Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Farm-to-Fork Sustainability Edit-a-thon

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Farm-to-Fork Sustainability Edit-a-thon



Have you ever wondered how scientists make our food supply safer, more nutritious, more abundant, and more sustainable? Learn more while improving the accuracy and quality of online information about sustainability in food and agriculture as a participant in a Wikipedia edit-a-thon!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) and Wikimedia DC invite Wikipedians of all levels of experience to participate in this Farm-to-Fork Sustainability Edit-a-thon. Topics will include plant and animal production, pest management, bioproducts, and agroecosystem conservation practices. During the event, participants will have the opportunity to meet ARS scientists, librarians, and data science experts. They will also learn more about resources available through ARS and its National Agricultural Library.

About your hosts: ARS is USDA’s chief scientific in-house research agency, with more than 90 locations throughout the United States and overseas. The agency’s research spans crop and animal production and protection, natural resource management, food safety and quality, and nutrition. Wikimedia DC is the regional outreach organization for Wikipedia and other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, promoting participation on Wikimedia projects throughout the United States. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Lunch will be provided.

Laptops are required. Please bring your own. Wikimedia has two laptops to loan. Reserve one by emailing info@wikimediadc.org.

When


 * Friday, April 13, 2018 9AM-2PM

Where


 * Main Reading Room, National Agricultural Library
 * 10301 Baltimore Avenue
 * Beltsville, MD

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Potential Worklist
• Agricultural Research Service

• Agroecology

• Animal husbandry

• Antimicrobial resistance

• Aquaculture

• Black-legged tick

• Beef cattle

• Biodefense

• Bread fruit

• Cattle fever tick

• Community-supported agriculture

• Compost

• Conservation agriculture

• Farm-to-table

• Fire ants

• Frozen Orange Juice

• Germplasm

• Heirloom plant

• Heirloom tomato

• Horn Fly

• Guayule rubber

• National Plant Germplasm System

• No-till farming

• Organic farming

• Plant breeding

• Rare breed (agriculture)

• Soil microbiology

• Soil structure

• Stable fly

• Sustainable agriculture

• Urban agriculture

• Breeder (animal)

• Feeder (livestock equipment)

• Food-feed system

• Forage analysis

• Manure management

• Precision Seeding

• Row crop

• Sand Fly

• Screwworms

• Switch grass

• Subirrigation

• Yield mapping

• Winter cereal

Potential Sources

 * USDA
 * National Plant Germplasm System
 * USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
 * Ag Research Magazine
 * USDA Tech Transfer Success Stories
 * ARS image gallery

Attendees

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