Quivira
Coalition’s 11th Annual Conference
“How to Feed
Nine Billion People From the Ground Up:
Soil, Seeds,
Water, Plants, Livestock, Forests, Organics, and People”
NOVEMBER 14 - 16, 2012,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, NM. – The Quivira Coalition is proud
to announce its 11th Annual Conference: How to Feed 9 Billion People taking place Wednesday– Friday,
November 14 - 16, 2012 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
9 BILLION PEOPLE:
According to the FAO,
global human population is projected to reach nine billion by 2050, which means
food production will need to expand by 70% to keep up. Fulfilling this demand
will place unprecedented pressure on ecosystems, including the planet’s
grasslands, especially as competition grows for scarce natural resources.
How to meet this daunting
challenge while ensuring the health of land, water, wildlife and people will be
one of the great tasks of the 21st century.
In
this conference, we will explore a variety of innovative practices that are
already successfully intensifying food production while preserving,
maintaining, and restoring the natural world.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE SPEAKERS:
This year’s conference
presents some of the leading innovators, scientists and thought leaders
addressing food, fiber and land stewardship nationally and globally. In this conference, two speakers on each topic, will explore the
scientific and practical applications that are already successfully
intensifying food production while preserving, maintaining, and restoring the
natural world. Speakers will share their
hands-on experience and ideas for feeding all life - from the ground up.
The video presentations
of speakers from previous years can be found here:
youtube.com/quiviracoalition.
2012 Speakers include (partial list):
·
Gus Speth,
Fmr. Presidential Advisor, Environmental Lawyer & Award Winning Author. –
FEATURED SPEAKER
·
Dr. Miguel Alteri, Professor of Agroecology at UC Berkeley
·
Dr. Jill Clapperton, Principal Scientist and President at Rhizoterra
·
Katherine DiMatteo, The Organics Specialists
·
Gloria Flora,
Sustainable Obtainable Solutions
·
Dr. Molly Jahn,
Professor of Agronomy & Genetics, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
·
Dr. Michael Mazourek, Vegetable Breeder, Cornell University
· Sandra Postel, Global Water Policy Project, National
Geographic Society
·
Allan Savory,
Holistic Management, Australia
·
Colin Seis,
Farmer, Australia
Quivira Coalition Executive Director Courtney White said, "The
world faces no greater challenge than how to provide sufficient food and water
for so many people without destroying what's left of nature. A
corporation-driven second 'Green Revolution' isn't the answer, but neither is
starvation. The answer lies with practices that work with nature, not against
it, as an All-Star lineup of Speakers at our conference will explain. Don't miss
this extraordinary opportunity!"
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: Each year the Quivira Coalition Conference attracts
nearly 500 attendees from across the country to Albuquerque, New Mexico. This conference excels at the sharing of
innovative ideas, the strengthening relationships and fuels the fire for
attendees to put their newfound knowledge into action.
Jim
Gerrish, 2011 conference speaker said, “As a
result of the three days we spent at the Quivira conference, Dawn and I got
fully recharged and inspired to continue to run the good race and fight the
good fight. I finally have reason to believe the future of American agriculture
is a little brighter than I thought it might be.
ABOUT
QUIVIRA COALITION: The mission of The
Quivira Coalition is to build resilience by fostering ecological, economic and
social health on western landscapes through education, innovation,
collaboration, and progressive public and private land stewardship. Our constituency of over 3,500 people is highly diverse,
including ranchers, environmentalists, federal and state agency personnel,
tribal members, academics, and the public at large, with 500 attending the
conference annually.
For more information about the conference, visit QuiviraCoalition.org.
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