10th Anniversary Celebration: ISU Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture program

Date: Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Start: 3:00 pm

Location: ISU Memorial Union Sun Room and South Ballroom, Ames, Iowa

Contact: Charles Sauer, (515) 294-6518, gpsa@iastate.edu

The Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture celebrated the 10th anniversary of the program's creation and continued the tradition of annually gathering GPSA students, faculty and guests to discuss the current state of sustainable agriculture research. This date marked the Eighth Annual Research Symposium, hosted by the GPSA.

ISU Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Pesek opened the program with "Staging the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture."  Doug Landis, Michigan State University, made the keynote research address.

There was a research poster display, poster judging with prizes, and locally sourced food and beverages.

Related information

Learn more: http://www.sust.ag.iastate.edu/gpsa/symposium.html

Read Dr. Pesek's comments [PDF]

View a photo from this event

Listen to podcast from this presentation (and others in the Agronomy Department)

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