Fw: Workshop on Regenerative Agriculture, Climate Change and Food Security on March 9, 8-11 AM, in DC

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--- On Mon, 2/29/16, Sudheer Shukla <sudheer...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Sudheer Shukla <sudheer...@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Workshop on Regenerative Agriculture, Climate Change and Food Security on March 9, 8-11 AM, in DC
> To: "Sudheer Shukla" <sudheer...@yahoo.com>
> Date: Monday, February 29, 2016, 12:27 PM
> Dear
> Friends,
>
>
> I thought you might find the
> interactive workshop
> below on regenerative agriculture, climate change and food
> security interesting.  It will be
> Wednesday, March
> 9th, 8-11 AM at the National
> Press Club in DC.  The workshop will be at 
>
> The National Press Club
> 13th
> floor, Holeman Lounge529 14th
> Street NWWashington,
> DC 20045
> Organized
> by the Organic
> Consumers Association and Regeneration
> International, the workshop
> will discuss
> the science and management of the remarkable bio-chemical
> process called carbon
> sequestration.  Scientists will explain how it
> works and climate
> policy experts will describe initiatives to drive the
> rapid, large-scale, worldwide adoption of regenerative
> agriculture techniques that can sequester carbon, improve
> both quantity and quality of foods produced, and
> concurrently decrease atmospheric CO2.
>
> Some of the speakers include Catherine
> Geslain-Laneelle, Kristine
> Nichols, David
> Johnson, and Richard
> Teague. 
> Catherine
> Geslain-Laneelle is Vice
> Minister of the French Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood,
> and Forestry.  She will
> present the 4P1000
> Initiative to increase soil carbon content around the
> world, describe its potential
> benefits, and explain plans
> for its implementation.
>
> Kristine
> Nichols is Chief
> Scientist at the Rodale
> Institute and has worked with North Dakota farmer and
> rancher Gabe
> Brown and his regenerative crop and rangeland practices.
>  
> David
> Johnson (New
> Mexico St.) has implemented his Intensive
> Production system of year-round cropping in Las
> Cruces, New Mexico, and through it has been able to
> sequester almost 15 tons of carbon dioxide per acre per year
> for 5 years.
> Richard
> Teague (Texas
> A&M) has done great work on Sustainable
> Rangeland Management. 
> You can
> register for the workshop (and also get more information)
> at 
> http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=84253
> Below is
> a complete list of the workshop
> speakers:
>    
>     1. Catherine Geslain-Laneelle, Vice
> Minister, French Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood, and
> Forestry 
>    
>     2. Andre Leu, IFOAM (International
> Federation of Organic Movements - Organics
> International)   
>     3. Richard Teague, Ph.D., Texas A&M
> (Sustainable Rangeland Management)
>    
>     4. Kris Nichols, Ph.D., Rodale Institute,
> Chief Scientist
>    
>     5. David C. Johnson, Ph.D., New Mexico
> State University (Institute of Sustainable Agricultural
> Research)
>    
>     6. Tim LaSalle, Ph.D., Cal Poly San Luis
> Obispo (College of Agricultural, Food, & Environmental
> Science)
> Feel free to contact me if you'd like more
> information.
> Sincerely,
> Sudheer
>
> Sudheer ShuklaBiodiversity
> for a Livable Climatesud...@yahoo.com
> (301) 236-5387 (phone)
> (240) 565-2471
> (cell)
>
>
>
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