What is an Odor? (Excerpt from Communicating Odors to Diverse Audiences Workshop)
Channel: Livestock & Poultry Environ. Learning Community
Date: 2013-06-04

Proceedings available at: http://www.extension.org/67597

Smell is perhaps the least understood of our five senses.  Yet, the human perception of odor may mean the difference between war and peace for a livestock farmer and his neighbors.  Because the science of  smells is complex, there is a tendency to run straight for the organic chemistry book when we try to describe farmstead odors.  This approach goes right over the heads of most people.  There must be a better way to communicate odors to diverse audiences.  Come to this workshop and find out how.