Food security : the intersection of sustainability, safety and defense : proceedings of the twenty-third annual conference of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, hosted by the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, June 15-17, 2011 / edited by Allan Eaglesham, F. Abel de León and Ralph W.F. Hardy.
Student voice report / Caroline Anderson ...[et al.] Emerging biotechnologies to promote safety, enable defense, and discourage fraud -- The importance of convergence of sustainability, food safety and defense for food security / Daniel J. Gustafson -- Simultaneously addressing food security and global sustainability challenges: a summary of Jonathan Foley's verbal presentation / Allan Eaglesham -- The Minnesota water-sustainability framework: a plan for clean, abundant water for today and generations to come / Deborah L. Swackhamer -- Sustainability and the needs of 2050 agriculture: developed and developing world perspectives / Terry Stone -- Systems-based approaches to food protection and security: Detector plants for agriculture, food and environmental monitoring / June Medford -- Vulnerability and environmental risk assessment / David A. Andow -- Detection of foodborne pathogens / Martin Duplessis -- Systems and risk analysis for food protection and security / Detloff von Winterfeldt -- Preparing for emerging and unknown threats: Preparing for emerging and unknown threats: public health / Robert L. Buchanan -- Recent animal disease outbreaks and their impact on human populations / Jeff B. Bender, William Hueston and Michael Osterholm -- Preparing for emerging and unknown threats in crops / Jacqueline Fletcher -- Emerging biotechnologies to promote safety, enable defense, and discourage fraud -- Emerging biotechnologies to promote food safety / John Besser -- Emerging food system defense risks and technology needs / Shawn Kennedy -- Food fraud: public health threats and the need for new analytical detection approaches / Jeffrey C. Moore -- Food safety: the Minnesota model / Gene Hugoson -- Agricultural science, the first best hope for the future / Catherine Woteki -- Student voice report / Caroline Anderson ...[et al.]
Summary:
"To foster discussion on these issues, NABC 23 was organized around four topic areas: [1] Sustainability and needs of 2050 agriculture; [2] Systems-based approaches to food protection and safety; [3] Preparing for emerging and unknown threats; [4] Emerging biotechnologies to promote safety, enable defense, and discourage fraud. The focus on food security emphasized safety, chiefly from the perspectives of contamination and terrorism. There was less stress on global food adequacy by 2050. An excellent cross-section of interdisciplinary talks was presented to 104 attendees by an impressive list of speakers--from academia, industry, federal agencies, CDC, and FAO--and at the conclusion of each session, the presenters convened for panel question-and-answer sessions, to reflect on the issues raised and to take comments and questions from the audience. As is traditional at NABC meetings, attendees had additional opportunities for discussion during breakout workshop sessions."--P. vii.
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