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Sustainable Livestock Production Curriculum Development Webpage

Meeting Notes:
        July 27, 2007
        October 30, 2007

Curriculum Outline

    I.  Overview of Sustainability (based on livestock  systems)  Cinda & Stephanie

     II.  Resource Inventory  Kirsten & Ken Hart

            - planning your production system
            - record keeping
            - planning & zoning ordinances
            - water rights & rules
            - legalities & regulations
            - proper facilities & welfare (including animal handling)
            - equipment
            - pasture
            - water and water delivery systems

    III.  Business Planning & Marketing  Wilson & Norman

              - value added products
            - processing issues
            - direct marketing
            - distribution and retail of non-conventional livestock
            - certification labels

           Proposed Outline for Section on Business Planning & Marketing

    IV.  Herd selection, breeding, and reproduction methods  Benton & Stephanie

      V.  Animal behavior and welfare  Shannon, Benton & Dale

                Proposed Outline for Section on Animal Behavior and Welfare

    
     VI.  Nutrition management  Scott

            - feeds and feeding*
            - pasture management
            - alternative livestock management practices (integrating livestock into cropping systems and multi-species grazing)  

* Based on a one-year feeding plan activity (addresses the question: where am I going to get my feed throughout the year?)

    VII.  Health   Shannon & WSU CVM

               - quality assurance (record keeping, stress, handling, bruising, etc.)
- veterinary medicine and alternative healthcare methods for organic livestock (including alternatives to antibiotics and added hormones)

                Proposed Outline for Livestock Health

   VIII.  Alternative Production Systems  Kirsten

              - organic
            - natural
            - grass-fed
            - holistic management

     IX.  Waste management, Composting, and Carcass Disposal  Kirsten

      X.  Enterprise budget/Plan  Wilson & Norman

            - pulling it all together
           - next steps