Public Lecture
Friday, March 31, 2023 at 7-8 PM
BMO Auditorium Science Commons (SA 8002)
Invited Lecturer : Dr. Martin Entz, Professor of Cropping Systems and Natural Systems Agriculture
Department of Plant Science, U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Welcome and opening remarks: U of L Vice-President Research, Dr. Dena McMartin
Introduction of the guest lecturer: Dr. Roy Golsteyn, Professor of Biology
Social gathering (8-10 PM) after the lecture with light food and beverages including a cash bar in he Science Commons Atrium (SA 7008) outside the lecture theater.
Parking: Campus parking near the Science Commons is free after 7 PM on Friday.
Sustainable Agriculture Showcase Conference
Saturday, April 1, 2023
9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Science Commons Atrium (SA 7008) and BMO Auditorium (SA 8002)
Parking: Campus parking near the Science Commons is free all day on Saturday.
Agenda and Schedule
| Time | Activity | Speaker | Topic | Room |
| 8:55 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks | Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science, Dr. Matthew G Letts | SA 8002 | |
| Moderator: | Shelley Hoover | |||
| 9-9:30 a.m. | Research Talk | Bobbi Helgason U of Saskatchewan |
You Are What You Eat: Soil Microorganisms as Indicators of Sustainable Soil Management |
SA 8002 |
| 9:30-10 a.m. | Research Talk | Kevin Floate AAFC Lethbridge |
Cow Patty Critters: Their Season-long Suppression in Dung of Cattle Treated with a Veterinary Parasiticide |
SA 8002 |
| 10-10:20 | Research Talk | Vicky Garcia- Rodriguez (U of L Postdoc) |
Food Waste Silage, an Option to Enhance Feedstock Sustainability |
SA 8002 |
| 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Posters/Booths | Coffee & muffins will be available | SA 7008 Atrium | |
| Moderator: | Michele Konschuh | |||
| 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Research Talk |
Jonathan Neilson |
Impacts of Potato Production on Soil Health and Soil Health on Potato Production | SA 8002 |
| 12-12:30 p.m. | Information on Agricultural Operations | Harold Perry The Perry Farms |
A Passion for Soil Health | SA 8002 |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break | Participants will obtain their own lunches | Local Resaurants | |
| Moderator: | Shelley Hoover | |||
| 1:30-2 p.m. | Research Talk | Guillermo Hernandez Ramirez U of Alberta |
How Nitrogen Fertilization Choices can Decrease Greenhouse Gas Emissions while Sustaining Yield in Potato |
SA 8002 |
| 2-2:20 p.m. | Research Talk | Nadia Hand U of L Grad Student |
Staphylococcus aureus Dispersal is Limited after Treatment with Alberta Plant Extracts, that Could act as an Antibiotic Alternative |
SA8002 |
| 2:20-2:40 p.m. | Research Talk | Atta Ur Rahman U of L Grad Student |
The Complex Nature of Potato Early Dying Disease in Alberta: Insights from a Study of Verticillium dahliae, V. albo- atrum, and Colletotrichum coccodes |
SA 8002 |
| 2:45-3:45 p.m. | Posters/Booths | Coffee & muffins will be available | SA 7008 Atrium | |
| Moderators: | Elizabeth Schultz and Dmytro Yevtushenko | |||
| 3:45-4:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion and Audience Questions | Martin Entz, Kevin Floate, Bobbi Helgason, Guillermo Hernandez Ramirez, Jonathan Neilson, Harold Perry |
SA8002 | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Conference End |