The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
(Vol. 18 No. 29)
IN THIS ISSUE...
BIOMASS TO ENERGY WEBINARS
There
is much interest in developing ways to harvest, collect, and transport
biomass for use as energy. Once this material is collected, a number of
ways to utilize it for energy exist. A webinar series has been put
together to explain some of the ways biomass can be utilized for energy.
The second installment of this web series will be Friday, May 25, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CDT. “Thermochemical Conversion to Biomass to Fuel,” will
be presented by Dr. Robert Brown - Iowa State University- Bioeconomy
Institute. Dr. Brown has published two textbooks on conversion of
biomass to fuel. His expertise in conversion helped to form the
Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University. He will discuss the
opportunities and challenges of biomass conversion.
A third
presentation has been added to our web series on Biomass to Energy. The
topic for this presentation will be on Torrifaction. This presentation
will be Friday, June 29, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CDT. More details will be available later this month.
If you missed the first installment of our web series on Friday, April 27, titled “Biomass for Commercial Heating” – AESI – Wichita KS, it can be viewed on the eXtension website. The following link is to the page with the video: http://learn.extension.org/events/510.
How To Connect:
Start
connecting 5 minutes prior to the start time. You need a computer with
Internet access and speakers. At the meeting time, copy and paste this
URL into your browser to enter the meeting: https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/agenergy/.
At that URL you will find a login page. “Enter as a Guest” with your name, and business or institution and click “Enter Room.” The audio portion of the meeting will be come through your computer speakers. Any time before the meeting you can visit the following URL to confirm your ability to connect: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/testconnect/. --Ed Brokesh ebrokesh@ksu.edu
2012 WALNUT COUNCIL FIELD DAY
On
Friday, June 1, the Kansas Chapter of the Walnut Council is sponsoring
the Walnut Council Field Day at the KSU Forestry Research Center at 6625
Dyer Rd. in Manhattan.
The
purpose of the field day is to provide an opportunity for landowners,
foresters, scientists, forest industry and other natural resource
professionals to learn the latest information about the growth,
management and marketing of black walnut and other fine quality
hardwoods. Topics
include: growing shitake mushrooms, black walnut cultivars for nut
production, flavor intensity ratings for black walnut in sugar cookies,
thousand cankers disease update, managing mature walnut stands, and
hybrid poplar potential in Kansas.
Registration
is $12, lunch provided, and can be mailed to Kansas Chapter of Walnut
Council, 5197 114th St., Meriden, KS 66512. Call Larry Rutter at
785-484-2509 or email lrutter@embarqmail.com if you have questions or need more information. Or you can visit our website to see a copy of the brochure at http://www.kansasforests.org/calendar/Brochure%20WC%20FD%202012.pdf.
Hope to see you all there! --Leslye Haller lahaller@ksu.edu
FREE ONLINE COURSE: WORKING AND LIVING IN AN AGING WORLD
The K-State Center
on Aging and the Adult Development and Aging PFT have come together to provide
a professional development opportunity for KSRE Agents. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about “Working
and Living in an Aging World.” The
course will be 8 weeks non-credit and asynchronous. Dates for the class are October 1 – November
30. There will be no classes the week of
Annual Conference.
Course material will consist of videos, readings and
discussion boards as well as self-assessments of learning. It will require about 2-3 hours of study time
per week. The course will be delivered
through K-State Online.
Topics covered:
Demographics, theories of aging, social relationship, physical health,
successful aging, cognition, formal and informal care giving, living
environment, retirement finances, rural aging and end of life issues as well as
aging research on the K-State Campus.
There will be NO cost as long as you complete 6 of the 8
classes and assignments. If you register
but do not complete the minimum requirements, you will be invoiced for $50.
What a fantastic way to gain some knowledge and not have to
leave the county. There is a minimum of 10 participants and a maximum of 30. Registration is first come first served.
If you are interested, please call or email Pam Muntz at
620-723-2156 or pmuntz@ksu.edu. --Pam Muntz
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