​Keynote Focus: Tackle tough issues with Dr. Mitloehner. Meat, poultry, and dairy will continue to be an essential part of diets around the world, but as demand increases so does pressure to reduce the environmental impact of farming. There is no single solution that will allow the global community to meet demand and improve sustainability in our food system, we will need a toolkit of solutions to meet the needs of producers in various regions and production systems.
Biography
Mitloehner is a Professor and Air Quality Extension Specialist in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis, USA. He received his MS degree in Animal Science and Agricultural Engineering from the University of Leipzig, Germany, and his PhD degree in Animal Science from Texas Technical University. He serves as director of the CLEAR Center, which conducts air- and climate research and related communication. Dr. Mitloehner is an expert for agricultural air quality, livestock housing and husbandry. Overall, he conducts research that is directly relevant to understanding and mitigating the air emissions from livestock operations, as well as the implications of these emissions for the health and safety of farm workers and neighboring communities. Since he joined the UC Davis faculty in 2002, he published 130 peer reviewed publications, and as principal investigator he obtained over $25M in extramural funding. Dr. Mitloehner has presented over 1,000 invited talks in front of national and international audiences. Dr. Mitloehner has served as chairman of a global United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) partnership project to benchmark the environmental footprint of livestock production. He served as workgroup member on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and as member of the National Academies of Science Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee on “A Framework for Assessing the Health, Environmental, and Social Effects of the Food System”.