Ricardo Salvador at the 2017 Kirschenmann Lecture

Join us for the third annual Kirschenmann Lecture!

Ricardo Salvador | Gambling Humanity's Future: War, Cheating and Agriculture  

Thursday, June 1 at 7:00 pm
The Hayloft at Stone Barns Center

Adult: $20
Member Adult: $18*

Wine by the glass will be available for purchase. 

Ricardo Salvador is the senior scientist and director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit science advocacy organization. He is internationally recognized and respected for his dedication to advocating and working for a food system that is healthier and more just. Prior to joining UCS, Salvador was a program officer for food, health and wellbeing at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. His background in agriculture and food systems is both broad and deep; he has worked as an associate professor of agronomy at Iowa State University, where he collaborated with students to help establish a student-run organic farm, and with other faculty members to develop the first sustainable agriculture graduate program inthe U.S., which he chaired; and he also worked as an extension agent with Texas A&M University. Dr. Salvador earned his undergraduate degree in agricultural science from New Mexico State University. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in crop production and physiology from Iowa State University.

The Kirschenmann Lecture was launched in 2015 in honor of organic farming pioneer and agroecological leader Fred Kirschenmann, Stone Barns Center’s Board president. 

The annual lecture is designed to explore many of the topics that Fred is most passionate about, including resource depletion, the principle of shared value, the land ethic and fostering resilient agriculture. 

To see content from previous lectures, click here.

*If you are a member, you should receive a code to take advantage of your 10% discount. If you need your member discount code, please call 914 366 6200 x140.

To become a member and take advantage of this and other benefits, click here or call 914 366 6200 x140.

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Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is a nonprofit organization on a mission to create a healthy and sustainable food system. We are working to create a culture of eating based on what farms need to grow to sustain healthy soil and a resilient ecosystem. In our quest to transform the way America eats and farms, we train farmers, educate food citizens, convene changemakers and develop agroecological farming practices. Learn more at stonebarnscenter.org.