Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health (2024)
Chapter: Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas
Appendix B
Public Meeting Agendas
Information-gathering sessions include in-person public meetings and webinars held by the committee from April 2023 to October 2023. They are listed in chronological order. The locations of the in-person meetings are provided. Presentations that were made via the Internet at the in-person public meetings are noted.
APRIL 12, 2023
The first public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held virtually.
Open Session Agenda
April 12, 2023
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
| 2:30 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 2:50 | Sponsor Perspectives on Study Statement of Task |
| Kevin Kephart, Deputy Director, Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture | |
| Sandeep Kumar, National Program Leader, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| Suzanne Stluka, Deputy Director, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture | |
| 3:00 | Discussion with Committee |
| 4:30 | Adjourn Open Session |
APRIL 20, 2023
The second public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held in-person.
The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Open Session Agenda
April 20, 2023
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
| 1:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 1:30 | Invited presentations |
| Megan O’Rourke, Brookings Congressional Fellow, Office of Representative Chellie Pingree | |
| Charles W. Rice, University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University | |
| C. Wayne Honeycutt, President and CEO, Soil Health Institute (remote) | |
| Moul Dey, Professor, South Dakota State University (remote) | |
| 3:00 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 3:30 | Adjourn Open Session |
MAY 16, 2023
The third public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held virtually.
Open Session Agenda
May 16, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
| 3:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 3:20 | Invited Presentations |
| Jamie DeWitt, East Carolina University: Human health effects of PFAS exposure | |
| Linda Lee, Purdue University: Fate of biosolids-borne PFAS after land application | |
| Jonathan O. (Josh) Sharp, Colorado School of Mines: Insights from trace organic attenuation toward forever chemicals | |
| 4:35 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 5:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
JUNE 13, 2023
The fourth public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held virtually.
Open Session Agenda
June 13, 2023
3:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
| 3:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| 3:20 | Invited Presentations |
| Harsh Bais, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Delaware | |
| Jude Maul, Research Ecologist, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab, USDA Agricultural Research Service | |
| 4:10 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 4:45 | Adjourn Open Session |
JUNE 22, 2023
The fifth public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held in-person.
The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Open Session Agenda
June 22, 2023
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
| 1:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 1:30 | Invited presentations |
| Tim Griffin, Professor in Nutrition, Agriculture, and Sustainable Food Systems, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University | |
| Kelly Wrighton, Associate Professor, Colorado State University | |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | Invited Presentations |
| Nhu Nguyen, Associate Professor, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa | |
| Amanda Ashworth, Research Soil Scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service (remote) | |
| 3:45 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 4:30 | Adjourn Open Session |
JUNE 29, 2023
The sixth public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held virtually.
Open Session Agenda
June 29, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
| 11:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 11:20 | Invited Presentations |
| Matthias Rillig, Director, Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, and Professor of Plant Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin: The effects of microplastics on agricultural soils | |
| Erlend Sørmo, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute: Forever no more? The role of pyrolysis in combatting PFAS | |
| Marcel van der Heijden, Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich: Impact of pesticides on soil microbial communities and soil functioning | |
| 12:35 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 1:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
JULY 10, 2023
The seventh public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held virtually.
Open Session Agenda
July 10, 2023
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
| 1:30 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| 1:50 | Invited Presentation |
| Martin J. Blaser, Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome, Rutgers University | |
| 2:10 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 2:30 | Adjourn Open Session |
JULY 17-18, 2023
The eighth public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held virtually.
Open Session Agenda
July 17, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
| 2:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 2:20 | Invited Presentation |
| Bruce Hamaker, Professor of Food Science and Director of the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University: Dietary fiber and food processing links to the gut microbiome and human health | |
| 2:40 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 3:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
July 18, 2023
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
| 1:30 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 1:50 | Invited Presentation |
| Justin and Erica Sonnenburg, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, School of Medicine: The impact of industrialization and diet on the gut microbiome |
| 2:10 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 2:30 | Adjourn Open Session |
JULY 26, 2023
The ninth public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held in-person.
The National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
Open Session Agenda
July 26, 2023
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
| 1:30 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 2:00 | Invited presentations |
| Jo Handelsman, Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (remote) | |
| Katherine Karberg, Medical Affairs Manager, Bayer Crop Science | |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:15 | Invited Presentations |
| Bhimu Patil, Regents Professor and Director of the Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, Texas A&M University | |
| Mario Ferruzzi, Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of Developmental Nutrition, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (remote) | |
| 4:15 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 5:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The tenth public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held virtually.
Open Session Agenda
September 18, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
| 12:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 12:20 | Invited Presentations |
| Virginia Moore, Cornell University: Plant Breeding for Complex Systems | |
| Jean-Michel Ané, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Engineering Plant–Microbe Symbioses for Enhanced Plant, Soil, and Human Health | |
| Lee DeHaan, The Land Institute: Breeding Perennial Crops | |
| 1:30 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 2:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
OCTOBER 23, 2023
The eleventh public meeting of the Committee on Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health was held virtually.
Open Session Agenda
October 23, 2023
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
| 2:00 | Welcome and Introductions |
| Diana H. Wall, Committee Chair, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| Kara Laney, Study Director, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 2:20 | Invited Presentations |
| Donna McCallister, Texas Tech University | |
| Margaret Lloyd, University of California Cooperative Extension | |
| Eugene Kelly, Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station and Colorado State University | |
| 3:40 | Speaker discussion with the committee |
| 4:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
