Evaluation Form

Cultivating Community and Environmental Health

EVALUATION FORM

Cultivating Community and Environmental Health:
Models for sustainable and organic strategies to protect ecosystems, pollinators and waterways

The 34th National Pesticide Forum

University of Southern Maine – Portland, ME - April 15-16, 2016

Thank you for participating in Cultivating Community and Environmental Health. We hope this meeting gave you the opportunity to discuss pesticide issues of importance to you. It is our goal to work toward developing policies and practices that will protect the environment and human health. Please help in evaluating this year's Forum by completing this form, keeping the above-mentioned goals in mind, and returning it to the box on the registration table.

I. Evaluation of Forum Logistics: Poor ------Excellent

A. Registration: 1 2 3 4 5

B. Food/Drink: 1 2 3 4 5

C. Location: 1 2 3 4 5

D. Transportation: 1 2 3 4 5

Comments (on any or all of the above): ______

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II. Evaluation of Keynotes, Workshops and Plenary Sessions: While commenting on the different sessions, please keep the following points in mind: the usefulness of the information - was it current or new to you; the quality and organization of the presentation; what were the most (and least) useful aspects of each talk, etc.

Effectiveness

FRIDAY, April 17, 2015 Not Very ------Highly

Organic Garden and Farm Tour 1 2 3 4 5

Pesticides 101

(Caroline Cox, Heather Spalding) 1 2 3 4 5

Performance: A Sense of Wonder

(Kaiulani Lee) 1 2 3 4 5

Keynote: The Soil Will Save Us

Kristin Ohlson 1 2 3 4 5

SATURDAY, April 18, 2015

Keynote: Pesticides and Disease: What do we know and what do we need

Aaron Blair, Ph.D. 1 2 3 4 5

Keynote: Pollinators, Biodiversity, and Scientific Integrity


Jonathan Lundgren, Ph.D. 1 2 3 4 5

Panel: Environmental Health and Law

Nancy Ostiguy, Ph.D. 1 2 3 4 5

Warren Porter, Ph.D. 1 2 3 4 5

Tao Orion 1 2 3 4 5

Paige Tomaselli, J.D. 1 2 3 4 5

Workshops I:

Environmental Health and Law: An in-depth discussion 1 2 3 4 5

(Aaron Blair, Ph.D., Warren Porter, Ph.D., Paige Tomaselli, J.D.,
Routt Reigart, M.D.)

Pollinators and Pesticides 1 2 3 4 5

(Nancy Ostiguy, Ph.D., Jonathan Lundgren, Ph.D.,
Erin MacGregor-Forbes, Donna Herczeg)

Protecting Maine Water 1 2 3 4 5

(Mary Ann Nahf, Jeff Barnum, Niaz Dorry, Mary Cerullo)

Managing Pests without Pesticides: How-to 1 2 3 4 5

(Chip Osborne, Lani Malmberg, John Bochert, Matt Wallach,
Rella Abernathy, Ph.D.)

Keynote: Landmark Law: The case for local action

Councilmember George Leventhal 1 2 3 4 5

Keynote: Organic Practice and Policy: A view from Congress

U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree 1 2 3 4 5

Panel: Organic Management Approaches and Cutting Edge Alternatives Panel

Chip Osborne 1 2 3 4 5

John Bochert 1 2 3 4 5

Lani Malmberg 1 2 3 4 5

Workshops II:

Organizing for Local Policy Change 1 2 3 4 5

(Councilmember Jon Hinck, Fred Dillon, Mike Horn, Ling Tan,
Andy Jones)

Biodiversity, Ecology and Soil Health 1 2 3 4 5

(Tao Orion, Lori Ann Burd, Kirstin Ohlson, Lani Malmberg,

Terry Shistar)

Organic Standards, Seeds and Supplies 1 2 3 4 5

(Jim Gerritsen, Heather Spalding, Paige Tomaselli, J.D.,
John Bochert, Jay Feldman)

Ecological Tick Management 1 2 3 4 5

(Ron Circe, Daniel Sonenshine, Ph.D., Routt Reigart, M.D.)

Keynote: Organic Integrity: Soil, seeds, and government and corporate responsibility
Jim Gerritsen 1 2 3 4 5

Keynote: Regenerative Agriculture, Farming as if the Earth Matters


Will Allen and Kate Deusterberg 1 2 3 4 5

General comments: ______

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III. To help us plan for future conferences, please provide your feedback on the Forum in general:

A. This is a conference that should be held: ____every year _____every 2 years ____every 5 years

B. I would travel out of state to attend this conference in the future: _____yes _____no

C. In terms of conference focus, the central theme:

i) should be discussed in every workshop, plenary and keynote.

ii) should be discussed in plenary sessions, but should cover a wide variety of topics in the workshops.

iii) is not important. I prefer a general conference that covers many topics.

D. How did you hear about this conference?

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IV. In an effort to more fully evaluate Beyond Pesticides’ programs, services and activities, please provide your comments on the following publications and services of Beyond Pesticides.

A. Do you regularly read or use our website, Facebook or twitter pages or any of the following publications: Pesticides and You, Daily News Blog and/or School Pesticide Monitor?

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If yes, please provide us with your assessment of the readability of these publications, their usefulness and your interest in the information. ______

B. Have you ever used the Beyond Pesticides website (other than reading the Daily News Blog or Facebook)? ______

If yes, please provide us with your assessment of the readability of the website, its usefulness and your interest in the information.

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C. Have you ever called or emailed Beyond Pesticides for help or information?

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If yes, please provide us with your assessment of the helpfulness of Beyond Pesticides’ staff, the usefulness or information provided and whether or not you would recommend calling or emailing Beyond Pesticides for help or information to someone else.

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D. Any other comments:

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