2007 National Conference on Agriculture & the Environment
Agenda
The 2007 National Conference on Agriculture & the Environment is a consortium of university and private researchers, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies with an interest and expertise in agriculture and natural resource protection. The purpose of the conference is three-fold: (1) to highlight trends in data collection methodologies and data findings; (2) examine case studies in agricultural and environmental stewardship; and (3) foster the cross pollination of new ideas, technologies, and methodologies among leading resource protection professionals.
The conference will focus on the following main session topics:
- Water Quality Monitoring: Data, Methodology, Trends & Advancements
- Exemplary programs for agricultural water quality monitoring
- Watershed surface and ground water monitoring
- Monitoring for on-farm management practices and pollution prevention
- Monitoring for TMDLs, beneficial uses, ag waiver policies
- Trends in research methodology and findings
- Food Safety & Environmental Protection: Conflicts and Compatibilities
- Food safety research studies and findings
- Food safety policy: regulation, marketing, and agricultural practices
- Agricultural environmental policy
- Demonstrated conflicts between food safety and environmental protection
- Areas of compatibility between food safety and environmental protection
- Agricultural & Environmental Innovations
- Technological advancements
- Environmental compliance and permit coordination
- Conservation practices
- Water use efficiency
- Practice innovations
- Urban, rural, and agricultural outreach
- Case studies in Timber Management
- The Sustainability Factor: Exploring the nexus between agricultural and environmental sustainability
- Sustainability defined
- Local movements toward sustainability
- Business & economic implications of environmental protection
- Agricultural Interfaces: Exploring the interfaces between agriculture, natural resources, and local communities
- Agricultural & Urban interfaces
- Agricultural & Riparian/Slough/Wetland interfaces
- Conservation Easements
- Case studies in timber management
- Rangeland management and stewardship