Resources from the 2023 Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) Annual Meeting
Published on October 27, 2023
Access resources from the 2023 Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA, Oct. 17-19, 2023.
Meeting Presentations and Recordings:
Day 1
- Opening ceremony and remarks
- NAAAN, Country Leaders and the Next Generation: Challenges and Opportunities (Presentation) (Recording)
- Expectations for the GFRAS Annual Meeting (GAM)
- International 4-H/FFA panel (Presentation) (Recording)
- Secondary and Post-Secondary Education panel
- Contribution of Young Extension Advisors: A Food Systems Approach presented by Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) panel
- The First Americans Land-Grant Consortium (FALCON) panel
- Cultivating the Future: Empowering Mexican Youth in Agriculture panel
- Canadian Perspectives on the Place of Youth in Agriculture: Improving Food Systems, Overcoming Barriers, and Mentorship panel
- Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) panel
- Preview of day two program
Day 2
- CSU Spur presentation and panel (Recording)
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- Amy Parsons, president, Colorado State University
- Eugene Kelly, professor of Pedology and deputy director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, associate director for Research in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University
- Kellie Enns, associate professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University
- Lauren Baer, executive director, Together We Grow
Day 3
- Opening remarks and field trip overview
- Keynote address (Presentation) (Recording)
- Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) overview
- Creating Impactful Collaborations Across Pluralistic Extension Systems Workshop panel
- Community Engagement panel
- Stress Management and Suicide Prevention panel
- Early Career Leaders in Extension panel
- Youth Roles in Building Climate-resilient Agriculture & Food Systems: Examples from the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program in Guatemala and Ethiopia panel
- Closing remarks, next steps, and looking to GAM 2024