Strategic Leadership Workshop

Oct 31, 2017

Are you a food or agriculture processor and want to learn how to develop strategic leadership within your company or organization?

Due to popular demand, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) is again offering the full-day Strategic Leadership Workshop with Dr. Brynn Winegard, this time from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on November 23, 2017, at the Agriculture Business Centre, 6547 Sparrow Drive, Leduc.

“Dr. Brynn Winegard will inform you of the skills required to master each element of successful leadership, the key issues facing leaders, and the leaders’ role and core purpose,” says Lisa Iwanyk, development officer, AF. “Every segment of the day is complemented with individual exercises and group activities to allow you a chance to apply what you learn and to hone your personal leadership capabilities.”

Before the workshop, participants will receive an assignment to familiarize themselves with the framework and to get them thinking about their own strategic leadership challenges.

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

Video: Sweetener Effects on Gut Health - Dr. Kwangwook Kim

In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.