Educators, nutritionists, health professionals, farmers and the public can join us on June 11 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to learn more about wheat. You will be taken on a field to the table tour. In the morning we will start with a visit to UNL organic research fields to learn how wheat is bred, how wheat works in an organic farm rotation, cover crops used with wheat and promising experimental lines for organic production.
Lunch featuring local artisan breads will be followed by a panel of local bakers who will discuss available wheat products and characteristics needed in flour for artisan bread.
Shelly Asplin, Registered Dietitian and Mary Schluckebier, Executive Director of the Celiac Sprue Association, will discuss who requires a gluten-free diet, sources of gluten, and challenges for those living gluten-free and for grain growers trying to grow for this market. UNL will share research results on antioxidant study and wheat quality.
The annual communicators' "Think Tank" sponsored by University Communications is June 11 at Champions Club.
Intended as a seminar on communications and marketing, university communicators and others interested are welcome to register at http://marketplace.unl.edu/default/ucomm/think-tank.html. Cost is $45 and includes lunch and a T-shirt.
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. "Brand engagement in a digital world" by Greg Andersen, Chief Executive Officer, BBH NY
1:30 p.m. Break
1:40 - 2 p.m. "Social Media—observations about its place in the scope of all media" by Ken Christie, President, 543 Group
2 - 2:20 p.m. "Observations on social media" by
Matt Waite, PolitiFact developer
2:20 - 3 p.m. Panel on social media (with audience participation) by
Matt Waite, College of Journalism and Mass Communications and PolitiFact
Ken Christie, 543 Group
Greg Andersen, BBH NY
The Institutional Biosafety Committee is charged with reviewing and approving biological research involving recombinant DNA and infectious agents on the UNL campuses.
