2014 Round Table Meetings

January 8-10, 2014 …………………………………………
Houston, TX

Nexus of Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy and Agriculture

Session 1:  Impact of Tax Structures & Mandates on Energy and Agriculture
Wally Tyner, Purdue University

Session 2:  Energy Supply Panel
Scott Tinker, Bureau of Economic Geology, University Texas at Austin
Lee Fuller,  Independent Petroleum Association of America
Zia Haq, U.S. Department of Energy

Session 3: Energy Regulatory Environment
David Porter, Texas Railroad Commission
Ginny Brannon, Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Brian Rahm, New York State Water Resource Institute
Ramiro Garcia, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Session 4: Agriculture as Energy Producer and Consumer
James Fischer, Fischer & Associates, LLC
Arunas Chesonis, Sweetwater Energy
Ed Cowsar, Energy Water Solutions
Rudi Roeslein, Roeslein and Associates

June 2014 …………………………………………
Oklahoma City, OK

Soil Renaissance: Knowledge to Sustain Earth’s Most Valuable Resource
Opening Keynote: Evelyn Browning-Garriss, The Browning Newsletter

Session 1: Economics of Soil Health
Felix Spinelli, USDA, retired
David Archer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory

Session 2: Soil Health Production Panel
Jimmy Kinder, Kinder Farms, Oklahoma
Klaas Martens, Martens Farms & Lake View Organic Grain, New York
Terry McClure, McClure Farms, Ohio

Session 3: Soil Health Measurement Panel
William Brinton, Woods Ends Farm & Laboratories Inc.
Bianca Meobius-Clune, Cornell University
Jill Clapperton, Rhizoterra, Inc.

Session 4: Soil: Digging Deep for National Geographic
Jim Richardson, Photojournalist, National Geographic

Session 5: Soil Renaissance Panel
Bruce Knight, Strategic Conservation Solutions