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Registration for the 2018 BARC Symposium is closed! The 2018 BARC Symposium Workshop: Urban Agriculture Today and Tomorrow: Research for Sustainable Solutions takes place on Thursday, September 20, 2018 on the campus of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Due to security requirements, everyone wishing to attend must register using this on-line form.  There is no on-site registration on the day of the event.

Registering for the Symposium is a two-step process.  Your registration is not complete until you finish both steps. First, you must fill out and submit the online registration form on this page. That information will allow us to conduct all needed security checks. Second, you must also click on the link $25.00 registration fee and complete the fee payment process. That link will take you to a website managed by FAR-B (the Friends of Agricultural Research – Beltsville). You need to go through that site to submit your registration fee. Those two independent steps (submitting information and paying the registration fee) are required to fully register for the Symposium.

Full Name Organization Email Address Mailing Address Mobile Phone Are you a U.S. Citizen? Yes No If not a U.S. citizen or a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR), what are the last four digits or your passport or visa number? What is your country of citizenship? Box Lunch Choice --Select-- Ham Turkey Vegetarian Will you need parking for the event? --Select-- Yes No Will you need accommodation? --Select-- Yes No To ensure we reserve proper seating in the auditorium do you require The services of a sign interpreter? A wheelchair accessible location?

Discussion group preference. Please mark each session below with either a one, two, three, four, or five. (Number one is the discussion you would most like to join.) Please use each number only once. While seating is limited, we will try to accommodate your preference. Your registration information will include your discussion group assignment.

Discussion A: New High Value Crops, Genotypes/Phenotypes, Breeding
Discussion B: Implications for Nutrition and Food Safety
Discussion C: Engineering Challenges/Systems Design, Energy, Light, Water
Discussion D: Animals and Management of Animal Waste in Integrated Systems
Discussion E: Disease and Pest Problems
Discussion F: Partnerships for Research and Technology Development
Choice 1 Discussion A Discussion B Discussion C Discussion D Discussion E Discussion F Choice 2 Discussion A Discussion B Discussion C Discussion D Discussion E Discussion F Choice 3 Discussion A Discussion B Discussion C Discussion D Discussion E Discussion F Choice 4 Discussion A Discussion B Discussion C Discussion D Discussion E Discussion F Choice 5 Discussion A Discussion B Discussion C Discussion D Discussion E Discussion F

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