2013-2014 Season

2013-2014 Season

Dr. Chris Elias, Dr. Joan Lombardi, Dr. Nurper Ulkuer April 22, 2014

The Role of Water and Food Security in Early Childhood Survival and Development: A Global Perspective

Dr. Robert Paarlberg February 27, 2014

Our Culture War Over Food and Farming

Dr. Catherine Woteki, Dan Glickman, Dr. Philip G. Pardey January 14, 2014

Regaining the U.S. Lead in Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education

Tom Vilsack November 5, 2013

Rural America: New Markets, New Understanding, Unlimited Opportunity

Sally Mackenzie September 30, 2013

Beyond GMOs to a More Honest Dialogue about Our Food
Dr. Chris Elias, Dr. Joan Lombardi, Dr. Nurper Ulkuer
Dr. Chris Elias, Dr. Joan Lombardi, Dr. Nurper Ulkuer

Dr. Chris Elias, Dr. Joan Lombardi, Dr. Nurper Ulkuer April 22, 2014

The Role of Water and Food Security in Early Childhood Survival and Development | A Global Perspective

A Conversation with:

Dr. Chris Elias, president of the Global Development Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, residing in Seattle, WA.

Dr. Joan Lombardi, former deputy assistant secretary and inter-departmental liaison for early childhood education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; national and international expert on early childhood education, residing in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Nurper Ulkuer, former head, Early Childhood Development Unit, and senior adviser for early childhood development, UNICEF, residing in Ankara, Turkey.

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Dr. Robert Paarlberg
Dr. Robert Paarlberg

Dr. Robert Paarlberg February 27, 2014

Our Culture War Over Food and Farming

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Dr. Catherine Woteki, Dan Glickman, Dr. Philip G. Pardey
Dr. Catherine Woteki, Dan Glickman, Dr. Philip G. Pardey

Dr. Catherine Woteki, Dan Glickman, Dr. Philip G. Pardey January 14, 2014

Regaining the U.S. Lead in Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education

A Conversation with:

Dr. Catherine Woteki, USDA under secretary for research, education and economics

Dan Glickman, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Dr. Philip G. Pardey, professor, University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics, director of the University's International Science and Technology Practice and Policy Center

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack November 5, 2013

Rural America | New Markets, New Understanding, Unlimited Opportunity

Vilsack recited a litany of agriculture's strengths – record exports and expanding domestic markets; increased profits; renewed conservation efforts; and continued development of second- and third-generation renewable fuel sources. Humanity's greatest looming challenge – increasing food production by 70 percent to feed a growing world population – will be solved largely in rural America, he added.

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Sally Mackenzie, Ralph and Alice Raikes Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sally Mackenzie, Ralph and Alice Raikes Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Sally Mackenzie September 30, 2013

Beyond GMOs to a More Honest Dialogue about Our Food

Mackenzie's lecture, titled "Beyond GMOs to a More Honest Dialogue About Our Food," put today's science into historical perspective.

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