2012 Hill Seminar Series
2012 NC-FAR Lunch-N-Learn Hill Research Seminars – Abstracts
Friday, September 28 - 12:00 pm
The Next 40 Years
"The Challenge of Feeding 9.6 Billion"
Robert L. Thompson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Media Advisory
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Action Shots
Friday, September 14 - 12:00 pm
Out of the Trash and onto Trays
"Increasing Fruit & Vegetable Consumption in the School Lunch Program"
David R. Just, Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs, Ithaca, New York
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Media Advisory
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Action Shots
Monday, July 30 - 12:00 pm
Location, Location, Location
"Putting Buffers in Their Place"
Mike Dosskey, U.S. Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Media Advisory
Presentation
Action Shots
Friday, July 13 - 12:00 pm
What Would Lincoln Do?
"The Critical Value of Extension in Translating Agricultural Research" Douglas L. Steele, Montana State University
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Media Advisory
Presentation
Action Shots
Monday, June 25 - 12:00 pm
Safeguarding the Seeds of Food Security
"The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System"
Peter Bretting, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
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Media Advisory
Presentation
Action Shots
Monday, May 7 - 12:00 pm
Healthy Animals, Confident Consumers
"The Direct Relationship Between Animal Health and Food Safety Outcomes"
H. Scott Hurd, Associate Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
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Media Advisory
Presentation
Action Shots
Monday, April 23 - 12:00 pm
American Agriculture Cooperates
"Economics, Research and Structure of Farmer Owned Cooperatives"
Phil Kenkel, Oklahoma State University
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Media Advisory
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Action Shots
Monday, April 16 - 12:00 pm
Hands-On Science in the Wild
"Discovery of the Innate Plant-Protective Properties of Plants, and Delivery to the U.S. Marketplace and Beyond"
Mary Ann Lila, Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University
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Media Advisory
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Action Shots
Monday, March 26 - 12:00 pm
A Diagnosis of Troubled Waters
"Assessing the Health of Streams in Agricultural Landscapes: The Impacts of Land Management Change on Water Quality"
Donald Huggins, Central Plains Center for Bioassessment, Kansas Biological Survey
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Media Advisory
Presentation
Action Shots
Monday, March 5 - 12:00 pm
Can Processed Foods Be Healthy?
"How Do Processed Foods Fit into a Healthy Lifestyle?"
Eric Decker, University of Massachusetts
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Media Advisory
Presentation
Action Shots
Monday, February 27 - 12:00 pm
Invasion Persuasion
"A Review of a Successful USDA Program For Defeating a Wide-spread Invader: TEAM Leafy Spurge"
Rodney Lym, North Dakota State University
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Media Advisory
Presentation
Action Shots
Monday, January 23 - 12:00 pm
Putting Energy in to Get Energy Out
"Energy Issues Affecting Corn/Soybean Systems: Challenges for Sustainable Production"
Doug Karlen, USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa
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Media Advisory
Presentation
Action Shots