Monday, 03 Oct 2016
Lecture: Corn and Khrushchev
"A Brief History of Iowa Agriculture" - Liz Garst, granddaughter of the famous Iowa farmers and citizen diplomats Roswell and Elizabeth Garst, shares how it came to pass that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his family visited the Garst family farm in 1959.
Monday, 10 Oct 2016
Sustainability Lecture Series
"Climate-Smart Soils: Bringing Pie in the Sky Down to Earth," Keith Paustian of Colorado State University, Ft. Collins. A 4:30 p.m. reception will follow in the Agronomy Hall commons (second floor).
A Conversation with the 2016 World Food Prize Laureates
"Leading the Fight against Malnutrition and Hidden Hunger," Maria Andrade, Robert Mwanga, Jan Low and Howarth Bouis discuss their work building bridges between agriculture and nutrition to improve the health and livelihoods of millions of undernourished people around the globe. Iowa State professor Clark Wolf will moderate the discussion. The 2016 Norman Borlaug Lecture.