Agriculture - Sustainable Development Issues and Approaches (Webinar) :: Canada

Webinar :: Friday, January 29th from 1-3pm EST

This session will begin with the description of an approach to SD known as "strategic sustainable development". Dr. Mary Beckie will describe how The Natural Step Framework has been adopted by the flax industry to define where they are heading, what they want to achieve with respect to sustainability. This work was championed by the Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission and is part of ABIP Natural Fibres for the Green Economy (NAFGEN) network.

The second presentation will focus on the environmental dimension of sustainability, and, in particular, on the need to look beyond carbon! Dr. Amy Landis will review the carbon and nitrogen cycles, reactive nitrogen and the tradeoffs that are part of conventional agriculture. The final 2 presentations will be on the pulse industry. As nitrogen fixers, pulse crops are "part of the solution" and increasingly farmers are including them in their rotations. Gord Kurbis will describe Pulse Canada's approach to sustainable development, and be joined by Susan MacWilliam who will describe the analytical work underway to model the environmental and socio-economic attributes of pulse products over their lifecycle.

It will follow the format of 4 presentations followed by Q&A.  The abstracts can be downloaded below, and the presentations will be available for downloading during the webinar.

To register, please follow the instructions below. It is best to do this ahead of time to avoid being caught with technical glitches at the last minute. On Friday, call in and log on to the webex site 5 to 10 minutes ahead of time as we typically have a high number of participants.

To register for this meeting
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1. Go to https://pwgsc-pm.webex.com/pwgsc-pm/j.php?ED=132167367&RG=1&UID=0&RT=NCMxMQ%3D%3D.

2. Register for the meeting.

Once the host approves your request, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the meeting.