Please join the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute and the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures Advisory Committee on Friday, March 17, 2023, atop Petit Jean Mountain for a lecture.
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This special event is open to the public and has no charge to attend, but prior registration is required, and space is limited.
- 9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
- “Securing Water and Food in a Changing World”
- Keynote lecture by Peter G. McCornick, Ph.D.
- “The State of Water in Arkansas” panel, moderated by Dr. Deacue Fields, vice president for agriculture for the University of Arkansas System. Panelists include:
- Sec. Wes Ward, Arkansas Secretary for Agriculture
- Ed Swaim, Executive Director, Bayou Meto Water Management District
- Chris Colclasure, Director, Arkansas Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Division
- Evan Teague, Vice President of Environmental Issues, Arkansas Farm Bureau
- “Securing Water and Food in a Changing World”
- 12:15 – 2:00 p.m.
- Lunch and networking
