Elton R. Smith Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker

Policy-Relevant Science for Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources. Katherine R. Smith, Elton R. Smith Lecture, Michigan State University, March 26, 2009.
Adaption of Agriculture to Climate Change. Dr. John Antle, Professor, Agricultural Economics, and Economics, Montana State University. Elton R. Smith Distinguished Lecture Series. October 21, 2008.
Alternative Futures for Corn Belt Agriculture: Societal and Environmental Implications. Dr. Joan Iverson Nassauer, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan. April 24, 2008.
Reports from the Policy Front: An Institutionalist Perspective on Water Resource Economics. Dr. Kurt Stephenson, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech. November 1, 2007.
Agriculture & Rural America Gold Rush or Bust. Dr. David M. Kohl, Professor Emeritus, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech. January 29, 2007.

What Motivates Business Environmental Management: Sticks, Carrots or Both? Dr. David Ervin: Professor, Environmental Studies: Portland State University. November 15, 2006.
Supply Chain Management in a Quick Service Restaurant Chain. Dr. George Hoffman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Restaurant Services, Inc. March 28, 2006.
Basic Economics and Real World Important Decisions. Dr. Otto C. Doering III, Professor and Public Policy Specialist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. October 25, 2005.
Does Food Safety Conflict with Food Security? The Safe Consumption of Food. Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota, The Food Industry Center. April 1, 2004.
"Why Won’t They Listen?" Batie, Sandra S. (Invited Panelist and Speaker). Improving the Interaction of Agri-Environmental Science with the Policy Process. Iowa State University. Science and Policy Seminar Series. March 25, 2004.
Conflicting Paradigms for a Globalized Agriculture. Dr. Timothy E. Josling, Professor and Senior Fellow Institute for International Studies, Stanford University. February 13, 2003.

Other Elton R. Smith Supported Seminars

D. Grimes Seminar Slides. "Long-Run Economic Issues Facing the Nation and the State of Michigan: Savings and Investment, the Aging of the Baby Boomers, and the End of Monopoly Power." Speaker Don Grimes, Senior Research Specialist, Institute for Research on Labor Employment and the Economy, University of Michigan. February 19, 2009.
Frank Ruswick Seminar. Video of Seminar "Environmental Management in Michigan: The Quest for a New Path." Speaker: Frank Ruswick, Senior Policy Advisor, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. February 12, 2009.
USDA/CREES National Research Initiative: What Are the Funding Opportunities? Diana Jerkens NRI USDA/CSREES/CPU. Brown Bag Seminar Series Speaker. Michigan State University. May 15, 2008.

The 2007 Farm Bill: Where are We Now? David B. Schweikhardt and Sandra S. Batie, Department of Agricultural Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University. MSUE Fall Extension Conference. October 11, 2007.
Building a Scientific Basis for Green Payments. Batie, Sandra S. and Lynch, S. (Eds). 2005. A report on a workshop sponsored by the USDA-CSREES, World Wildlife Fund and the Elton R. Smith Endowment at Michigan State University. April 14 and 15, 2005 Washington, D.C.