423 Soil Quality and Conservation and Human Health

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil & Water Management & Conservation
Over the last 50 years or more we have made substantial progress in understanding the impact of soil quality and conservation on productivity.  To a lesser extent we have also examined the impact of soil quality and conservation on human health. In an effort to further understand how soil quality affects society in a changing climate, this session is open to research on soil quality effects on human health in the areas of nutrition, obesity and hidden hunger, and incidence of disease or illness either directly from the soil or through secondary transference via the plant, air or water.
Cosponsor(s):

Soil Education and Outreach
C09 Biomedical, Health-Beneficial, and Nutritionally Enhanced Plants (Provisional)

Wednesday, November 5, 2014: 8:30 AM-9:35 AM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 103B

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Organizer:
Dorcas Franklin
Presider:
Dorcas Franklin
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
A Brief History of Soils and Human Health Work and Needs for the Future.
Eric Brevik, Dickinson State University; Thomas J. Sauer, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
8:55 AM
Organic Farming, Soil Health, and Food Crop Quality: Considering Possible Linkages.
Jennifer R Reeve, Utah State University; Amaya Atucha, Colorado State University; Cynthia A. Cambardella, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; Patrick M. Carr, North Dakota State University; Donald Davis, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources; Kathleen Delate, Iowa State University; Lori A. Hoagland, Purdue University; Julie M. Grossman, University of Minnesota; Krista Jacobsen, University of Kentucky; Juan Villalba, Utah State University
9:15 AM
Metabolic Activity and Soil Quality in Four Midwestern Watersheds.
Diane E. Stott, USDA-NRCS; Douglas L. Karlen, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment; Robert J. Kremer, USDA-ARS; Kevin King, USDA-ARS; Cynthia A. Cambardella, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
9:35 AM
Adjourn