C-FAR Connection
Published by the Illinois Council on Food
and Agricultural Research (C-FAR)
Board of Directors & Staff
Chairman: Nels Kasey, Paris
Vice Chair and Research Chair:
Jerry Hicks, Springfi eld
Secretary-Treasurer: Karen Little,
Pleasant Plains
Research Vice Chair: Chuck Cawley,
Rochelle
Membership Chair: Jim Charlesworth,
Bloomington
Director: Wally Furrow, El Paso
Legislative Chair: Steve Scates,
Shawneetown
Past Chair: Alan Puzey,
Fairmount (ex-offi cio)
Executive Administrator:
Kraig A. Wagenecht
Communications Director:
LeAnn M. Ormsby
Legislative Consultant:
Giffi n, Winning, Cohen &
Bodewes, P.C.
Working Group Leadership
EXPANDING AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
Chair – Heather Hampton+Knodle
Vice Chair – John Huston
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Chair – Kae Hankes
Vice Chair – Norbert Soltwedel
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Chair – Molly Ann Godar
Vice Chair – Anne Builta Crider
HUMAN NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY
Chair – Jeanne Harland
Vice Chair – Jim Fraley
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Chair – Byford Wood
Vice Chair – Dennis Godar
C-FAR
1101 W. Peabody Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217.244.4232
800.232.7991
Fax: 217.244.8594
Email: cfar@aces.illinois.edu
Web: www.ilcfar.org
Newsletter Coordinator: LeAnn Ormsby, C-FAR
Communications Director; Editor: Rob Siedenburg,
Publication Services, Inc.; Designer: Arena Jackson,
C-FAR; Photographer: Ron Ackerman, Daniels/Ackerman
Photography.
The C-FAR Membership: Through THICK and THIN
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C-FAR RESEARCH FUNDING IS STATE-APPROPRIATED GENERAL REVENUE
FUNDS. C-FAR GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE STATE OF ILLINOIS —
ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, GOVERNOR.
today. Is there room for improvements in these programs? Of course there is. But let’s
remember, had it not been for our membership’s commitment to seizing this opportu-nity,
our organization would likely have faltered several years ago.
A Rebuilding
Today, with a depressed appropriation level, we face a different calling – a rebuilding
of the appropriation in cooperation with the State of Illinois. This challenge, however,
has a greater degree of clarity than our previous, more obscure, assignments of the
past. Just like the demands placed on our membership during our organization’s birth
and growth, we can and will meet this challenge through a committed membership.
As we work to reverse the current appropriation reduction, I am convinced our
membership will again be the moving infl uence. This will require a sustained and
growing membership; a membership that extols the same vision expressed during
previous demands. Fortunately, we can anchor our efforts in rebuilding the appropria-tion
on an extremely sound track record of producing results.
C-FAR’s Membership – Today and Tomorrow
Unlike the never-before-seen opportunities of C-FAR’s founding, today’s mission is
not a matter of defying the odds. It is a more focused charge for the C-FAR member-ship
to remain standing strong, standing unifi ed, and standing unequivocally for an
appropriately funded and implemented food and agricultural research program in
Illinois. C-FAR is proud and grateful for its strong and steadfast membership – a
unique quality of our organization. With your continued membership and engagement,
we are highly poised to meet and surpass the challenges we face today, and in the
future.
Jim Charlesworth
Membership Chair and Member of the Board
C-FAR Day at Western Illinois University (November 11)
Join us for C-FAR Day at Western Illinois University! On November 11, C-FAR
members will have the unique opportunity to hear fi rsthand from WIU research-ers
about C-FAR–funded research taking place at the university.
Highlights of the day will include research presentations on micropropaga-tion
techniques for wintergreen, alternative crops, nitrogen rates for grazing corn,
and comparative analysis of the average daily gain and feed effi ciency of sheep
and goats. Members will also have the opportunity to view a milkweed harvester
demonstration and tour the university’s tissue culture laboratory and beef and
ram/goat facilities. Don’t miss this special opportunity to engage directly with
WIU researchers! Additional information will be mailed to members prior to the
event.
