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Changing Seasons: The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture
Friday, March 21 , 9:30 am – 11:30 am CDT
March 19, 21, 26, 28 (Wednesdays/Fridays) 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Attend in person at ISU’s Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal
OR
Watch Online via Zoom
FEES:
$35 for Senior Professional members (includes all four sessions)
$45 for non-members (includes all four sessions)
For in-person participation, pricing is per person.
For Zoom participation, pricing is one registration per household.
Price includes:
Four 2-hour sessions (one Academy of Seniors class).
$15 single-session option available for in-person attendance (pay at door).
Register online at seniorprofessionals.illinoisstate.edu or call (309) 438-2160.
Zoom participants will receive a Zoom link a week prior to the start of the class(es) and again on the day of each session.
Class Description
Session 1: An Evolving World: Rising Temperatures and Falling Water Tables
A growing amount of evidence exists that, regardless of cause, the earth’s climate is changing. What exactly does this look like both at home and abroad?
Session 2: Salvation in Alternative Proteins?
As the climate continues to change and populations continue to grow, some have presented the idea that new and alternatives to traditional protein sources are the answer. Could the future be one in which our food is manufactured in a lab?
Session 3: Finding Direction in the Rearview Mirror
As the agriculture industry continues to feed us, vastly different views exist on how exactly to do that as the climate continues to change. While some continue to push the envelope of technology, others look to our past for answers.
Session 4: Where Do We Go From Here?
Amidst the smoke of wildfires, we attempt to find a crystal ball as people, policy and economics interact to manage an issue we can’t even agree exists. What does this changing landscape mean for the role of higher education in agriculture?
Bryon Wiegand, University of Missouri-Columbia
Justin Rickard, Illinois State University
