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SUMMARY:Ricardo Salvador - 	Why the future of agriculture cannot be like the history of agriculture | GES Colloquium (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES MediaSite | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \n Why the future of agriculture cannot be like the history of agriculture\nSpeaker: Ricardo Salvador\, PhD\, Director and Senior Scientist\, Food & Environment Program at Union Of Concerned Scientists\nTwitter @cadwego and @UCSUSA \nThe existential quiz that will tell us whether humanity deserves to survive on planet Earth. \nAbstract\nAgriculture from its inception has been the exploitation of people and nature. “Modernity” has exacerbated that mode of operation. In the 21st century\, will we be able to do better? \nRelated publication: \n\nAdam Frank\, Woodruff Sullivan (2014)  Sustainability and the astrobiological perspective: Framing human futures in a planetary context. Anthropocene\, Volume 5\, 2014\, Pages 32-41\, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2014.08.002 (PDF)\nGoodbye\, U.S.D.A.\, Hello\, Department of Food and Well-Being\, Ricardo Salvador\, New York Times\, Dec. 3\, 2020 (PDF)\n\nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Ricardo J. Salvador (@cadwego) is Director and Senior Scientist of the Food & Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists\, in Washington DC. He leads a team of scientists\, economists\, policy analysts and organizers to make the case that modern\, sustainable practices can be highly productive while also protecting the environment\, producing healthy food\, and creating economic opportunity for all. He is a member of the Board of Agriculture and National Resources of the National Academy of Sciences\, and of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food. He has advised a range of leading organizations in sustainable and equitable agriculture\, including the Food Chain Workers Alliance\, the Fair Food Program of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers\, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition\, The Land Institute\, FoodCorps\, National Farm to School Network\, Center for Good Food Purchasing\, Food System 6\, and the HEAL Food Alliance. \nHe is an agronomist with a focus on sustainability and systems analysis. His undergraduate degree in agriculture is from New Mexico State University\, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in crop production and physiology are from Iowa State University. Prior to joining UCS\, Ricardo worked for the Texas A&M University Extension Service\, was on the Iowa State Agronomy faculty for 18 years (where with colleagues he established the first graduate program in sustainable agriculture within the Land Grant University System)\, and subsequently became Program Director for Food\, Health and Wellbeing at the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. At the Kellogg Foundation\, Ricardo partnered with colljeagues to create grant-making programs that addressed the connections between food and health\, environment\, economic development\, sovereignty\, and social justice.
URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-01-26/
LOCATION:Faculty Conference 2312G\, D. H. Hill Jr. Library\, 2 Broughton Drive\, Raleigh\, NC\, 27607\, United States
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