UFSS 2016 - Olathe, kansas

Changing the Way We Think About Global Food Security

Hosted by: Kansas State University

Urban Food Systems Symposium - Keynote Speaker - Julian Crib

Julian Cribb is an Australian author and science communicator. He is principal of Julian Cribb & Associates who provide specialist consultancy in the communication of science, agriculture, food, mining, energy and the environment. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

Urban Food Systems Symposium - Invited Speaker - Ken Meter

Ken Meter is one of the most experienced food system analysts in the U.S., integrating market analysis, business development, systems thinking, and social concerns. Meter holds 43 years of experience in inner-city and rural community capacity building. His “Finding Food in Farm Country” studies have promoted local food networks in 107 regions in 37 states and one Canadian province.

Urban Food Systems Symposium - Invited Speaker - Nancy Cream

Dr. Nancy Creamer is a Distinguished Professor of Sustainable and Community-Based Food Systems at North Carolina State University and is the Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems.

Urban Food Systems Symposium-Invited Speaker Sara Lovell

Dr. Sarah Taylor Lovell is an Associate Professor of landscape agroecology at the University of Illinois. Her research program has evolved from a unique interdisciplinary background, including an MS and PhD in Agronomy followed by a Master in Landscape Architecture (MLA). She also spent several years working as a Field Research Biologist in the agricultural industry.

UFSS 2016 Committees & Sponsors

Planning Committee:

Candice Shoemaker, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Kansas State University

Cary Rivard, PhD
Assistant Professor, Fruit and Vegetable Extension Specialist and Director of Olathe Horticulture Research & Extension Center
Kansas State University

Kimberly Oxley
Research Associate and Urban Food Systems Symposium Coordinator
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Kansas State University

Eleni Pliakoni, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Urban Food Production and Postharvest Handling
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Kansas State University – Olathe

Sara E. Gragg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Food Science Department of Animal Sciences & Industry

Kansas State University

Londa Nwadike, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and State Extension Food Safety Specialist
Kansas State University/ University of Missouri

Judy Favor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor – Adult Education
Department of Educational Leadership
Kansas State University – Olathe

Scientific Committee:

Spencer D. Wood
Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work,
Kansas State University,
sdwood@ksu.edu

Nozella L. Brown
Family and Consumer Sciences
K-State Research and Extension
Wyandotte County
nlbrown2@ksu.edu

Rhonda Janke
Professor, Extension Specialist & Sustainable Cropping System
Kansas State University
rrjanke@ksu.edu

Martin-Anderson, Sarah M.
Assistant Professor of Health Administration
University of Missouri Kansas City
martinandersons@umkc.edu

April C. Mason, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President
Kansas State University
masona@ksu.edu

Jessie L. Vipham
Assistant Professor
USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab
Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL)
Kansas State University
jessiev@ksu.edu

Kerri Ebert
Coordinator
Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops
Kansas SARE PDP
Kansas State University
kebert@ksu.edu

Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry
Department of Agronomy
Kansas State University
ganga@ksu.edu

Katherine Kelly
Executive Director
Cultivate Kansas City
katherine@cultivatekc.org

Greg Garbos
President and co-founder of Four Season Tools and owner of the City Bitty Farm
greg@smallfarmtools.com

Jecob Aaron Wagner
Associate Professor/ Director of Urban Studies,
Department of Archit & Urban Plan & Design
University of Missouri-Kansas City
wagnerjaco@umkc.edu