Meeting Series 2005-2006

Meetings of The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture convene at 12:15 P.M. in the Library Lounge of the Union League at 140 South Broad Street in Philadelphia, PA. Detailed information about field trips may be secured from the Secretary.

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September 1, 2005

THE FUTURE OF LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARY MEDICINE

Alan Kelly, Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Presentation Summary

October 6, 2005

RISK ANALYSIS AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

William K. Hallman, PhD., Dept. of Human Ecology, Rutgers University

Presentation Summary | Biographical Sketch

November 3, 2005 Field Trip

THE DELAWARE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, Newark, DE

The Society will tour the institute’s new 72,000 sq. ft. research facility.

Newsletter

December 1, 2005

AGRICULTURE AND ENERGY USE

Daniel J. Desmond, Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Office of Energy and Technology Development

January 5, 2006

BEN FRANKLIN, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Roy Goodman, American Philosophical Society

Presentation Summary | Biographical Sketch

February 2, 2006

THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE

Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation

Presentation Summary | Biographical Sketch

March 2, 2006

FARMING IN AMERICA: THE 2007 FARM BILL

Ann Swanson, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission

Presentation Summary | Biographical Sketch

April 6, 2006

ELIZABETH WILLING AND SAMUEL POWELL; PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE

David W. Maxey, Esq., historian

(Samuel Powell was the Society’s First President)

Presentation Summary

May 4, 2006

FARMLAND PRESERVATION IN THE U.S.

Tom Daniels, Professor, City & Regional Planning

June 1, 2006

JONES’ FARM, HOME & TOWN STORES MUSEUM Field Trip

The Society will tour this active museum in Muncy, PA that houses an extensive collection of farm machinery and rural cultural exhibits. Lunch nearby at member Malcolm Barlow’s Muncy Farms.