On May 3, 2002, Cook College/NJAES sponsored the First Annual Agriculture
and Environment Symposium. The New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP) hosted the event in its Public Hearing Room at
401 East State Street in Trenton.
The focus of this first symposium was "Nutrients and Pesticides-Tools,
Research, and Implementation." Welcoming remarks by Cook College's
Executive Dean, NJDEP's Commissioner, the Secretary of Agriculture
and the President of the New Jersey Farm Bureau celebrated a burgeoning
partnership between the environmental and agricultural communities
and the agencies which oversee them, while highlighting the need to
remember the peculiar concerns of each community. Speakers and panels
from varied agencies and organizations gave presentations.
Schedule of Symposium
Time
Activity
8:15
Registration
8:45
Conference Introduction
Priscilla E. Hayes, Environmental Coordinator, Cook College/NJAES
8:50
Opening Remarks I
Dr. Keith Cooper, Associate Dean of Research, Cook College,
Rutgers University
Dr. Bonnie McCay, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor,
Human Ecology Department, Cook College, Rutgers University
9:00
Opening Remarks II
Bradley Campbell, Esq., Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
9:15
Welcome
Dr. Adesoji Adelaja, Executive Dean, Cook College, Rutgers University
9:35
Opening Remarks III
Charles Kuperus, Secretary, New Jersey Department of Agriculture
9:55
Issues and Concerns of the Farming Community
John Rigolizzo, President, New Jersey Farm Bureau
10:15
Development of Indicators Relevant to Agriculture and the
Environment
Michael Aucott, Environmental Indicator Scientist, New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection/New Jersey Center for
Environmental Indicators
Development of Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans
Fred Kelly, Resource Conservationist/Agronomy, United States
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
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11:15
Opportunities for Partnerships between Environmental Groups
and Farmers: Models from Other States
Peter Oudemans, Associate Professor, Philip E. Marucci Center
for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension, Rutgers
University
Best Management Practice Panel Moderator: Gregory Romano, Executive Director, Farmland
Preservation Program, State Agriculture Development Committee
Panelists: Donna Drewes, NRCS RC&D Coordinator, North Jersey
Resource Conservation and Development Council; Dr. David Smart,
State Resource Conservationist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service; Karen Anderson, Executive Director, Northeast Organic
Farming Association of New Jersey
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The Relationship Between Existing Land-Use Patterns And
Aquatic And Wetland Resources In The Pinelands
John Bunnell, Research Scientist, Pinelands Commission
Changing Agricultural Practices through Integrated Pest
Management
Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit Integrated Pest Management Agent,
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
New Practices on the Horizon Panel
Moderator: Nick Polanin, Agriculture and Resource Management
Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County
Panelists: Bill Sciarappa, Agriculture and Resource Management
Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County; Roy
Meyer, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Pesticide
Control Program
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Open Discussion Participation is encouraged by all parties. We were constrained
by program length in the number of presentations possible, but
recognize the considerable expertise represented among Symposium
participants.
