2015 Round Table Meetings

January 2015…………………………
Orlando, Florida

The Dynamics of Specialty Crops

Session 1: What’s So Special About Specialty Crops
Tom Stenzel, United Fresh Produce Association

Session 2: The Epic Challenge: Disease
Harold Browning, Citrus Research and Development Foundation, Inc.
Amy Harmon, New York Times

Session 3: The Epic Challenge: Water
David Puglia, Western Growers
Lynn Broaddus, Broadview Collaborative

Session 4: The Epic Challenge: Labor
Chalmers Carr, Titan Farms
Baldemar Velasquex, Farm Labor Organizing Committee

Session 5: The Opportunities of Nutrition
Deanne Brandstetter, Compass Group North America
Bill Boehm, Food and Ag Industry Expertise

June 2015……………………………….
Columbus, Ohio

The Future of Land Grant Universities
Opening Keynote: Jeffery Wadsworth, CEO and President, Battelle Memorial Institute

Session 1: Land Grant Universities: Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow
Bruce McPheron, Ohio State University
Walter Hill, Tuskegee University

Session 2: The Future of Agriculture Research
Wendy Wintersteen, Iowa State University
William Buckner, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Buckner Comments

Session 3: Human Health / Animal Health in a World Community
Lonnie King, Ohio State University

Session 4: Fishing – Swimming – Farming
Jeffery Reutter, Ohio Sea Grant
Jack Williams, Village of Ottawa
Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, The Nature Conservancy

Session 5: Adaptions and Expectations for Land Grant Universities
Mike Martin, Colorado State University
Kip Tom, Tom Farms
Jim Borel, DuPont