NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
January 18, 2000
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AGENDA |
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8:00 am |
Welcome and Introductions Anthony Earl, Committee Chair |
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8:10 |
Sustainable Agriculture and Small-Scale Linkages Gail Feenstra, University of California, Davis |
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8:40 |
Small Farms Commission and Minority Perspectives Desmond Jolly, University of California, Davis |
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9:10 |
Capturing Value of Publicly Funded Research and the Structure of Agriculture |
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Chuck Hassebrook, Center for Rural Affairs |
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9:40 |
Q&A Session |
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10:10–10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Overall Funding for Agricultural Research and Information Transfer Issues Noel Keen, University of California, Riverside |
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11:00 |
Impact of Biotechnology Research and Producer Access to Information Ken Olson, American Farm Bureau |
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11:30 |
Genomics and GMOs: Dealing with Public Opinion and Policy Needs from an International Perspective Robert Goodman, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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12:00 noon |
Q&A Session |
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12:30–1:30pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 |
Small Farms and Federal Funding—Farmer’s Perspective Glenn Anderson, Organic Farms, Hilmar, California |
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2:00 |
Minorities and Public Research Daniel Mountjoy, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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2:30 |
Sustainable Agriculture and the Salad Bar Project Michelle Mascarenhas, Occidental College, Los Angeles |
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3:00 |
Q&A Session |
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3:30–3:50 |
Break |
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3:50 |
Publicly Funded Agricultural Research—Perspective from the Biological Sciences Cal Qualset, University of California, Davis |