- Campuses :
- Twin Cities
- Crookston
- Duluth
- Morris
- Rochester
- Other Locations
Seminars and Events Scheduled by WUSA on the St. Paul Campus
Jan 21 | Field Trip | Seed Savers Exchange and the Institute for Biodiversity |
Jan 25 | Steve Taff | An Overview of Commodity Support Programs |
March 9 | Pierre Robert | Precision Farming: Is it Sustainable? |
May 22 | George Boody | Land Stewardship Program:The Biological, Financial and Social Monitoring of Grazing Systems Projects |
May 31 | Ralph Lentz and Harlen Anderson | Big is Better? Two Farmers' Perspectives on Farm Size |
June 28 | Glenn McDonald | Perspectives on Sustainable Agriculture in Australia |
Oct 27 | Lucy Steinkamp | Marketing a Niche Product: Ewscream Ice Cream |
Nov 9 | Lisa Sass Zaragoza | Issues of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers |
Nov 9 | Robert McKinnell | Frogs and the Environment |
Feb 1 | Tom Wegner, Hennepin County Extension Educator | Farmland Conversion in the Metro Area: Where's the Farmland Gone? |
Feb 15 | George Boody, Land Stewardship Project | Holistic Resource Management |
Feb 29 | Jim Bender | Book: Future Harvest |
March 17 | Lisa Gulbranson | The Ins and Outs of the Organic Certification Process |
April 25 | Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project | The Cost of Urban Sprawl |
Nov 21 | Judy Helgen and Bob McKennell | Frogs and the Environment |
Feb 5 | Barb Wingen and Lori Pommerenke | Student Internship Presentation: Study on Agriculture Natural Resources Management Integration in the Waseca Area, Barb Wingen, for CINRAM (Wingen) and Internship Experience on Five Family Farms in West Central Minnesota and the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota (Pommerenke). |
Feb 10 | Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, Headwaters International, Organic Farmer from Chiapas, Mexico | Organic Coffee Growing Techniques Using Communal Lands and Techniques, and Organic Coffee Marketing |
Feb 11 | Joel Salatin | Pastured Poultry and Saladbar Beef |
Feb 19 | Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | History of Farm Program/Conservation Interaction and Today's Agriculture Policies |
March 19 | Peter Seim, undergraduate student, University of Minnesota, and John Westra, Graduate Student, University of Minnesota. | Internship Experience at Natural Harvest CSA in Stillwater, Minnesota, and their role in a new land development(Peter Seim). Market Potential for Chemical-free, Naturally-raised Beef in Northeastern Minnesota, a Survey done for the Sustainable Farming Association of Northeastern Minnesota. |
April 2 | Linda Noble, sustainable hog production system farmer, Kenyon, Minnesota | Linda's Happy Hogs |
April 10 | William Lockertz | American in the Thirties in Pictures, Songs and Words |
April 15 | Representatives from the Land Stewardship Project, Red Cardinal Farm and other CSAs, Sustainable Farming Association, and individual farmers | Internships in Sustainable Agriculture |
April 16 | Renay Leone, Minnesota Land Trust | The Minnesota Land Trust, a discussion of its role, tools and projects, including sustainable agriculture development patterns |
April 30 | Dr. R. Ford Denison, University of California, Davis | Science and Sustainability at LTRAS, The World's Youngest 100-Year Experiment |
May 7 | James Dontje | Internship Experience at the rotational grazing dairy operation of Dave and Florence Minar, New Prague, Minnesota |
May 21 | Lisa Sass-Zaragosa and trip participants | Experiences of Migrant Farm Workers on the South Texas/Mexico Border |
June 4 | Amy Bacigalupo, Paul Wyman, Land Stewardship Project | Student Internship Presentation: A Way and a Why: Measuring Quality of Life and Relationship with Rural Community (Bacigalupo) Partnerships and Working Toward Consensus (Wymar) |
Fall 1997 | ||
Oct 24 | Photo Exhibit, Reception and Panel Discussion: Mary Doerr, Dairy Goat Farmer and Cheese Processor; Dancing Winds Farm, Linda Noble, Non-confinement Hog Production; Mary Ellen Frame, Organic Vegetable and Herb Production for Farmers' Markets; and Laurie Hougen-Eitzman, Big Woods Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmer | Getting Down to Earth: Images of Women Farmers |
Nov 4 | Eric Hoeft, Graduate Student, Agronomy | Student Internship Presentation: Flame Weeding in Chemical-Free Horticultural Systems |
Nov 18 | Jean-Luc Jannink, Graduate Student, Agronomy | Student Internship Presentation: Whole Farm Planning from a Farmer's Perspective |
Dec 2 | Lee DeHaan, Graduate Student, Agronomy | Student Internship Presentation: Studying Land Transfer Patterns with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) |
Jan 13 | Carmen Fernholz, Endowed Chair in Agriculture Systems and organic farmer | Visioning the Rural Landscape |
Jan 20 | Members of the Farmworker Action Network (FAN), a student/community group coordinated by Yectli Huerta, Jesus Bernal and Linda Alvarez | Migrant Farmworkers in Sustainable Agriculture, Part I, Strawberry Worker Organizing |
Jan 27 | Members of the Farmworker Action Network (FAN), a student/community group coordinated by Yectli Huerta, Jesus Bernal and Linda Alvarez | Migrant Farmworkers in Sustainable Agriculture, Part II, Strawberry Worker Organizing |
Feb 3 | Members of the Farmworker Action Network (FAN), a student/community group coordinated by Yectli Huerta, Jesus Bernal and Linda Alvarez | Migrant Farmworkers in Sustainable Agriculture, Part II, Strawberry Worker Organizing |
Feb 10 |
| Political Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture, Part I Liberation Ecology: Development, Sustainability and Environment in an Age of Market Triumphalism |
Feb 10 | Joel Wainwright, Graduate Student, Geography and Dana Blumenthal, Graduate Student, Agronomy | Politcal Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture, Part I |
Feb 17 | Joel Wainwright, Graduate Student, Geography, and Dana Blumenthal, Graduate Student, Agronomy | Political Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture, Part II |
Feb 24 |
| Qualitative and Participatory Research for Sustainability, Part I |
March 3 | Pat Duncanson, Southwest Minnesota corn/beans farmer, Phil Arnold, garlic farmer in Central Minnesota, and Carl Rosen, Soil Fertility Researcher at the University of Minnesota | Qualitative and Participatory Research for Sustainability, Part II |
March 10 | Jan Joannides from the Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management (CINRAM) | Qualitative and Participatory Research for Sustainability, Part III |
April 15 | Tomas Hansmeyer, Department of Soil, Water and Climate | Student Internship Presentation: Exploring Agricultural Opportunities in Central Minnesota: A Field Tour and Discussion |
April 22 | Dominic D. Ackerman, Department of Forest Resources | Student Internship Presentation: Sips of Coffee and Shoots of Vetiver - Promoting Soil Conservation as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica |
April 29 | Stephanie Lundeen Environmental Education, College of Natural Resources | Student Internship Presentation: Sustainable Agriculture Education and Outreach in an Ecuadorian Quichua Community |
May 6 | Ruth Dill-Macky, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota | Scab and its niche in the Red River Valley |
June 1 | Nick Jordan, concerned citizens | Crisis in the Red River Valley: A dialogue with farmers and other citizens from the Valley. |
Fall 1998 | ||
Oct 7 | Betsy Barnum, Great River Earth Institute | Some Practical and Ethical Considerations of Sustainability and Deep Ecology |
Oct 10 | Kathryn Gilje, IATP | World Food Day A Live Teleconference: Food for All: Right or Goal? |
Oct 14 | Emily Pullins | Borders, Boundaries, Biotech, and Breeding: A conceptual overview of links made between Biotechnology and Colonialism |
Oct 21 | Emily Pullins, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | Borders, Boundaries, Biotech and Breeding: A conceptual overview of links made between Biotechnology and Colonialism |
Oct 21 | Dr. Sharon Danes, Associate Professor, Family Social Science Department, College of Human Ecology | The Times They Are A' Changin', Minnesota Farm Women 1988-1995 |
Oct 28 | Panel Discussion with Ann Brennan, Whole Foods Market, Elizabeth Archer, The Wedge Natural Food Co-Op, and Barbara Duff, Organic Alliance | Natural Foods and You: Implications of Natural Food Sales in Co-ops, Publicly Owned Natural Foods, and Conventional Food Stores |
Nov 4 | Carolyn Lane, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | Topical Discussion: Exploration of Possible Collaboration with Cuban Sustainable Agriculture Organizations |
Nov 11 | Erin Lees, School of Public Health | Student Internship Presentation: Surface Water and Irrigation: A Threat to Public Health? |
Nov 18 | Caroline Scully | Student Internship Presentation: Using Oxen for Market Gardening at Howell Living History Farm |
Dec 2 | Jennifer Callahan, Graduate Student, Philosophy | Student Internship Presentation: Consumption and Civic Virtue: Some Thoughts on the Moral Status of Sustainability |
Dec 3 | Rose Beddington | Rural People, Rural Lives: A Slide Presentation on Lincolnshire, England. |
Dec 19 | Julie Grossman, Graduate Student, Agronomy and Plant Genetics | Student Internship Presentation: Cover Crop Use by Campesino Farmers in Honduras, Central America |
Jan 6 | Film produced by BBC, contact Sheri Huerd | Assault on the Male |
Jan 13 | Jan O'Donnell, Executive Director, Minnesota Food Association, delegate with the Sustainable Marketing Eurotour organized by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) | Overview Marketing and Sustainable and Organic Products in Europe |
Jan 20 | Kathryn Gilje, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | Marketing of Sustainable Agriculture; A Focus on Eco- and Social Labeling in the Food System |
Jan 20 | Steve Light | Building Adaptive Capacity: The Hero's Journey |
Jan 27 | Panel Discussion, MAST (Minnesota Agricultural Student Trainees) students from several different countries | Around the World in an Hour: Perspectives on Sustainable Agriculture in Other Countries |
Feb 3 | Julie Grossman, Graduate Student, Agronomy and Plant Genetics | Cover Crop Use by Campesino Farmers in Honduras, Central America, Student Internship Presentation |
Feb 10 | Steve Hiniker | Student Internship Presentation: Making the Transition from Conventional to Sustainable Agriculture |
Feb 10 | George Boody | Restoring Biodiversity and Resilience in Farming: Holistic Approaches |
Feb 11 | Gary Grant, Farmer | The Struggle for Forty Acres and a Mule: Black Farmers Fight Government Discrimination |
Feb 17 | Dr. James Orf, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | Seeds - One Year and Out? |
Feb 24 | Rachel Gawson | Can Soil Test Phosphorus Predict Bioavailable Phosphorus in Runoff from Highly Manured Soils? |
March 3 | Joel Wainwright, Geography, and MacArthur Scholar | Lands in Transition: The Political Ecology of Agriculture in Post-Apartheid South Africa and Post-'Socialist' Ethopia |
March 10 | Keith Wendt, Clarence Turner and Laura Preus | A Systems Approach to Using Indicators and Other Tools for Natural Resource Management |
March 31 | Paul Porter, Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, Southwest Research and Outreach Center, Lamberton | The Organic Conversion Project: Organic Research Efforts in Southwest Minnesota |
April 7 | Joel Wainwright, MacArthur Scholar and Graduate Student, Geography | Sustainable Capitalist Agriculture: Is It Possible? |
April 14 | Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) | GATT, Agricultural Trade, and the Farm Crisis |
April 21 | Lynn Carpenter Boggs, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Morris | Fertilizers, Tillage and Unsustainable Microbial Activity: A Discussion of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Minnesota Soils |
May 5 | Lori Pommeranke, Ph.D. Student, Conservation Biology | Agriculture in the Woods: Ideas from Foraging Practices of Northeastern Thai Villagers |
May 12 | Robert Herling, Senior Student, College of Natural Resources A Survey of | Successful Mechanical Weed Control in Minnesota |
May 19 | G. Edward Schuh, Professor, Hubert Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs | World Markets and the World Bank: The Sustainability of U.S. Agricultural Exports |
May 26 | Jack Kloppenberg, Associate Professor, Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison | From Food System to Foodshed: Eating for Sustainability in the 21st Century |
July 28 | Leo Joosten | Payments to Farmers: Tools for Transition |
Fall 1999 | ||
Sept 10 | Dr. E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor, Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ontario | Agriculture as a Positive Environmental Influence |
Oct 7 | Dr. Luis Garcia Barrios | Problems Present in Marginal Indigenous Agricultural/Forestry Systems in the Chiapas Highlands |
Oct 13 | Kristin Corselius, Agronomy | Student Internship Presentation: Food with a Face - Building Urban and Rural Ties |
Oct 20 | Emily Pullins, Agronomy | Student Internship Presentation: Is She Sustainable? |
Oct 27 | Kristen Nelson, Department of Forest Resources and Fisheries and Wildlife | Struggling Toward Sustainability: Participatory Science and Sustainable Development in Mexico |
Nov 3 | Perry Aasnes, Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture | Federal Dairy Policy and Its Impact on Minnesota Dairy Farmers |
Nov 10 | Tom Walsh, Intern, and Gabriela Flora, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) | Student Internship Presentation: Public Perceptions of Genomic Technology |
Nov 17 | Julie Grossman, Agronomy | What You Should Know About Your Joe: Organic Coffee Production in Chiapas, Mexico |
Nov 18 | Jan Diek van Mansfeldt | Checklist for Sustainable Landscape Management |
Dec 1 | Ray Kirsch and Emily Pullins, Agronomy | Sustainable Agriculture and Biotechnology: Report from the 11th Annual NABC Conference |
Dec 8 | Kindi Harla and Brenda DeMarco | Student Internship Presentation: Growing Up in a Garden |
Dec 15 | Phil Rice | Computer Simulations of Agricultural |
Jan 26 | Joel Wainwright | Introduction to the WTO and the Seattle Protests |
Feb 2 | Kristin Mercer | The World Trade Organization, Part II. How Can the WTO Affect Agriculture? |
Feb 9 | Dick Levins | U.S. Farm Policy and Family Farming |
Feb 16 | Karen Lehman and Julie Ristau | From Sustainable Agriculture to Sustainable Food Systems |
Feb 23 | Jan Flora | Natural Resource Management in the Northern Andes of Ecuador and in Minnesota: Advocacy Colitions and Decision Making. |
March 1 | Cornelia Flora | Farm Community Partnerships for Sustainability |
March 3 | PCUN | Sweatshops in the Field |
March 8 | Paul Wymar & Amy Bacigalupo | Farming Sustainably: Lessons and Challenges from Farmers in Paraguay. |
March 15 | Carolyn Carr | Patents, Agricultural Biotechnology and Public Interest at the University of Minnesota. |
March 22 | Gunner Liden and Perdita Butler | Youth Farm: Developing Strong Communities through Youth and Gardens |
April 5 | Eric Streed | Can Growing Hybrid Poplar Fit in with the Sustainable Agriculture Movement? |
April 12 | Carmen Fernholz and William Cochrane, also panel discussion | The New Language of Farm Policy: Engaging Consumers, Labor, Environmentalists and Farmers in Shaping the Future of Food and Agricultural Systems |
April 18 | Cornelia Flora, Jim Ennis, Thomas Blaha, and panel discussion | Demand-driven Agriculture: Value-added Labeling & Quality Assurance |
April 26 | Karin Matchett | An Evening of Cinema and Discussion on the WTO |
April 28 | 25 individual speakers | Enhanced Landscape, Human and Animal Health Symposium |
May 5 | Dana Blumenthal | The New Immigrant Agriculture Project: an Intern's View. |
Fall 2000 | ||
Sept 13 | WUSA Planning Mtg. (408 Hayes) | Open Meeting -- Food will be provided. |
Sept 20 | Ted Radcliffe | Biological Control of Potato Aphids |
Sept 27 | Nick Jordan | Agroecology of Mutualism Between Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi |
Oct 4 | Dennis Johnson | Grazing Dairy Cattle in Minnesota |
Oct 11 | Kristin Mercer & Joel Wainwright | From Intercropping to Innoculum Production or Pasture and Forage Research in Cuba |
Oct 18 | Craig Hassel, Paul Red Elk & Sally Auger | Preserving Biological and Cultural Diversity - The Dream of Wild Health Network |
Oct 25 | Lynn Mader | "From Land to Mouth" Making the Link Between Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture |
Nov 1 | Ann Lewandowski | Climate Change, Agriculture, and Conservation |
Nov 8 | Linda Kinkel | The Use of Green Manures to Enhance Indigenous Antagonists and Control Plant Diseases |
Nov 15 | Prescott Bergh | Chefs Shape the Future of Food |
Nov 29 | Paul Rosenblatt | Family Issues in the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture. |
Dec 6 | Student Panel | Minnesota Agricultural Student Trainee (MAST) Program. |
Dec 13 | Eric Ristau | Native Perennial Legumes - Possibilities for Minnesota Agriculture. |
Feb 7 | Julie Grossman, Dept. of Agronomy & Plant Genetics; Teresa Ortiz, Cloudforest Initiatives | Coffee in Context: Sustainable Agriculture, Fair Trade, and Social Change in Chiapas , Mexico |
Feb 14 | Victor Contreras, Jaime Duran, Kathryn Gilje; Centro Campesino | Centro Campesino: Organizing Migrant Farmworkers in Southern Minnesota |
Feb 21 | Maury Miller, Cenex Harvest States | Food System Issues Affecting Cooperatives |
Feb 28 | Craig Hassel, Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition | The Craft of Academic Work in Partnership |
March 7 | Philip Rutter, Badgersett Research Farm | Reinventing Agriculture: Woody Perennials for Mainstream Food Production |
March 14 | Katie Fernholtz, Community Forestry Resource Center , IATP | Initiatives in Forest Owner Cooperation and Sustainable Forestry Cooperatives |
March 14 | Katie Fernholtz, Community Forestry Resource Center , IATP | Initiatives in Forest Owner Cooperation and Sustainable Forestry Cooperatives |
March 21 | Caroline Van Schaik, sand Creek Watershed Team, LSP | Community-based Restoration and Stewardship of Watersheds |
April 4 | Lois Braun, Agricultural Resources Consulting | Weed Control and Phosphorus Mobilization Following a Plowdown of Buckwheat, Sorghumsudangrass, and Oats/Peas |
April 11 | Jim Stordahl, Clay County Extension Service | Flame Weeding in Soybeans |
April 18, 2001 | Avinash Singh, West Central Research and Outreach Center | Alternative Management Options ofr Sustainable Livestock Production in Minnesota |
April 25 | Bill Wilke, Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, MISA | Progress on Cuba 's Conversion to Organic Agriculture |
May 2 | Deon Stuthman, Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | The Contribution of Durable Resistance to Sustainable Agriculture |
Fall 2001 | ||
Sept 12 | Christine Vatovec | A Survey of the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota |
Sept 19 | David Wallinga | Of Swill and Superbugs: Antibiotic Use in Industrialized Agricutlture |
Sept 26 | Kyla Zaro-Moore | Sustainaing Green Space on the Rural-Urban Fringe: A Report For the Green Sprawl Working Group |
Oct 3 | Douglas McMeekin | A Little Chocolate Goes A Long Way |
Oct 10 | Ray Kirsch | The Midwest Food Alliance : Promoting Sustainability and Community Health Through Eco-Labeling |
Oct 17 | Luanne Lohr | Growth and Change in Organic Food Markets |
Nov 7 | Vincent Garry | Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Birth Defects in The Red River Valley: The Pesticide Connection |
Nov 14 | Nigatu Tadesse | The University of Minnesota Farm Incubator Program |
Nov 15 | Wes Jackson | Natural Systems Agriculture: Past, Present, Future |
Nov 16 | Stan Cox and Wes Jackson | A Collaborative Research Agenda for Natural Systems Agriculture |
Nov 16 | Stan Cox and Wes Jackson | Graduate Student Pizza Lunch |
Nov 28 | Jen Blecha | Farming the City: The Status of Urban Agriculture in Vancouver, Canada |
Dec 15 | Hana Niemi | Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA): The Human Sustainabilty Dimension |
Dec 12 | Emily Pullins | Sustainability Trek: My Vacation Tour of General Mills' Cereal Adventures Theme Park |
Jan 23 | Deon Stuthman | Regional Partnerships |
Jan 30 | Melissa Driscoll | Raising Chickens in the City |
Feb 6 | Douglas Tiffany | Current and Proposed Alternative Fuels from Minnesota- Grown Feedstocks |
Feb 13 | Movie Hour | Cadillac Desert |
Feb 20 | Amie Roberts | Urban Lands and Community Gardening in Minneapolis and St. Paul: A Sustainable Solution |
Feb 27 | Amy Bacigalupo | Farm Beginnings: Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers |
March 6 | Steven Hoffman | Sustainable New Zealand : Politics, Policy, and Ecology |
March 27 | Monica Siems |
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April 3 | Bernard Evans | Agriculture and Sustainability: Ethical Perspectives |
April 10 | John Shutske | Protecting Agriculture's Most Precious Resource |
April 17 | Mike Jacobs | Farming the Bean |
May 1 | Mark Ritchie | 2002 Farm Bill |
May 1 | Mark Ritchie | Community Food Systems and the Global Food Industry |
May 8 | Jimmy Byun | Migrant Farm Worker Issues in South- Central Minnesota |
Fall 2002 | ||
Aug 6 | Nitin Desai and Jean-Claude Faby | Sustainable Development Conference |
Sept 13 | Wes Jackson | What is Up in Sustainable Agriculture? That is the Question! |
Oct 2 | Caroline Van Schaik | Multiple Benefits of Agriculture |
Oct 9 | Chris Herman | Incentives for Increasing Wildlife on Farms |
Jan 29 | Faye Jones | What's So Important About Being Organic? |
March 26 | Paula Westmoreland | Permaculture landscaping, workshops and more! |
April 2 | Paul Peterson | Can New Perennial Grasses Extend Minnesota 's Grazing Season? |
April 10 | Hollis Watkins | Hollis Watkins |
April 16 | Sally Auger | Indigenous Varieties- Awaking to the 21 st Century |
April 30 | Mary Leonard | Chocolat Celeste |
Fall 2003 | ||
Sept 10 | Dr. Si Bennasseur Alaoui | Agriculture in Morocco : achievements, drawbacks and future Perspectives |
Sept 17 | Angie Goodrich | Coffee sales, reforestation and a small organic farm: Sustainable Agriculture in Costa Rica |
Sept 24 | Jeff Sommers | A Field Trip to Izzy's Ice Cream Cafe |
Oct 1 | Nancy Dunlavy & Jack Heckelman of Earth Charter | The Earth Charter Community Summit : Integrating the Global and Local |
Oct 8 | Derek Folden, MS Graduate Student in Geography | Community Supported Agriculture, From and Intern's Perspective |
Oct 15 | Steve and Debra Morse, joint appointees to the Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems | Green Lands , Blue Waters |
Oct 22 | Phil Guillery, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Community Forest Resource Center | Sustainable Paper Products & Forest Stewardship Council Certification |
Oct 29 | Dennis Olson, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | The Role of Agricultural Issues in the Collapse of the WTO talks in Cancun |
Nov 12 | Aleh Rodzkin, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Belarusan National Technical University & Fellow of FSA | Contemporary Issues Fellowship Program Agriculture in Belarus: Environmental Problems and Solutions |
Nov 19 | Michelle Menken, Graduate Student in Applied Economics | My internship with MDA's Sustainable Agriculture Program |
Dec 3 | Cathy Twohig, Office Director at Land Stewardship Project's Western Minnesota Office | Pride of the Prairie & Farm Beginnings |
Dec 10 | Daniel Ungier | Non-profits and Small-scale Sustainable Agriculture Projects in Senegal : Overview of a Costal Women's Permaculture Garden |
Jan 21 | Mary Jo Forbord | Sustainable Farming: It's Not What it Used to Be |
Jan 28 | Beth Waterhouse | Impact of Sustainable Decision Making on the Next Generation |
Feb 4 | Webcam | Fast Food World: Perils and Promises of the Global Food Chain (part 1) |
Feb 11 | Webcam | Fast Food World: Perils and Promises of the Global Food Chain (part 2) |
Feb 18 | Deirdre Davis | Cuban Chocolate Embargo -- How it affects us and them |
Feb 25 | Nick Jordan | Forum on Agroecology |
March 3 | Deb Roeber | Mad Cow Disease part 1 |
March 10 | Mark Ritchie | Mad Cow Disease part 2 |
March 24 | Janelle Sorenson | Agricultural Pesticides & Environmental Health |
March 31 | Deb Brister | Aquaculture |
Fall 2004 | ||
Sept 15 | Jared Ashling and David Campbell | WUSA Fall Kick-Off Tour of the Summer Student Garden Plot |
Sept 18 | Field day at Garden Farm (Off campus) | Contact us at wusa@umn.edu for a ride! |
Sept 22 | Dina Kountoupes | Summer Internship with Lakota Traditional Gardener and Herbalist Paul Red Elk |
Sept 29 | Nadine Lehrer | Beef, Trees, and Tural Policy: a Summer Internship in Western Minnesota |
Oct 6 | Satish Gupta | Sediment Contributions from Flat Lands vs. Stream Banks |
Oct 20 | Marjorie Ross | The 2004 Community Food and Farm Festival: Linking Farmers and Consumers |
Oct 20 | Melissa Pawlisch | Engaging Communities in Energy Planning through Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) |
Oct 21 | Francis Thicke | Ecology as a Model for Agriculture |
Oct 27 | Corrie Zoll | The Green Institute's Projects |
Nov 3 | Mary Jo Forbord | Citizen Task Force Report on Defending Township Control and Promoting Independent Livestock Producers: A report by the Citizens Task Force on Livestock Farmers and Rural Communities |
Nov 10 | TBA |
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Nov 17 | Steve Simmons and Co. | Argoecosystems Analysis Summer Course |
Dec 1 | TBA |
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Dec 8 | TBA |
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Dec 15 | Mark Ritchie | The Aftermath of the Elections for Sustainable Agriculture |
Jan 26 | Documentary Showing part 1 | Future of Food |
Feb 2 | Documentary Showing part 2 | Future of Food |
Feb 9 | Marla Spivak, Department of Entomology | The Buzz about Bees, Honey and Pollination |
Feb 16 | TBA |
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Feb 23 | Josh Bryson, Minnesota Food Association Farm Manager | New Immigrant Agricultural Training Center Opportunities for U |
March 2 | Paula Westmoreland, 2004 SARE Producer Grant Recipient | Designing and Validating Plant Communities and Perennial Cropping Systems for Multiple Benefits |
March 9 | Mark Ritchie, IATP | Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainable Politics |
March 23 | Ron Huff, President of Slow Food MN | Slow Food Movement |
March 30 | Marjorie Ross, U of M Graduate Student | The Effects of Groundcover Strategy and Pesticide Treatment on the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Field Grown Strawberries. |
April 6 | Chuck Knierim, Wild Rose Farms | Year Round Greenhouse production in North Central Minnesota |
April 13 | Panel: Steve Simmons, Craig Sheaffer, Bud Markhart, Nick Jordan, Julia Nerbonne & more! | Educational Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture here at the U! |
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May 4 | Aura Labarre, Garden Student Education Coordinator | Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Opportunities in Biodynamics, Organics and More! |
Fall 2005 | ||
Sept 7 | Allan Lavalier, Gardening Educator from Grow Biointensive | Grow Biointensive. |
Sept 14 |
| Cornercopia Open House. |
Sept 28 | David Nelson | Sustainability in Sweden: what can we learn? |
Oct 5 | Sunny Johnson of White Earth Village | Local Foods Challenge. |
Oct 12 | Paul Porter, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | Images and Impressions from the 15th IFOAM Organic World Congress. |
Oct 19 | Aura LaBarre, Garden Student Program Education Coordinator for the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute | Organic Education Opportunities: The Michael Fields Experience. |
Oct 26 | Tim Reese, Farm Educator at Gale Woods Farm And Courtney Tchida, Farm Curriculum Intern | Creating an Educational Sustainable Agriculture Farm Experience. |
Nov 2 | Meagan Keefe, Graduate Student in Natural Resources Science and Management | Perennial Guilds at the Student Organic Farm. |
Nov 9 | Deborah Garrido, Graduate Student in Nutrition | Wild Edibles: On the Dinner Table and in the Classroom. |
Nov 16 | Nadine Lehrer, | Soybeans in the Amazon? Environment and trade links in Brazilian and U.S. agribusiness |
Nov 30 | Ben Jordan, Cornercopia Intern & Undergraduate Student in Computer Science | Cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus on Agricultural Byproducts of Minnesota Farms |
Dec 7 | David Campbell, Ben Jordon, Jesse Sadowsky, Rachael Dettman, Deborah Garrido, Angela Haugen, Trevor Huggins and Jared Ashling, Student Farm Interns | Lessons learned from season 1 of Cornercopia, the Student Organic Farm. |
Jan 25 | Rachael Dettman, Graduate Student in Applied Economics | Organic Certification: Insights from a Summer Intern. |
Feb 1 | Luke Gran, exchange coordinator for IAAS and related sciences, US chapter, Iowa State University | International Association of Students in Agriculture (IAAS). |
Feb 8 | Bill Wilcke, NCR-SARE regional coordinator | The University of Minnesota was selected as the new host institution for the NCR-SARE program. |
Feb 15 | Erin Tegtmeier, the executive director of the Experiment in Rural Cooperation | External Costs of Agriculture. |
Feb 22 | John Hooper, Yak Rancher | Raising and marketing yak is a new frontier, and the journey has been fun. |
March 1 | Joanne Berkenkamp, Minnesota Grown | Farm to School: institutional buying of Minnesota-grown food. |
March 8 | Richard Bawden, Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, Michigan State University | Land Care in Australia - The Epistemic Challenge of Sustainable Development. |
March 22 | Paul Porter and Steve Simmons, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | Agroecosystems Analysis. |
March 29 | Steve Simmons, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics | "I've been to the mountain...": Perspectives on Experiential and Community Learning from The Evergreen State College |
April 5 | Peat Willcutt, Urban Agrarian | Chickens in The City. Enjoy the freshest, tastiest, cruelty-free eggs every morning!!! |
April 12 | Dr. George Seielstad, University of North Dakota | Feeding the World Sustainably: The world faces the immense challenge of needing more than twice as much food by 2050 as is now produced. |
May 3 | Students from AGRO 8900 | Reflections on Agro 8900: an experimental graduate course on engaging science with complex public problems and the search for a sustainable future. |
Fall 2006 | ||
Sept 20 | Lisa Kissing, Senior in Environmental Science | Getting down and dirty with soil improvement in Ecuador |
Oct 4 | A film produced by Cynthia Vagnetti and presented by the Land Stewardship Project | "Voices of Minnesota Farm Women" |
Oct 11 | Amanda Stoelb | The Youth Farm and Market Project. |
Oct 25 | Linda Meschke of Rural Advantage | Bio-Based Community Development: Madelia Bio-Based Eco-Industrial Resource Assessment. |
Nov 1 | Jim Riddle | 1st IFOAM International Conference on Animals in Organic Production conference: "Lessons Learned at the IFOAM Organic Livestock Conference." |
Nov 8 | Courtney Tchida- Student Program Coordinator for MISA and Cornercopia Interns | What's Up with Cornercopia Student Organic Farm! |
Nov 15 | Professor Ricardo Salvador of Iowa State University and the Kellogg Foundation | A Forum on Future Trends in Agroecology, Food Systems, Bioeconomy, Resilient Agroecosystems, and other Pressing Matters. |
Nov 22 | Alvaro Rivera- Director New Immigrant Agriculture Project | New Immigrant Agriculture. |
Nov 29 | Marilyn Johnson, Graduate Student in Soils | Community, Cover Crops and Compost: Interviews with CSA Farmers. |
Dec 6 | Bud Markhart, Department of Horticultural Science | Iceland and Germany: Hort 4000 Explores Fire, Ice, Windmills, and Organic Food |
Jan 17 | Carl Rosen, Dept. of Soil, Water, & Climate | Exploring the Benefits of Organic Nutrient Sources for Crop Production and Soil Quality. |
Jan 24 | Gary Reuter, Department of Entomology | Beekeeping and Sustainable Agriculture |
Feb 14 | Laurel Panser | German Farm Collectives. |
Feb 21 | Todd Churchill | The Role of for-Profit Business in Developing Sustainable Food Systems. |
March 7 | Reed Aubin, Sundays Energy's Development Director | Just how sustainable are biofuels? What makes biofuels "sustainable"? |
March 28 | Jo Williams, Women's Environmental Institute | Demystifying Organic: What do food label claims really mean? |
April 4 | Jennifer Rule | A discussion of Agro 5999: Agroecosystems Analysis Field Course. |
April 11 | Courtney Tchida, MISA's Student Program Coordinator | Spin Farming and Growing Power: Small Scale Urban Farming Possibilities. |
April 18 | Jim Stordahl, Extension Educator | Weeds getting your goat? Get goats to get your weeds! |
April 25 | Peter Hinck, Graduate student in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering | Diversifying the Madelia Region with Multifunctional Landscapes: A Pilot Study of Alternative Futures. |
Fall 2007 | ||
Oct. 24 | Gary Holthaus, School of Agriculture Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems | From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know About Agriculture |
Nov. 14 | Prof. Mike White | Hear about an exciting journey exploring the sustainable foods and culture of Italy through a 3.5 week Global Seminar in May of 2007! |
Nov 21 | Charles Eckman, Master of Agriculture and Cornercopia Intern | Evaluating strawberry cultivars from the University's breeding program to see how they perfom under organic production. |
Nov 28 | Karen Weiss, Master of Agriculture and Cornercopia Intern | Evaluating the University of Minnesota's Student Organic Farm "model," to see if sustainability is being achieved. |
Dec 5 | Marilyn Johnson, Graduate student in soil science | Comparing the leaching of nutrients from a certified organic fertilizer made from fish hydrolyzate to that from a conventional fertilizer. |
Jan 30 | Margaret Adamek, PhD, Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships | The dynamics, demands and state of the local food system and the needs, opportunities and future directions. |
Feb 6 | Brian Fredericksen, owner of Ames Farm Honey | Why choose sustainable but labor intensive methods to produce apples, single source honey, comb honey and bee pollen for the local market. |
Feb 13 | Film Presentation | Black Gold |
Feb 20 | Peat Wilcutt and Chelsie Glaubitz, U of M Undergrads and Student Organic Farm Interns | Backyard and pastured poultry are changing the way many are getting their daily egg. Live chickens will be in attendance! |
Feb 27 | Matt De Kam | Is sustainability certification a good idea for small scale coffee farmers in Central Honduras? |
Mar 5 | Bjorn Gangeness | How terrestrial carbon sequestration may contribute to creating a more sustainable agriculture in Minnesota. |
Mar 26 | Larry Lev, Endowed Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University | Marketing alternatives for farms and farmers markets |
Apr 16 | Guillermo Velasquez, of Velasquez Family Coffee | The journey of shade grown, environmentally friendly coffee from Honduran coffee farm to coffee cups in the United States. Information about Velasquez Family Coffee can be found at www.vfamilycoffee.com. |
Apr 23 | Renee Maas, Graduate Student, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs | Impact of IMF and World Bank structural adjustment loans on food security and rural economic development in Jamaica. |
Apr 30 | Carla Kaiser, Midtown Farmers Market Events Chair | The Midtown Farmers Market and other Twin Cities Farmers Market scenes. |
Oct 22 | Jacquelyn Zita | Women's Environmental Institute |
Nov 5 | Brigid Tuck & Dr. Gary Gartner | MN Wine Grape Economy |
Nov 12 | Lindsay Rebhan & Margaret | Permaculture Design and Green Routes |
Nov 19 | Dennis Johnson | Dairy Herd Transition to Organic |
Nov 26 | Alison Bunge | The Vintage Garden: A Restaurant Garden Experience |
Dec 3 | Julia Nerbonne | Immersion Program on Sustainable Agriculture |
Dec 10 | Annalisa Hultberg | Mapping Minnesota's Local Foods Scene |
Jan 21 | Ann Yin | Local D'Lish |
Jan 28 | Laura Frerichs | Our Vegetable Business: the First Four Years. Getting started, investments, growth strategy, and challenges. |
Feb 4 | Adam Warthesen | The Land Stewardship Project |
Feb 11 | Marjorie Hegstrom | Mill City FarmersMarket |
Feb 18 | DVD | Fridays at the Farm |
Feb 25 | Vanessa Levingston | Clinton Global Initiative and MN Green Expo |
March 3 | Maria Regan-Gonzalez | Options in Sustainable Agriculture for Graduation Students |
March 11 | Jen Blecha | MN Project-Local Foods Program |
March 25 | Mary Jo Forbord, Jerry Ford | SFA Internships |
April 1 | Lynn Mader and Beth Nelson | Farm to School Program |
April 8 | Rachel Slocum | Race and the Politics of Alternative Food |
April 15 | Atina Diffley | Gardens of Eagan |
April 22 | Kelly Pennington | "Felting the Flock: Wool assessment of Gale Woods Farm's Sheep" |
April 29 | Nick Olson | LSP's Farm Beginnings |
May 6 | Matt Leavitt | Community Design Center Internship |
