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130 Human Ecology and Organic Farming Systems: I

Oral Session
Z02 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Special Programs
This session on organic agriculture will have an increased focus on the history, philosophy, and sociology of the organic farming movement. The session will also serve to announce and promote the upcoming ASA publication: Ecology in Organic Farming Systems C. Francis, editor.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 9:55 AM-5:15 PM
Convention Center, Room 318, Third Floor

Organizer:
Joseph Heckman
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:00 AM
130-1
Perspectives On History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Organic Farming.
Joseph Heckman, Rutgers State Univ.
Audio File
10:40 AM
130-2
Engaging Across the Organic/Conventional Binary: Preliminary Results From the ARGOS Programme in New Zealand.
Hugh Campbell, Univ. of Otago
Audio File
11:20 AM
130-3
USDA-Accredited Certifiers Work with Universities to Improve Implementation and Integrity of the National Organic Program Standards.
Elizabeth Sarno, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Audio File
12:00 PM
Break
1:00 PM
130-4
Ecology in Organic Farming: New Book From American Society of Agronomy.
Laurie Drinkwater, Cornell Univ.; Charles Francis, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Martin Entz, Univ. of Manitoba; Ethel Clark, Univ. of Guelph; Kathleen Delate, Iowa State Univ.; Joseph Heckman, Rutgers State Univ.; Matt Liebman, Iowa State Univ.; Rhonda Janke, Kansas State Univ.; Patricia Allen, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz; Nancy Creamer, North Carolina State Univ.
1:40 PM
130-5
Nutrition Science and the Early Organic Movement, 1930-1960.
Martin Renner, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:20 PM
130-6
Mainstreaming Organic Agriculture in the Land Grant System.
Kathleen Delate, Iowa State Univ.; Jerry DeWitt, Iowa State Univ.
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
130-7
Organic Agriculture: A Model for Commitment and Change.
Paul Hepperly, Rodale Inst.
3:55 PM
130-8
The Uses of History: Pioneering Organic Farmers and Old Agricultural Books.
Laura B. Sayre, Yale Univ.
Audio File
4:35 PM
130-9
You Say You Want A Revolution? Organic Consumers and the Local Farmers They Support Are Forcing A Paradigm Shift in the Way Our Food Is Produced and Consumed.
David Cox, General Counsel, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
5:15 PM
Adjourn
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