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
12:00 PM
Break
1:00 PM
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.
2:20 PM
Mainstreaming Organic Agriculture in the Land Grant System.
Kathleen Delate, Iowa State Univ.; Jerry DeWitt, Iowa State Univ.
3:00 PM
Break
5:15 PM
Adjourn