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Urban Affairs Gearing Up for Urban-Rural
Interface Conference
 Normal,
AL, March 22 – On Thursday, April 24, the Alabama Cooperative
Extension System’s Urban Affairs and New Nontraditional
Programs unit will host the Urban-Rural Interface Conference in the
Dawson Building & Auditorium on the campus of Alabama A&M University
in Normal, AL from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This year’s theme is
"Research & Education Respond to Current Community Issues.”
The conference will
feature keynote speaker Michael Mullen, director of the Center for
Environmental Research and Service at Troy State University.
Other speakers will include County Extension Agent Mark
Mayeske; Mark Sterns, Harvest director for Madison County
Commission; Kevin Atwell, market development representative,
Monsanto Company; Jim Call, director of CASA Community Garden;
Gloria Mims, deputy director for the Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Management in Huntsville; Extension
Water Quality Coordinator Dr. James Hairston; Dr. Lawrence Robey,
Madison County Health officer; Dr. John Will, Biotech outreach
coordinator, South AgBiotech Consortium for Underserved
Communities at AAMU; and distinguished farmer William Bridgeforth of
Tanner, AL. Panel discussions will be moderated by AAMU
Professors Dr. William McAllister and Dr. Govind Sharma.
“This year researchers
and educators will cover topics that hit close to home – community
gardening, the safety and risks of genetically modified foods, and
water and air quality,” said event coordinator Dr. Dony
Gapasin.
“We hope that students,
faculty, Cooperative Extension personnel, and the public will make
every effort to join us.”
This event coincides
with “Ag Week” sponsored by the School of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences at AAMU, which will run from April
21-26.
Registration (includes
lunch) for the Urban-Rural Conference is only $10.00. For more
information, please contact Dr. Dony Gapasin at (256) 372-4965. To
register, please visit our Web site at http://www.aces.edu/urban
or contact Susan Glover at (256) 372-4946.
Source: Dr. Dony
Gapasin, Extension CRD specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension
System, Alabama A&M University, (256) 372-4965.
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