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2007 Professional Agricultural Workers Conference

Conference Theme:

Energy, Food and Fiber Alternatives: Opportunities for Underserved Communities

                                                                                         Monday       Tuesday

Pre-conference Meetings and Activities

The Kellogg Conference Center At Tuskegee University

 

Saturday, December 1

9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuskegee
University Forestry and Natural Resources Council

Meeting Rooms D&E

 

Coordinators:

Janet Haslerig and Ron Smith, Tuskegee University

 

Sunday, December 2

10:00 am – 5:30 pm                             EXHIBIT AND POSTER SET UP

 12:00 am – 6:00 pm                             PRE-CONFERENCES    
                                                                                
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

 
1890 Agroforestry Consortium             Meeting Room B

                                                                        Coordinator:
                                                                                                Joshua Idassi, Tennessee State University

                                                                                 Beginning Farmers and Land Tenure Issues
                                                                                       
   Meeting Room D 

                                                                                                Coordinator:
                                                                                                Jess Gilbert, University of Wisconsin, Madison

2:00 pm – 5:30 pm                               PAWC REGISTRATION   

3:00 pm6:00 pm                                THE CLIFFORD HERRON MEMORIAL UNDERGRADUATE AND

                                                              GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AND POSTER COMPETITION            

                                                                Meeting Room E                                                               

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm                               PAWC FACILITATORS MEETING 
                                                          
   Teleconference Room 

6:30 pm                                                TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY CHRISTMAS CHOIR CONCERT
                                                                                
The Tuskegee University Chapel

8:30 pm                                                  MEET THE PARTICIPANTS – President’s Reception           
                                                                The Ballroom

 

65th Annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference

The Kellogg Conference Center At Tuskegee University

 

Monday, December 3

7:30 am – 5:00 pm                   REGISTRATION (Continued)

 7:30 am – 8:15 am                    Continental Breakfast
                                                                  The Auditorium Foyer

 8:30 am – 9:45 am                    GENERAL SESSION            
                                                                  
The Auditorium

Chairperson:        Walter A. Hill, Dean, College of Agricultural, Environmental

and Natural Sciences, Tuskegee University
 

Invocation:            Gregory S. Gray, Dean of the Chapel, Tuskegee University 

Welcome:              Luther Williams, Provost, Tuskegee University

PLENARY PANEL:  Energy, Food and Fiber Alternatives: Opportunities for Underserved Communities

                                                                Presiding:             Harry Baumes
                                                                                                USDA Office of the Chief Economist                                               

Panel: 

§         Energy         Edward Richard 
                         USDA Agricultural Research Service
 

§         Food            Arlin Wasserman                                                
                        Changing Tastes
 

§         Fiber             Amadou Diop    
                        
National Wildlife Federation                                                                    

9:45 am – 10:15 am                  BREAK: Coffee and Tea                                                                     Break Lounge 

10:15 am – 11:15 am                BREAKOUT SESSION WORKING GROUPS: Energy, Food, and Fiber               

§         Energy                                                                                         Meeting Room B
Facilitator:     Barrett Vaughan, Tuskegee University 

§         Food                                                                                            Meeting Room E
Facilitator:    Ralphenia Pace, Tuskegee University 

§         Fiber                                                                                              Meeting Room F
Facilitator:     John Schelhas, USDA Forest Service and
 Tuskegee University 

11:15 am                                     POSTER SESSION, EXHIBITS, and DISPLAYS
                                               The Foyer

11:30 am – 1:30 pm                 L. A. POTTS LUNCHEON, KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND SUCCESS STORIES                                                                                                 The Ballroom 
                                                               Presiding:            
Velma Blackwell, Administrator
                                                                                               Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension Program
 

Invocation:            Ron Smith, Extension Forester
                                Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension Program
 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 

Welcome and Introduction of Speaker:
                                                
Benjamin F. Payton, President, Tuskegee University 

                                                                Speaker:               Thomas C. Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development
                                                                                                United States Department of Agriculture

                                                                SUCCESS STORIES
 
                                                               
Southern University and A&M College
                                                                Sustainable Models for Technology and Resource Delivery for Limited Resource

                                                                and Minority Organic Vegetable and Goat Producers

                                                                by Owusu Bandele and Sebhatu Gebrelul 

Tuskegee University
                Youth Education and Natural Resources
                 by George Hunter and William Hodge 

                                                                Kansas State University
                                                                Camp C.A.R.V.E.R. and Junior MANRRS: A Success Story Follow-Up
                                                                by Zelia Wiley and Danielle Johnson 

                                                                The Shiloh Community
                                                                The Shiloh Community Restoration Foundation, Inc.
                                                                by Elizabeth Sims

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm                   CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (WK) AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS (PP) 

                                                                WK1:     Success Story Follow-Up                                                   Meeting Room A 

WK2:     Building Capacity in Underserved Communities

                Through Participatory Research                                     Meeting Room D

                                                                               

Organizer: Carl Wilmsen, University of California, Berkeley

                                                                                Presenters:

            • Vanessa Casanova, University of Texas, Brownsville
            • Carl Wilmsen, University of California, Berkeley
            • Dreamal Worthen, Florida A&M University

 

PP1:       Biofuels and Alternative Energy                                      Meeting Room F 

                Moderator: Edward Richard, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Presenters:

§         Harry Baumes, USDA Office of the Chief Economist
                                                   U.S. Biofuels: The BIG Picture

            • Al Myles and Albert J. Allen, Mississippi State University

Economic Impact of Constructing a 40 MGY Ethanol Facility in

Mississippi

            • Kenesha Reynolds and Ellene Kebede, Tuskegee University

Correlation Between Ethanol and Petroleum Gasoline and Its Impact on

Rural Economies

            • Janice F. Dyer, Conner Bailey and Larry Teeter, Auburn University

Fueling Alabama’s Economy: Assessing the Social Impact of the Biofuels

Industry

            • Ellene Kebede, Tuskegee University and Curtis M. Jolly and Nguyen Van Giap, Auburn University

The  Effect of Ethanol Production on the Broiler Industry  
 

PP2:       Food, Nutrition and Health                                                Meeting Room E 

                                                                                Moderator:        Dionne Toombs, USDA/Cooperative State Research,  Education and Extension Service

                                                                                Presenters:

            • Xing Ping Hu, Auburn University

Organic Fruit Production for Home-Owners and Small-Scale Farmers

            • Norma Dawkins, Tuskegee University

Innovative Marketing Methods for Alabama Goat Meat

            • Leonard L. Williams, Alabama A&M University

Combating Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Meat and Poultry

§         Ralphenia D. Pace, Shakese M. Hudley, and Baowu Wang, Tuskegee University, James Shikany, University of Alabama, Birmingham and Zhiliang Huang, Tuskegee University
The Nutritional Benefits of Indigenous African Foods in Disease Prevention

            • Dionne Toombs, USDA/CSREES

Financial Resources Available for Food and Nutritional Sciences

Research

            • Norma Dawkins, Tuskegee University

What is the Meaning of it All as it Relates to Food, Nutrition and Health

            • Esperance Namugabu and Curtis M. Jolly, Auburn University

Legal and Market Implications of Aflatoxins on U.S. Food Market

                                                 WK3:     National Research Initiative                                             Meeting Room B 

                                                                                Presenter/Facilitators: Larry Robinson and Suresh Sureshwaram,                                                                                                                             USDA/Cooperative State Research, Education and
                                                                                                                            Extension Service
 

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm                   BREAK                                                                                                  Break Lounge 

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm                   CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (WK) AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS (PP)  

WK4:     Branding and Regional Marketing Strategies             Meeting Room F 

                                                                                Facilitator:            Tasha Hargrove, Tuskegee University

                                                                                Discussant:          Arlin Wasserman, Changing Tastes 

PP3:       Family and Community Development Issues  Meeting Room A

 

Moderator:        Christopher Mathis, South Carolina State University    

Presenters:         

            • Andrew Zekeri, Tuskegee University

Household Food Insecurity and Psychological Distress Among Single

Mothers in Alabama’s Black Belt Counties

            • Christopher C. Mathis, Jr., and Shobha R. Choudhari, South Carolina State University

Role of Gender in Prevalence of Diabetes Among Hispanics in the United

States

            • Enefiok Ekanem, Tennessee State University

Food Safety Issues in Tennessee: Examination of the Sources, Severity

and Measures for Mitigating Outbreaks of Foodborne Illnesses

            • Christopher C. Mathis, Jr., and Shobha R. Choudhari, South Carolina State University

Assessing the Pattern of Hispanic Participation in WIC Programs of the

Pee-Dee and Coastal Regions in South Carolina Over a Four-Year

Period (2000 – 2003)

            • Sharon Samuel, Ellene Kebede and Marceline Egnin, Tuskegee University

Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Model for Technology Acceptance:

The Case of Alabama Black Belt Counties

§         Kwesi Daniel, Tuskegee University

Casting Down the Bucket: The Tuskegee University School of Architecture and Community Development

 

PP4:       International Programs and Development                      Meeting Room D

               

                Presider:           Eloise Carter, Director, International Programs, Tuskegee

                                            University

Moderator:        Catherine Watkins, PASA Program Manager, USDA/FAS

                            OCBD/DRDA

                Presenters:

§         Curtis Jolly, Professor and Chair, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University
International Agriculture

§         Emmanuel Acquah, Executive Assistant to the President, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Global Perspectives in International Education: The 2007 Conference in South Africa with Plans for the Conference in 2009

§         Anne Itto, Special Assistant to the President of Southern Sudan for Agriculture and Food Security, Southern Sudan
Progress and Challenges in Agriculture and Food Security in Southern Sudan

§         Avis Watts-Massenburg, International Training Specialist, USDA/FAS
Overview of the Cochran and Borlaug Programs

§         Wanjiku Muhato, President and CEO, TAMASHAS, Nairobi Kenya, former Gender Specialist for REDSO, USAID
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs

§         Nana A. Kofi Boateng, CES Associate Director, University of the Virgin Islands
Cooperative Extension Techniques for Island Populations

                                                                 WK5:     USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service           Meeting Room B

2007 Census of Agriculture Update 

Facilitators:      John Dasher, Senior Statistician, USDA/NASS, Alabama
                                             Miles Robinson, Tuskegee University
 

                                                NETWORKING AND SPECIAL MEETINGS                               

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm                         Career Networking Reception                                         The Atrium

Sponsor:

Advisory Board, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Tuskegee University

Presiding:

Kennesha L. Forbes, President, Graduate Student Association

 

6:30 pm                                    THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MANRRS – TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

                                                                G. W. CARVER CHAPTER STUDENT AWARDS DINNER

                                                                                                The Ballroom 

                                                                Presiding:             Joe Owens
                                                                                                Vice President, MANRRS, Tuskegee University,
                                                                                                George Washington Carver Chapter

 

                                                                Recognitions:       MANRRS Chapter of the Year 2007

 

                                                                Sponsor:                Perdue Farms, Salisbury, Maryland

Tuesday, December 4

7:00 am – 8:15 am                    PAWC Advisory Committee Meeting
                                                                       
The Restaurant 

7:30 am – 8:15 am                    Coffee and Tea
                                                                                              The Auditorium Foyer
 

8:00 am – 10:30 am                  REGISTRATION (Continued)                                                               

8:30 am – 10:00 am                  PLENARY PANEL:  LEGAL ISSUES FOR FARMERS AND  FARM WORKERS OF COLOR
                                                                                              The Auditorium
                                                               

                                                                Presiding:  Savi Horne, Executive Director, Land Loss Prevention Project                                           

Panel: 

The Farm Bill
               
Jerry Pennick, Director, Land Assistance Fund, The Federation of
                                                         Southern
Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund 

                Lorette Picciano, Executive Director, Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural 

Migrant Farm Women
               
Sanya Hill Maxion, Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment
                                                  Opportunity Commission
 

Legislative Coalition Building
               
Ajulo Othow, Rural Policy Specialist, OxFam America         

 10:00 am – 10:30 am                BREAK: Continental Express Breakfast 
                                                                                 
The Auditorium Foyer 

10:30 am –11:30 am                     BREAKOUT SESSIONS               

§         Blackbelt Community Action                                        Meeting Room D&E
Coordinator: Rosalind Harris, University of Kentucky
                                                               

§         The 2007 Farm Bill Follow-up and                              Meeting Rooms F&G

        Resolution Working Group
          Facilitator:     Veronica Womack, Georgia College and State University
 

11:30 am                                             CULTURAL ACTIVITY                                        The Auditorium 

The Lideres Campesinas

                                                                Hermila M. Trevino-Sauceda, Silvia Berrones-Trevino, Ramona Felix, Leticia Duran, Suguet Lopez, and Paula Placencia 

11:30 am – 12:15 pm               POSTER SESSION, EXHIBITS and DISPLAYS
                                                                                            The Foyer

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm                 THE JOHN HOWELL AND NORMAN DILL

                                                                MEMORIAL LUNCHEON AND LECTURE

                                                                Delaware State University                                                  The Ballroom

Chair:                    Karla Martin, USDA/1890 Liaison Officer, Delaware State University 

Invocation:            Ramble Ankumah, Head, Department of Agriculture and Environmental

Sciences, Tuskegee University 

Lecture:                Dyremple Marsh, Dean, College of Agriculture and Related Sciences,

Delaware State University 

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm                         CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (WK) AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS (PP) 

                                                                WK6:     Integrating Agriculture, Science and the Arts             Meeting Rooms D&E
                                                                              
to Enhance Student Learning                                                    

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