vaughn, Clagett Farm

v  March 11: The Maryland Food System Map: Health & Policy Implications of the Local Food System

  • Amanda Behrens, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future

v  March 25: Climate Change & Agriculture: Meeting the Challenges

  • Dr. Charles Walthall, USDA Agricultural Research Service

v  April 1: The Art of Seed Saving

  • Paul Blundell, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

v  April 8: Bees in Decline: Causes and Consequences

  • Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Department of Entomology

v  April 22: Farmers Markets and Federal Nutrition Programs

  • Amy Crone, Maryland Farmers Market Association
  • Stephanie Grutzmacher, University of Maryland, Food Supplement Nutrition Education

v  April 29: “Certified Humane” Labeling

  • Adele Douglass, Humane Farm Animal Care

v  May 6: Foraging and Edible Weeds

  • Eric Kelly, Foragers of Baltimore

 

Sustainable Agriculture Tuesdays are part of the campus-wide Sustainable Tuesdays lecture series, co-sponsored by the Institute of Applied Agriculture, the School of Architecture, and the Office of Sustainability