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