Microscopy and You. The ethics of increasing world food production will be debated at an Earth Week Bioethics Symposium at ISU on April 25. The symposium will look at whether the world needs more food production, what effect more production might have on the world population and the environment, and the roles of economic, political and social inequity in world hunger. Field days give farmers and the public a chance to view the progress of experiments and talk with researchers. The summer field days will begin June 16, and the fall field days begin Aug. 25.
Crop production is the subject of most of the field days and many include livestock studies.
A global positioning system field day will be held Aug. 25. at the Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm near Nashua. A field day on swine production in hoop structures will be held Sept. 1 at the Rhodes Research and Demonstration Farm near Rhodes. Starting June 30, there also will be seven Home Garden Demonstration Field Days at the farms. At these field days, visitors can view gardening techniques and new plant varieties.