A monthly presentation and discussion on agriculture and natural resource policy issues sponsored by the Ag Econ Department, Renk Agribusiness Institute, UW Center for Cooperatives, and the Program on Agricultural Studies. Lunch provided with an early RSVP.
Students with faculty invite only, please.
The Role of Research, Education and Policy in Growing Wisconsin's Local Vegetable and Fruit Sector
presented by
Jack Kloppenburg
Department of Rural Sociology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jack Kloppenburg, of the Department of Rural Socioloty, will lead a discussion outlining a systematic approach by public or private institutions to research and facilitate the growth of the local vegetable and fruit sector in Wisconsin. Some of the key questions to be addressed are: What are the appropriate roles of various institutions? What are some potentially viable research approaches? What role can various disciplines play? What examples exist, in Wisconsin and elsewhere, from which we can learn?
June 13, 2008
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Parsons-Penn Room (115)
For additional information contact:
Alan Turnquist
204 Taylor Hall
(608) 265-3463
email: alturnquist@wisc.edu