April 9, 2013
The Global Food System and Related Policy Challenges
Guest: Per Pinstrup-Andersen
Per Pinstrup-Andersen of Cornell University made his comments Tuesday during his Heuermann Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As have most other speakers in the series, Pinstrup-Andersen focused on the world's capacity to feed a population expected to grow from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050.
February 12, 2013
Tomorrow's Table | Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Guests: Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak
A marriage between an organic farmer and a geneticist might sound like the setup for a romantic comedy, but in fact exemplifies the integrated approach agriculture must use to successfully meet the world's growing need for food.
January 15, 2013
Improving Animal Welfare and Communication with the Public
Guest: Temple Grandin
Grandin, an animal sciences professor at Colorado State University, has had a major impact on the meat and livestock industries worldwide through her research, development and outreach on use of low-stress, behavior-based livestock handling techniques and design of animal handling facilities.
November 15, 2012
Where America Must Lead | Ensuring the World Can Feed its People
Guest: Catherine Bertini
Bertini, who spent a decade as chief executive of the U.N.'s World Food Programme, outlined the well-known challenge facing the world - how to feed a population expected to increase from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050, with Africa's population projected to double in that time. Already, she noted, 870 million people go hungry every day, with 1.3 billion living in poverty, existing on $1.25 or less per day.
The Land-Grant Mission of 2012 | Transforming Agriculture for the 2050 World
Guests: Former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture Senator Mike Johanns, Clayton Yeutter, John Block and Dan Glickman
Lest the nation's land-grant universities be tempted to rest on their laurels as they celebrate 150 years of their nation-changing tradition, four former U.S. secretaries of agriculture and the leader of one of the world's leading philanthropic organizations laid out an ambitious to-do list for them for the next few decades.