Speaking Topics

Dr. Lehr's speeches are custom written and can include any of the following subject areas:

AGRICULTURE
•    Where are We and How Did We Get Here?! (A look back so we can look ahead)
•    Where Are We Going with American Agriculture?
•    What’s so Great with American Agriculture? Just About Everything!
•    MegaTrends in Agriculture
•    The Future of Sustainable Agriculture: From the Farm Gate to the Dinner Table
•    Biotechnology in Agriculture
•    The Future of the American Farm
•    World Trade
•    Food Safety
•    Animal IDs
•    Bioterrorism
•    The American Dairy
•    Future Farm Bills
•    Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
•    Nitrogen loading in the Mississippi River
•    No-till Ag impacts on water quality and the Environment
•    Buffer Strips: A way to prevent surface water contamination
•    Bio-terrorism
•    Endangered Species Act
•    Organic Farming
•    Confined Animal Feeding Operations
•    Hog Farm Odor Solutions
•    Ground Water Quality
•    Surface Water Quality
•    Total Daily Maximum Loading on Watersheds
•    Forest Growth in America
•    Wildlife Growth in America
•    Wetlands
•    Agricultural Chemical Contamination
•    Mad Cow Disease
•    Soil Remediation
•    Manure Handling
•    International Agriculture
•    Fertilizer/Nutrient Management
•    Aquaculture
•    Agricultural Co-ops
•    Carbon Sequestration
•    Cattle Ranching
•    Conservation Easements
•    Precision Agriculture
•    Soybean Production

PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
•    Global Warming
•    The Impact of Co2 Build Up in the Atmosphere
•    Urban Sprawl
•    Water Supply Treatment
•    China
•    Greenhouse gases, natural and manmade
•    Ozone Depletion
•    Recycling
•    Risk Assessment
•    Life Expectancy
•    Sustainability of the American Automobile
•    How to Eliminate “NIMBY”
•    Air Quality
•    Poverty - The Ultimate Health Risk
•    Life Expectancy and Affluence
•    World Population Growth
•    Who are the Environmental Zealots?
•    Solid Waste Disposal in the US
•    State CO2 Legislation
•    Avian Flu
•    The Precautionary Principle
•    Economics, Freedom, & Capitalism
•    Forest Management
•    Nature Conservancy
•    Nutrition
•    Property rights
•    Tsunamis

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS
•    Radon Exposure
•    Bio-terrorism
•    Homeland Security
•    Asbestos Exposure
•    Chlorine and the Environment
•    Dangers of Dioxin
•    Rodent Bioassays to Determine Acceptable Human Exposures
•    Carcinogenicity
•    Superfund
•    DDT - A Once Great Preserver of Life
•    The Problem of the Rain Forests
•    Contaminant Thresholds
•    What is a Part per Trillion, Quadrillion?
•    Indoor Air Pollution
•    Human Health
•    Nitrates in Surface Water
•    Arsenic in Ground Water
•    Mercury in Air
•    Pesticide Management

ENERGY
•    Ethanol Production
•    Biodiesel Production
•    Nanotechnology
•    Methanol
•    Energy resources
•    The Future of Nuclear Power and the World
•    Petroleum, Coal and Gas Reserves
•    The Hydrogen Economy and Fuel Cells
•    Wind Energy
•    Solar Energy
•    Nuclear Energy
•    Electric/Hybrid and Fuel Cell engines
•    The Kyoto Climate Change Treaty
•    Arctic National Wildlife Reserve
•    Acid Rain
•    The Internal Combustion Engine
•    Electromagnetic Waves and Cancer
•    Mineral Reserves

POLLUTION
•    Brown Fields
•    Endocrine Disruptors
•    Stormwater Runoff
•    The Dose Makes The Poison