The Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes withstood pandemic postponements and celebrated its grand opening through an agricultural forum at the Nebraska Innovation Campus on November 17.
“Although the center actually opened in April 2021, our rollout was probably the worst time in the last 50 years to try to roll out something, so this forum was just to have a more formal opening of CRAWL so that people know we are out there,” said Craig Allen, director of the center and the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship.
The Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Agricultural Resilience forum started with a rice bowl buffet at noon, followed by professor presentations and breakout discussion groups until 4:30 p.m. and then informal networking at The Mill Coffee & Bistro nearby.
Four NRT students and about 5o other people attended, which was fewer than hoped for but understandable, Allen said, because the forum was entirely in person on the heels of a pandemic.
He said the forum met its main purposes of introducing the public to the center, offering people the chance to interact and network and getting input on research priorities and concerns.
Most of the attendees came from the university, but nongovernmental agencies and organizations also took part.
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