National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monday, April 23 - 12:00 pm
American Agriculture Cooperates
"Economics, Research and Structure of Farmer Owned Cooperatives"
Phil Kenkel, Oklahoma State University

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

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

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

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

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