Climate Change, Agriculture, and Renewable Energy
an advanced workshop summarizing the latest science and implications for farming
Funded by the USDA Northeast
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education program (NE-SARE)
April 4, 2006 at the Ramada Inn,
To register and for lodging
information please visit www.uvm.edu/sustainableagriculture/climatechange_registration.html
or call Candice Huber at (802)
656-5459
8:00
Introduction
8:15
Overview of greenhouse gases and climate change.
Art DeGaetano, Department of Earth and
Atmospheric Sciences,
8:45
Climate change in the Northeast: past and predicted.
Cameron Wake,
9:15
Potential impacts of climate change on crops.
David Wolfe, Department of Horticulture,
9:45
Insect and disease management in a changing climate.
Curt Petzoltd, IPM Program, Cornell-Geneva
Experiment Station
10:15
Break/Discussion
10:45
Climate change, CO2, and weed management.
Lewis Ziska, Crop Systems and Global Change
Laboratory, USDA, Beltseville, MD
11:15
Potential impacts of climate change on dairy and
other livestock.
Larry Chase, Department of Animal Sciences,
11:45
Energy use and greenhouse gases: NY dairies.
Jennifer Wightman, Department of Crop and Soil
Sciences,
12:15
Lunch (included)
1:00 New
voluntary agricultural greenhouse gas reporting guidelines.
William G. Hohenstein, Director, USDA Global
Change Program Office
1:30 Soils and climate
change: managing C and N.
John Duxbury, Department of Crop and Soil
Sciences,
2:00
Climate change and biofuels: opportunities for
farmers.
John Duxbury, Department of Crop and Soil
Sciences,
2:30 On-farm
energy to make money and reduce greenhouse emissions: real-life pros
and cons.
Vern Grubinger, Center for Sustainable
Agriculture,
3:00
Reaction panel and general discussion.
3:30
Adjourn
There is a $50 registration fee that includes
a notebook of resources, a CD of powerpoint presentations and lunch.
This fee can be waived upon request for those that cannot afford it.
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