Public Invited to K-State Research and Extension Food and Agriculture Biosecurity Session Oct. 20
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University will host Food and Agriculture Biosecurity presentations Oct. 20 at the K-State Union’s Forum Hall. The session, which is open to the public, will be from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The presentations are part of the K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference.
Presentations and speakers for the Oct. 20 event will include:
· Agricultural Biosecurity -- Dr. Jerry Jaax, Associate Vice President for Research Compliance
· Plant Biosecurity: The Foundation for Public Health and Human Well-Being -- Dr. Jim Stack, Director of the Great Plains Diagnostic Network
· Food Safety Biosecurity - Vunerability and Interventions -- Shaun Kennedy, Director of the National Center for Food Production and Defense
More information is available by contacting Ernie Minton, interim associate director of research, College of Agriculture, (785) 532-6148 or eminton@ksu.edu.
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K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.
Story by: Mary Lou Peter
mlpeter@ksu.eduK-State Research & Extension News Ernie Minton, eminton@ksu.edu