In case you are wondering what’s going on in the world of dairy, here are the upcoming conferences with still-open registration:
Dairy Foods:
Domestic:
Sept. 18-20, 2012: New York State Association for Food Protection 89th Annual Conference, Doubletree Hotel, E. Syracuse, NY. For details contact: Janene Lucia, jgg3@cornell.edu; 607-255-2892.http://foodscience.cornell.edu/cals/foodsci/extension/nys-afp/workshops.cfm
Sept. 25-27, 2012 – Cultured Dairy Products Short Course, Food Science Building, University Park, for more information, please visit http://foodscience.psu.edu/events/culturedproducts
October 16-18, 2012: High temperature short time pasteurizer operators workshop, B82 Morrison Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For details, Steve Murphy, scm4@cornell.edu, 607-255-2893; Janene Lucia, jpp3@Cornell.edu; 607-255-2892
October 22-24, 2012 – Short Courses – The Science and Art of Cheese Making, Food Science Building, Curtin & Bigler Rds., University Park, Pa. 16802. For registration and additiona information click here
November 5, 2012 – Vat Pasteurizer Workshop, B82 Morrison Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For details contact : Janene Lucia, jgg3@cornell.edu; 607-255-2892, Rob Ralyea, rdr10@cornell.edu, 607-255-7643.
November 6-7, 2012 – Basic Cheese Making/Grading Workshop, B82 Morrison Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For details contact: Janene Lucia, jgg3@cornell.edu; 607-255-2892, Rob Ralyea, rdr10@cornell.edu, 607-255-7643.
November 6-8, 2012 – Advanced Cheese Making Workshop, B82 Morrison Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. For Details contact: Janene Lucia, jgg3@cornell.edu; 607-255-2892, Rob Ralyea, rdr10@cornell.edu, 607-255-7643.
Jan. 6-12, 2013 – Ice Cream Short Course, The Nittany Lion Inn, University Part, for more information please visit http://foodscience.psu.edu/events/ice-cream-short-course
Jan. 26-27, 2013 – Ice Cream 101: Introduction to Frozen Desserts, Food Science Building, University Park, for more information please visit http://foodscience.psu.edu/workshops/ice-cream-101
Dairy Production:
Domestic:
Sept. 17-19, 2012 – Emerging Transboundary Animal Diseases Workshop, Center for Food Security and Public Health, Ames, IA To register or submit abstracts for poster presentations, click here*
Sept 18-19, 2012: 73rd Minnesota Nutrition Conference*, Holiday Inn, Owatonna, MN. For additional information click here
Sept 25 – 28, 2012 – International Symposium on Alternatives to Antibiotics: Challenges and Solutions in Animal Production, Paris, France. For more information click here
October 8-10, 2012 – 9th International Symposium on Milk Genomics and Human Health, Hof van Wageningen, The Netherlands, for more information click here
October 2-3, 2012 – Dairy Technology 101, Cal Poly Dairy Products Technology Center, San Luis Obispo, CA. For more information, click here
October 2- 6, 2012 – World Dairy Expo, Madison, WI for more information visit http://www.worlddairyexpo.com/
October 16-18, 2012: 74th Annual Cornell Nutrition Conference for Feed Manufacturers, for additional information click here
October 18-24, 2012 – 116th USAHA/55th AAVLD Annual Meeting*, Greensboro, NC, for more information visit http://www.usaha.org/
October 18, 2012 – Southwest Dairy Day, SW Regional Dairy Center, Stephenville, TX. For more information and registration, visit www.texasdairymatters.org
October 23-24, 2012 – Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition Conference*, (pre-conference sponsored by Lallemand), Pasco, WA, Red Lion, contact John McNamara, mcnamara@wsu.edu; 509-335-4113 or Jill Habrich, jill.habrich@haysassnmgmt.com, 503-989-6893.
October 25-26, 2012 – California ARPAS Continuing Education Conference*, Harris Ranch Inn, Coalinga, CA, for more information, visit www.arpasca.net
International:
Sept 20 – 22, 2012 – American Association of Bovine Practitioners Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, for more information visit http://www.aabp.org
Oct. 24-26, 2012- 1st Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium, Delta Hotel & Conference Center in Guelph, Ont., Canada. For additional information http://www.dairycattlewelfaresymposium.ca/
Also, if you’re curious about organic dairy farming or other extension-type webinars, check out the US Extension website: http://www.extension.org/pages/18624/organic-dairy-production-system-topics
Or, for more information about the viewpoints of the growing sector of local food consumers, check out the webinars on this webpage: http://www.ngfn.org/resources/ngfn-cluster-calls
That’s it for September! Look for an e-mail update in early October.