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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=98 height=122 src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCFC40.48613B60" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon'>DICKSON DESPOMMIER TO SPEAK</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <b><span style='color:maroon'>ON VERTICAL FARMING<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon'>as part of the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center Short Course, April 9-13, 2012.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dickson D. Despommier is a microbiologist, ecologist and Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University. He conducts research on intracellular parasitism and teaches courses on Parasitic Diseases, Medical Ecology and Ecology. In recent years, Despommier has received considerable media coverage for his ideas on vertical farming. He developed his concept of vertical farming with graduate students in a medical ecology class in 1999.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Full Press Release Attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Short Course Information: <a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac">http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>Liz MacLellan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Administrative Assistant/Events Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>1951 E Roger Rd, Tucson AZ 85719<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Phone: 520-626-9566 Fax: 520-626-1700<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:ceac@ag.arizona.edu"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>ceac@ag.arizona.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> Web: </span><a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>