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The Food Systems Practitioner of the 21st Century Systems Thinking Skills
- 1. The Food Systems Practitioner of the 21st Century Systems Thinking Skills H. Scott Hurd DVM, PhD College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Diagnostic & Production Animal Medicine shurd@iastate.edu www.hurdhealth.com
- 2. Why are we here? • Because you are visionary • Higher Ed Challenge USDA grant • The FUTURE – sustainable (safe) global food production
- 3. WHY Systems Approach??? • WE NEED IT!!!! - sorely • Vets are working in systems with individual animal view • Little mistakes can go a long way • Reductionist approach does not “work” for long term complex, dynamic, global issues • Common language when working on a problem
- 4. What is the need? • MUCH more interaction among animal, human, food systems – One Health • Consolidation, Intensification, Globalization of food • Growing food needs and quality demands
- 5. New mindset for problem solving • “We cannot solve problems using the same thinking we used when we created them”, Einstein • “The continued search for better understanding of social and economic systems represents the next great frontier.” J Forrester 1991 • Broad systems changes require a systems approach to research, including interdisciplinary discussion among social and biophysical scientists, agricultural producers, community planners, industry experts, state and local governments, and others (USDA:NIFA, 2007)
- 6. Try the scenarios This link is CASE SENSITIVE! http://bit.ly/1efdrDm
Editor's Notes
- Honor and challenge to do this talk!
- Thrilled to be here in Chicago. Like many grad students gave one of my first scientiific papers hereAslo, gave my first Systems talk here at AVMA meeting in 1995
- When I went to Washington saw a lotConcerned people are going to hurt themselves
- For good or for ill, food production is consolidating and intensifying. Today one decision may affect one carcass which may have a global impact (e.g. international trade bans due to one tissue residue violation, or large-scale disease outbreak). In three months one egg producer can supply a half billion potentially contaminated eggs. Therefore producers and their consulting veterinarians have influence on a much larger scope of animals, consumers, and the environment. No matter where in the food supply chain a veterinarian is working, they must understand the implications of decisions throughout the food, environment and public health systems.