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Balanced Use of Natural Resources
The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
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Presentations from The AFRI-Small and Medium Sized Farms & Rural Development FY 2012 Projector Director Meeting, Miami, FL |
| Welcome and Meeting Overview, S. Sureshwaran, National Program Leader, NIFA |
| Panel 1: Rural Development-Labor Issues |
| Where Rural Pa Youth Want to Live as Adults and Why: Findings from the Rural Youth Education Project (RYE), Anastasia Snyder, Ohio State University |
| Marketing Rural Communities to Attract and Retain Workers in a Changing Economy, Randolph Cantrell, University of Nebraska |
| Entrepreneurial Development Targeting Rural Hispanic Immigrants: A Collaborative Research and Extension EffortFrank L. Farmer and Wayne Miller, University of Arkansas |
| Panel 2: Small Farm Production and Marketing-High Value Crops |
| Promoting Value-Added Enterprises Among Small and Medium-Sized Farms in Alabama, James O. Bukenya, Alabama A&M University |
| Marketing Opportunities and Alternative Production Methods to Enhance Prosperity for Small to Medium Sized South-East Blueberry Farms, Lisa House, University of Florida |
| Toward Year-Round Produce Markets: Combining Low-Cost International Technologies for Year Round Production in High Tunnels in the Gulf States, William Bruce Evans, Mississippi State University |
| Revitalizing Nursery Production and Small Farms in the Northeast: An Integrated Study, Daniel A. Lass, University of Massachusetts |
| Panel 3: Agriculture and the Environment (Ecosystem Services) |
| Using Mountain Ecosystem Services to Provide Sustainable Economic Growth and Job Development in Rural Communities, Catherine Keske, Colorado State University |
| Supporting Agro-ecological and Economic Diversity of Small-Scale Forest Ownerships, Eric Jones, Institute for Culture and Ecology |
| New Bio-based Paths to Prosperity for Small and Medium Agricultural and Forest Landowners: A Pilot Study in Louisiana and Mississippi, Richard Paul Vlosky, Louisiana State University |
| Enhancing the Capacity of Small and Medium-Sized Ranch and Forestry Operations to Prosper From Payment for Ecosystem Services, Hannah Gosnell, Oregon State University |
| Enhancing Access to Preserved Farmland for Small and Medium Sized Farmers, Lucas Marxen, Rutgers University |
| Developing Ecosystem Services Businesses as New Revenues for Farms in Communities Facing Exurban Development, Stephen K Swallow, University of Connecticut |
| Panel 4: Rural Communities-Public Services |
| Determining the Relationship Between Development Pattern and the Costs of Public Services in the Mountain West, Donald M. McLeod and Scott N. Lieske, University of Wyoming |
| Economic Research Service National Conference on Rural Wealth Creation, John Pender, USDA |
| Community Resiliency Role of the Retail Sector in Easing Sudden and Slow Motion Economic Shocks, Linda S. Niehm, Iowa State University; Barbara J. Frazier, Western Michigan University and Leslie Stoel, Ohio State University |
| Bridging The Digital Divide: Telecommunications and Rural Development, Theodore Alter, Penn State University |
| Panel 5: Small Farm Production and Marketing-Livestock |
| Genetic Identification of Poor Sexually Performing Rams to Enhance Profitability of Small and Medium Sized Flocks, Brenda M. Alexander, University of Wyoming |
| Improving Small Ranch Profitability by Evaluation of Alternatives in Beef Cattle Enterprises, Patricia Johnson, South Dakota State University |
| An Integrated Approach to Expand Marketing Opportunities for Small and Medium Sized Beef Producers from Value Added Heifers and Steers, David J. Patterson, University of Missouri |
| Whole-farm Economic Biological Stochastic Simulation Model of Small to Medium Cow-calf Firms with Research, Teaching and Extension Modules, Matthew C. Stockton, University of Nebraska, Lincoln |
| Will Small and Medium Sized Farmers Benefit from the Cellulosic Energy Industrial Complex? Burton C. English, University of Tennessee |
| Extension and Educational Programs and Materials for Small- and Medium-Sized Pork Operations, Donald Levis, Levis Worldwide Consultancy |
| Panel 6: Small Farm Production and Marketing-Food Distribution |
| Using Local Food Banks to Promote Sustainability of Small and Limited Resource Farms, Kenneth L. Robinson, Clemson University |
| Engines of the New Farm Economy: Assessing and Enhancing the Benefits of Farmers Markets for Small and Mid-Sized Farms and Communities, Ruth Ostrom, Washington State University |
| Developing Values-Based Distribution Networks to Enhance the Prosperity of Small- and Medium-Sized Producers,Shermain Hardesty and Gail Feenstra, University of California, Davis |
| Farm to Institution: Guiding Market and Pricing Decisions for Small and Medium Scale Farms, Colleen Matts, Michigan State University and David Conner, University of Vermont |
| Panel 7: Rural Development-Entrepreneurship |
| Creating Entrepreneurial Communities: Effectiveness of Coaching, Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University |
| Intergenerational Transfers for Strong and Sustainable Small and Medium-Sized Farm Family Businesses, Maria I Marshall, Purdue University |
| Transitions to Prosperity and Sustainability: Enhancing Small and Medium-Sized Farms in the Rural-Exurban-Urban Transitional Zone, Jill L. Findeis, the Pennsylvania State University |
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