PROGRAM
8th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference
University of the Arctic Inaugural Food Summit
Alyeska Resort Hotel
Girdwood, Alaska
September 29 – October 3, 2013
Sunday September 29
Settle into your accommodations and explore the Resort and spectacular surroundings.
6:00 – 8:00 pmREGISTRATION (Alyeska Resort Hotel Lobby)
Please bring your posters to the Registration and Information Desk in the Alyeska Hotel Lobby. We will be hanging all posters. You may drop off your presentations if you are using Power Point at the Registration and Information Desk. Steve Peterson, one of your hosts and our IT representative, will load them onto the Conference and Summit computers.
Monday September 30
8:00 am – 5:00 pmREGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK OPEN(Foyer)
Please bring your posters to the Registration and Information Desk in the Columbia Foyer. We will be hanging all posters. Please drop off your presentations if you are using Power Point to Steve Peterson in the Bering Room. He will load them onto the conference and summit computers.
7:00 – 8:30 amBREAKFAST(Columbia and Foyer)
Conference Moderator: Carol E. Lewis, University of Alaska Fairbanks
8:30 - 9:50WELCOME(Columbia)
8:50 - 9:10Chancellor Brian Rogers, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Chair of the UArctic Board of Governors
9:10 - 9:30FranciHavemeister, Director, Division of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, State of Alaska
9:30 - 9:50Bill Erasmus, National Chief of the Dené Nation
9:50 - 10:10John Sadler, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Theme Coordinator,The Natural Resources Challenge, Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Cooperative Research Program
10:10 - 10:20BREAK (Columbia Foyer)
“GLOBAL FOODPOLICY AND FOOD SAFETY ISSUES”
David Bubenheim, NASA/Ames Research Center, Moffit Field, CA- SessionModerator
Invited Keynote Talks(Columbia)
10:20 - 10:50 “RedefinedNorthern Security - a challenge toArctic Geopolitics?”
LassiHeininen, Univ. Arctic Thematic Network Lead, Geopolitics, Finland
10:50 – 11:20“Cross-Border Dimensions of VuntutGwich’in Food Security”
David Natcher, Director, Indigenous Land Management Institute, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
11:20 – 11:50“Indigenous Community Food Security in the Yukon Territory”
Norma Kassi, Director Indigenous Collaboration Arctic Institute of Community Based Research, Yukon, Canada
11:50 – 12:20 pm“Food safety in the arctic and human health: Contaminant exposure by dietary intake”
ArjaRautio, Univ. Arctic Thematic Network Lead, Arctic Health, Finland
12:20 – 12:40PANEL DISCUSSION: Global FoodPolicy and Food Safety Issues
Panel members: LassiHeininen, David Natcher, Norma Kassi,ArjaRautio
Panel Moderator: David Bubenheim
12:40 – 2:00LUNCH (Kahiltna Court)
"Alaska Flour Company: Farm to Fork"
Bryce Wrigley, Owner, Alaska Flour Company, Delta, Alaska
FOOD PRODUCTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Karen Tanino, University of the Arctic and University of Saskatchewan -SessionModerator
Invited Keynote Talks(Columbia)
2:00 – 2:30“Developing Sustainable Small Businesses intheNorth: The Case ofNorthern Food Producers and Distributors”
Svein Johansen, Univ. Arctic Thematic Network Lead, Managing Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the North, Norway
2:30 – 3:00"The Bioeconomyof the Arctic"
TorfiJóhannesson,V.P. Circumpolar Agriculture Association, Iceland representative
3:00 - 3:30"The Land Grant University System in the U.S.: It's role in agricultural development in the arctic and subarctic"
Carol E. Lewis, University of Alaska Fairbanks
3:30 –4:00BREAK (Columbia Foyer)
Invited Abstracts(Columbia)
4:00 – 4:20“Yukon Agricultural Association – Initiatives and Projects” Sylvia Gibson* and Kirsten Scott, Yukon Agricultural Association Yellowknife Commons Co-operative Ltd.
4:20 - 4:40“Stimulating Yellowknife’s local food economy and
Success stories of local agri-food skills activities in the Northwest Territories Canada”
Amy Lizotte and Lone Sorensen*
Yellowknife Commons Cooperative, Yellowknife Garden Collective, Ecology North and Territorial Farmers Association
4:40 – 5:00PANEL DISCUSSION: Food Production And Economic Development
Panel members:Svein Johansen, TorfiJóhannesson,Carol Lewis, Sylvia Gibson, Lone Sorensen
Panel Moderator: Karen Tanino
5:00 – 6:30POSTER PRESENTATIONS(Columbia and Foyer)
6:30– 8:30RECEPTION(Kahiltna Court)
Dress is business casual
Tuesday October 1
7:00 – 8:30 amBREAKFAST (Columbia and Foyer)
8:00 am – 5:00 pmREGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK (Columbia Foyer)
Conference Moderator, Carol E. Lewis, University of Alaska Fairbanks
FOOD PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
Session I - Horticulture
Julie Riley, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Moderator
Invited Keynote Talks(Columbia)
8:30-9:00“Experimental horticultural projects in the Canadian Mid- and High Arctic in the early1980’s: Lessons Learned”
Josef Svoboda,Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
9:00 – 9:30“Costs and Benefits of a Northern Greenhouse”
Tom Allen,Professor Dept. Bioresources Policy, Business and Economics, University of Saskatchewan
Invited Abstracts(Columbia)
9:30-9:50“Alternative soil nutrient sources: meeting the needs of rural Alaskan growers” Lydia Clayton*, Janice Chumley, Pam Compton, Meg Mueller University of Alaska Fairbanks-Cooperative Extension Service; USDA- Natural Resource Conservation Service
9:50 – 10:10 “Agricultural Production of Biomass as Energy Crops in Alaska: Is It Feasible?”
Stephen D. Sparrow, Amanda Byrd*, Darleen Masiak, Mingchu Zhang, Robert Van Veldhuizen, William E. Schnabel
Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks
10:10 – 10:40BREAK (Columbia Foyer)
Invited Keynote Talk(Columbia)
10:40 – 11:10 “Ten Years of Creating Partnerships towards Community Food Security and Northern Rural Development in Manitoba”
Kreesta Doucette, Founding Director, Food Matters Manitoba
Invited Abstracts(Columbia)
11:10 – 11:30“The Kuujjuaq Greenhouse Project: Sustainable Community Development through Food Production”
Ellen Avard (PhD Candidate) Université Laval,Département de Géographie, Quebec
11:30 – 11:50“Bilberry – wild superberry from Europe”
Laura Jaakola*, EivindUleberg, IngerMartinussen
Climate laboratory, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, Norway
11:50 – 12:10 “Antioxidant Levels in Alaska Berry Products”
Julie Cascio*, Roxie Dinstel
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension Service
12:10 – 12:30PANEL DISCUSSION: Food Production and Sustainable Practices - Session I - Horticulture
Panel members: Josef Svoboda, Tom Allen, Lydia Clayton, Amanda Byrd, Kreesta Doucette, Ellen Avard, Laura Jaakola, Julie Cascio
Panel Moderator: Julie Riley, University of Alaska Fairbanks
12:30 – 2:00 LUNCH (Kahiltna Court)
2:30– 5:00Tour - Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Meet in the Hotel Alyeska Lobby
Dinner On Your Own
Wednesday October 2
7:00 – 8:30 amBREAKFAST(Columbia and Foyer)
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK OPEN
FOOD PRODUCTION and SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
– Session II Livestock Production
Milan Shipka, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Session Moderator
Invited Keynote Talks(Columbia)
8:30 – 9:00“Sustainable Livestock Production Systems in Alaska: production practices and marketing”
Milan Shipka* and Jan Rowell, University of Alaska Fairbanks
9:00 – 9:30“Animal Health Issues for Alaska Agriculture”
John Blake, University of Alaska Fairbanks
9:30 – 10:00"One Health” Perspectives on Environmental Contaminants in Subsistence Foods of Alaska”
Todd O'Hara, University of Alaska Fairbanks
10:00 – 10:30BREAK (Columbia Foyer)
Invited Abstracts(Columbia)
10:30 – 10:50“Losses of sheep on summer range in Norway”
Inger Hansen* and Rolf Rødven.Bioforsk Nord, Norway
10:50 – 11:10“Small Scale Poultry Production Education in Alaska”
Stephen C. Brown. University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service
11:10 – 11:30“Building Educational Programs to Promote Food Security for Indigenous Populations in the Americas”
Diane Holland Rickerl, South Dakota State University
11:30 – 11:50PANEL DISCUSSION: Food Production and Sustainable Practices – Session II Livestock Production.
Panel members:Jan Rowell, John Blake, Todd O'Hara, Inger Hansen, Stephen C. Brown, Diane Holland Rickerl
Panel Moderator:Milan Shipka
11:50 – 1:00 pmLUNCH (Kahiltna Court)
1:00 – 2:30POSTER PRESENTATIONS(Columbia and Foyer)
2:30 - 3:00BREAK (Columbia Foyer)
3:00 – 4:30BREAKOUT SESSION: All attendees
Session Moderator: Karen Tanino, University of Saskatchewan and University of the Arctic
4:30 - 6:00Meeting of interested persons to elect CAA president and to discuss combination of goals/interests of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association and the University of the Arctic Northern Food Security Thematic Network.
6:30 - BANQUET(Kahlitna Court)
Dress is business casual
Thursday October 3
7:00 – 8:30 amBREAKFAST
8:30 – 10:30 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES IN ADVANCING FOOD SECURITY
IN THE CIRCUMPOLAR WORLD—Conference Summary and Discussion
Opening Remarks:
Matsu Uemura, Dean, the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
Berndt Skarstad, Leader, Northern Norwegian Council of Agriculture
PANEL DISCUSSION
Representatives from Norway, Finland, United States, Canada, and Japan.
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK (Columbia Foyer)
11:00 – 11:30 GO FORWARD PLAN
- Results of Wednesday "Break Out Session"
- Publication of proceedings detailing the Conference and Summit
- University of the Arctic and Circumpolar Agriculture Association meeting outcomes
11:30 am -FINAL WORDS AND CLOSING (conference co-chairs)