Fred Vocasek
ICCA Representative, ASA Science Policy Committee
ICCA Representative, ASA Science Policy Committee
Karl Anderson
Director of Government Relations The Eras of Agriculture
yEfficiency
yEnergy
yEconomics
yEnvironment
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yEmpathy
Efficiency – 40’s, 50’s, 60’s
y “pushing up the yield curve”
y mechanization
y agrichemicals
y fertilizer
y hybrids
y research, ,
Extension
y surpluses
Energy – 70’s
y “the end of cheap oil”
y reduced tillage, energy efficiency
Economics – 80’s
y “double digit interest rates”
y inflation, recession
Environment – 90’s
y “nature comes first”
y EPA ‐ December 2, 1970
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consolidated, reorganized agencies
Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act ‐ 1972
Safe Drinking Water Act – 1977
Federal Pesticide Act – 1978
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, h i E i
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Compensation and Liability Act (SuperFund) ‐ 1980
y CCA program
CCA program
Empathy – 2000’s
y “feelings, connections”
y definition: understanding and entering into another’s feelings
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opposite of “indifference”
y examples
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animal rights efforts
urban agriculture, locally grown food
“branding” of origin
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“small is beautiful”
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The E’s of Agriculture
y Role of the CCA
yEfficiency
y Value to
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CCA
yEnergy
y Value of the CCA
yEconomics
y “A place at the table”
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yEnvironment
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yEmpathy
Water Security for Agriculture
y Water security = food security?
y Complicated topic
y scale:
y field <> watershed/aquifer <> state <> national <> international
y competitive uses
y food/fiber production <> urban <> industrial <> ecosystem
food/fiber production <> urban <> industrial <> ecosystem
Water Security for Agriculture
y Position paper: “Greening the Agricultural Water Supply”
y Water security is present when all agricultural systems and the people dependent on them have physical, social, economic, and people
dependent on them have physical social economic and
political access to adequate, clean, and safe water at all times to meet the physiological demands for high and sustained water productivity ecosystem services and healthy life of people and
productivity, ecosystem services, and healthy life of people and biota.
y information, education, decision‐makingg
y agencies, legislators, general public
Water Security for Agriculture
y Symposium: Green Dreams, Blue Waves, and Shades of Gray: The Reality of Water
y American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
y multi‐disciplinary presenters
y geohydrologist
y agronomist
y hydrologist (water reuse)
y ag economist
y crop consultant
y law professor
y ASA budget: $15,000
ASA budget: $15 000
CCA involvement
y Objective: “Having a place at the table.”
y What tools are needed?
y Action alerts?
y Hearings, testimony?
y example: Rick Greene, House Small Business
y National level?
y State, provincial level?
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y Local level?
y watersheds, conservation districts, ...
watersheds conservation districts
“Vertical integration of knowledge”
Scientists, Researchers
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develop the knowledge
Practitioners
(CCA, CPAg, consultant)
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apply the knowledge
the knowledge
Educators
(collegiate, private, Extension)
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communicate the knowledge