SNRAS has become a partner with the Center for Food Integrity to connect media professionals with credible experts on challenging food system issues. Two SNRAS professors will lend their expertise to the project: Milan Shipka on livestock production, especially pertaining to northern agriculture, and Glenn Juday on the effects of climate change on agricultural systems in the far north.
Shipka's research is concentrated on applied animal reproduction, physiology and behavioral interactions, and management of domestic and non-traditional ruminant livestock species.
Juday's research focuses on tree-ring studies, biodiversity under forest management systems, climate change assessment, climate change and forest growth, structure of old-growth forest ecosystems, old-growth forest ecology, natural controls of biodiversity, identification of elements of natural diversity, wilderness and natural area management, forest development and ecosystem life history, fire and climate change, and long-term environmental monitoring.
The goal of this new CFI project is to help ensure the public’s curiosity on food system issues is satisfied by hearing from credentialed experts who can provide commentary and fact-based information.
“Legitimate issues are being raised and this program will help create a better understanding of where our food comes from, who produces it and how it reaches our dinner tables,” said Carol E. Lewis, dean of the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences and director of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. “We are excited about the role we will play in providing information on such an important topic.”
The Center for Food Integrity, which seeks to improve consumer trust and confidence in the food system, is working with deans of agriculture at universities across the nation to recruit top food experts and will be connecting them with those reporting the news.
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