The 8th Annual Agroforestry Symposium, Enhancing Health, Conservation and Livelihoods: Medicinal Plants in Agroforestry, will be held:

8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
January 26, 2017
Bond Life Sciences Center at the University of Missouri

This event is hosted by the Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri (UMCA).

The symposium is free and open to the public; advanced registration is requested. 

UMCA, established in 1998, is one the world's leading centers contributing to the science underlying integrated practices of agroforestry. These practices enhance land and aquatic habitats and improve biodiversity while sustaining land resources for generations to come. The major goal of the MU Center for Agroforestry is to support the long-term future of the family farm and forests by achieving economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

Each year in January, the Center for Agroforestry hosts the Agroforestry Symposium, an opportunity to bring together leading researchers and practitioners to explore in depth and showcase a compelling agroforestry related theme.

This year's theme is Enhancing Health, Conservation and Livelihoods: Medicinal Plants in Agroforestry. The primary sponsor is Mountain Rose Herbs; other sponsors include Forrest Keeling Nursery, United Plant Savers, GrowNative!, Herb Pharm, American Herbal Products Association, Finca Luna Nueva, The Carbon Underground, Mizzou Botanic Garden and Gaia Herbs.

Unable to attend in person? Join us via our livestream. See details at: https://goo.gl/IMrujK. You can view recorded versions of previous symposia at http://centerforagroforestry.org/events/pastsymposia.php.

For more information about the symposium or the center, go to centerforagroforestry.org.

The symposium schedule is as follows:

8 a.m. 
Coffee and Registration

8:30 a.m.
Introduction
Shibu Jose, Ph.D., Director, The Center for Agroforestry

Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Marc Linit, Ph.D., Interim Dean, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

8:45 a.m. Keynote: Healthy Planet, Healthy Lives: Making the Case for Medicinal Plants and Agroforestry
Tom Newmark, American Botanical Council

9:30 a.m. Forest Management and Medicinal Plants
Jim Chamberlain, Ph.D., U.S. Forest Service

10 a.m. Medicinal Plant Conservation: Sanctuaries, Outreach and Forest Farming
Susan Leopold, Ph.D., United Plant Savers

10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

11 a.m. Moringa Oleifera: Opportunities for Agroforestry and Medicinal Plant Development
Dr. Jed W. Fahey, Johns Hopkins University

11:30 a.m. Metabolomics Opportunities and Application in Pecan
Lloyd Sumner, Ph.D., Metabolomics Center, University of Missouri

12 p.m. Identifying Value-Added, Health-Promoting Compounds from Waste Plant Materials
Chung-Ho Lin, Ph.D., Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri

12:45 p.m. Lunch

2 p.m. International Partnerships for Medicinal Plant Management and Development
Bill Folk, Ph.D., University of Missouri

2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion with Medicinal Plant Growers and Entrepreneurs
Moderator: Gregory O. Mori, Outreach Coordinator, UMCA

4 p.m. Poster Session and Reception in McQuinn Atrium (until 5:45 p.m.)

4:30 p.m. Reception Presentation
Steven Foster, Author/Photographer

5:45 p.m. Adjourn