The Clemson University Organic Plant Breeding Institute continues its “Going Organic” webinar series to teach growers how to produce nutritional legumes and save money.
These free webinars, featuring presentations by world-renowned researchers, will be held monthly through May 2025. This series is part of a United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture-funded grant project.
Registration is requested. Click on links provided to register for each webinar. For information, contact Dil Thavarajah, dthavar@clemson.edu.
Going Organic webinar series 2024-25
Speakers, topics and registration links are listed below.
- Sept. 11, 2024: Pulse Crops and Human Health
- Casey Johnson, Pediatric GI-Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital. .
- Register: https://bit.ly/911_Webinar_CJohnson
- Oct. 30, 2024: Pulse Crops Deliver Health Benefits and More
- Susan Whiting, nutrition professor emeritus, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Register: https://bit.ly/1030_Webinar_SWhiting
- Nov. 13, 2024: From discovery to 100 million and more: A 20-year journey of bio-fortifying staple crops for public health
- Erick Boy, chief nutritionist, HarvestPlus.
- Register: https://bit.ly/1113_Webinar_EBoy
- Jan.15, 2025: Organic Farming Research Foundation
- Thelma Vélez, director of research and education
- Register: https://bit.ly/0115_Webinar_TVelez
- Feb. 12, 2025: The USDA Organic Seal: When Can it be Used?
- Charles Valauskas, Valauskas Corder LLC
- Register: https://bit.ly/0212_Webinar_CValauskas
- March 12, 2025: Chefs Love Flavor! Organic Pulses Love Chefs
- Glenn Roberts, Anson Mills, South Carolina
- Register: https://bit.ly/0312_Webinar_GRoberts
- April 16, 2025: Chickpea production and vertical integration
- Doug Moser, owner, Clearwater Country Foods; Genesee, Idaho
- Register: https://bit.ly/0416_Webinar_DMoser
- May 7, 2025: Graduate student presentations
- Amod Madurapperumage, High throughput phenotyping (HTP) platforms targeting nutritional and agronomic traits in pulse crops.
- Sonia Salaria, Protein biofortified organic lentils
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