2015 Course and Trip Table of Events

WEEK – DATE	SPEAKER/ Session Coordinator	TOPIC
1 – Jan. 12, 15	Dan Azzara	Introduction To The Course And To Each Other. PA/US - France:  Ag and Food Overview
2 – Jan. 19, 22	DanAzzara	January 19 holiday Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
3 – Jan. 26, 29	Ted Jaenicke	Organic Crops and Food
4 – Feb. 2, 5	Ted Jaenicke	Ag Policy -- U.S. and E.U.
5 – Feb. 9, 12	Kristen Saacke-Blunk, Headwaters LLC	Environment Implications from Agriculture
6 – Feb. 16, 19	Gustavo Camargo, Ag and Bio Engineering	Bio-based energy and biofuels
7 – Feb. 23,26	Martin Bucknavage, Food Science	Food Safety
8 – March 2,5	Dan Azzara	The Role of Agribusinesses in the Food System Chocolate Manufacture and Use Case Study #1 due before break
March 9, 12	--	PSU SPRING BREAK (!)
9 – March 16,19	Dan Azzara Kerry Kaylegian	Food labeling Cheese manufacturing/cheese tasting
10 – March   23, 26	Jake Werner, V.M.D, Dairy & An. Sci.	Animal Welfare
11 – March 30, April 2	Deborah Miller, The Hershey Co.	Diet and Health
12 – April 6, 9	Rick Bates, Plant Science	Agricultural Trade and Int’l Development
13 – April      13, 16	Tom Gill	Food Insecurity/Global Hunger
14 – April     20, 23	Barb Christ, Dean, College of Ag Sciences and Happy Valley Vineyard (tentative)	Wine Field Trip! Case Study #2 due
15 – April      27, 30	Student Teams	Student Presentations
May 15-16		Travel to Paris, France, arriving before noon.
May 17-30		APT Summer University Program