About the LPES Curriculum
Mission
The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPES) project
will deliver a national curriculum and supporting educational
tools to U.S. livestock and poultry industry advisors, who in
turn, will help producers acquire certification and/or achieve
environmentally sustainable production systems. Producers will
also benefit directly from the information and assessment tools
that the curriculum provides.
Targeted Uses
- Mandated environmental certification programs for producers
and advisors
- Voluntary Cooperative Extension programs for producer education
programs
- Pro-active educational programs for commodity associations
- Clientele training for NRCS EQIP and related stewardship programs
- Training for industry employees and contract growers
Curriculum Description
The educational materials developed for the LPES. Curriculum, a
nationally developed and regionally piloted core curriculum, include
26 lessons grouped into six modules; environmental stewardship and/or
regulatory compliance assessment tools for most lessons; and PowerPoint
presentations for each lesson. To view the individual lessons in
PDF format as well as one sample PowerPoint presentation (Lesson
2, Whole Farm Nutrient Planning) online, visit the Curriculum
Lessons page.
The LPES curriculum is available in the following formats:
- Searchable CD
-Includes the lessons in PDF files, the PowerPoint presentations,
and the assessment tools
- Printed lessons including references, an index, and assessment
tools suitable for a binder
-Shrink wrapped and 3-hole punched with cover and section dividers
- 2-CD set of PageMaker files including all graphics
-Can be adapted to state regulations
- Individual lessons
-Can be purchased in bulk for classroom and educational uses.
- Web-accessible individual lessons in
PDF and Word format.
This material is based upon work supported by the Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service; U.S. Department
of Agriculture; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; National
Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center; and the University of
Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
under Cooperative Agreement Number 97-EXCA-3-0642.
The LPES Team
This project was funded with a grant from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
It was developed by the following team of land-grant university,
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) staff with assistance from MidWest Plan
Service (MWPS) and guidance from the EPA's National Agriculture
Compliance Assistance Center (Ag Center):
| Project Leaders |
| Rick Koelsch |
University of
Nebraska |
| Frank Humenik |
North Carolina
State University |
| Project Manager |
| Diane Huntrods |
MWPS, Iowa State
University |
| Author Team |
| Brent Auvermann |
Texas A&M |
| Jose Bicudo |
University of
Kentucky |
| Galen Erickson |
University of
Nebraska |
| Charles Fulhage |
University of
Missouri |
| Rick Grant |
University of
Nebraska |
| Joe Harner |
Kansas State University |
| John Hoehne |
University of
Missouri (retired) |
| Frank Humenik |
North Carolina
State University |
| Larry Jacobson |
University of
Minnesota |
| Rick Koelsch |
University of
Nebraska |
| Jeff Lorimor |
Iowa State University |
| Todd Milton |
Formerly of the
University of Nebraska |
| Pat Murphy |
Kansas State University |
| Paul Patterson |
Pennsylvania State
University |
| David Schmidt |
University of
Minnesota |
| Karl Shaffer |
North Carolina
State University |
| Andrew Sharpley |
USDA-ARS |
| Ron Sheffield |
University of
Idaho |
| Don Stettler |
USDA-NRCS (retired) |
| Stanley (Lee) Telega |
Cornell University |
| Eric van Heugten |
North Carolina
State University |
| Theo van Kempen |
North Carolina
State University |
| Review and
Pilot Team |
| Gary Jackson |
University of
Wisconsin |
| Ted Funk |
University of
Illinois |
| Carol Galloway |
EPA Ag Center |
| Mohammed Ibrahim |
North Carolina
A&T State Univ. |
| Barry Kintzer |
USDA-NRCS |
| Rick Koelsch |
University of
Nebraska |
| Deanne Meyer |
Univ. of California-Davis |
| Mark Risse |
University of
Georgia |
| Peter Wright |
Cornell University |
| Access Team |
| Don Jones |
Purdue University |
| Jack Moore |
MWPS, Iowa State
University |
| Ginah Mortensen |
EPA Ag Center |
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