The 2009 ASHS Annual Conference

Objective(s):
Ecosystems have existed for millions of years, maintaining natural populations and processes that sustain the ecosystems. Natural ecosystems are great models of sustainability. The use and management of natural ecosystems need to be channeled to alleviate the threat to long-term sustainability. This workshop will begin with a discussion of the concepts of sustainability at the international and local level, provide an example of partnership with communities and the government for sustainable development in the developing world (M.S. Swaminathan foundation, Chennai, India) and present a reasoning and methodology in the evolution of a Sustainable Agriculture Undergraduate Program in a Public Research University (University of Kentucky) the United States.