{"id":5663,"date":"2016-02-15T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2016-02-23T14:13:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T20:13:21","slug":"2016-scientist-in-residence-presentations-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2016\/2016-scientist-in-residence-presentations-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Scientist in Residence Presentations (Videos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. Martin Entz was CMU\u2019s 2016 Scientist in Residence during the week of February 1. Professor of Cropping Systems and Natural Systems Agriculture at the University of Manitoba, Entz\u00a0leads Canada\u2019s oldest organic versus conventional farming systems experiment and\u00a0<\/span>participates in ecologically-integrated farming system research and development work in Central America, southern Africa, NW China, and has volunteered with MCC in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Video recordings of Entz\u2019s three speaking\u00a0engagements\u2014which\u00a0highlight biblical themes of stewardship to suggest a shift in emphasis from smart resource management to wonder, humility, and inspiration\u2014are found below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr\">\u200b<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YH0J6jLpW6M?list=PLetwI-M-5VVnFCS8bIHzQAu8c2gZ5Sd3m\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><\/div>\n<h4>February 1 |\u00a0Student Forum<br \/>\n<strong><em>Journey Into Natural Systems Agriculture<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sir Albert Howard, Rachel Carsons, Wes Jackson<span style=\"color: #555555; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 17.16px; text-align: left;\">,\u00a0<\/span>and many others\u00a0argue that agriculture should take a different path, one based more closely on Nature\u2019s processes.\u00a0Many research groups around the world\u00a0have embraced the Natural Systems Agriculture research paradigm. Entz will share his\u00a0story; his approach; what he has discovered; and how he and his research team\u00a0are engaging farmers in the research process.<\/p>\n<p>Because Nature\u2019s principles can be applied at all scales<span style=\"color: #555555; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 17.16px; text-align: left;\">\u2014<\/span>from 5000 acre grain farms to urban permaculture gardens<span style=\"color: #555555; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 17.16px; text-align: left;\">\u2014<\/span>everyone has a chance to participate.\u00a0This highlights another benefit<span style=\"color: #555555; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 17.16px; text-align: left;\">\u2014<\/span>bringing people together in community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr\">\u200b<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r1qszq7-n1A\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>February 2 |\u00a0Chapel<br \/>\n<strong><em>Land as Gift: A Game Changer<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>When it comes to the ecological crisis we face, good guideposts are hard to find.\u00a0Viewing the earth, the land, as a gift from the creator offers such as guide.\u00a0Seeing the Land as a gift changes the emphasis from \u201csmart resource management\u201d to greater \u201cwonder, humility, and inspiration.\u201d\u00a0Seeing the Land as a gift changes the emphasis from \u201cscarcity\u201d to \u201cabundance\u201d\u2014thereby offering hope to an increasingly worried world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr\">\u200b<\/div>\n<div class=\"photo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FWMjl5cAf2Y\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>February 3 |\u00a0Public Lecture<br \/>\n<strong><em>The Science of Sabbath: Meeting the Expectations of the Land<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;In the seventh year, there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land, a Sabbath for the Lord.&#8221;\u00a0As a scientist, Entz attempts to\u00a0understand what Sabbath looks like in modern agriculture.\u00a0What happens when we give up some control, when we allow the Land to be itself, when we allow it freedom from our inventiveness?\u00a0Entz&#8217;s\u00a0scientific work shows that sometimes less is indeed more.\u00a0Serving the garden to release its own potential offers practical solutions that address both the food and the ecological crises.<\/p>\n<p>Entz reflects on over 25 years of natural systems agricultural research and highlight biblical themes of stewardship to suggest a shift in emphasis from smart resource management to wonder, humility, and inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Martin Entz was CMU\u2019s 2016 Scientist in Residence during the week of February 1. 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