**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE CONCERN OVER PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) CONTAMINATION LEAD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER FOR PFAS RESEARCH (MSU), CONSISTING OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF SCIENTISTS TO INVESTIGATE PFAS CONTAMINATION, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF FACULTY AND EDUCATORS WITH PROGRAMS IN ANIMAL HEALTH, SOIL SCIENCE, CROP PRODUCTION, EXPOSURE MODELING, AND REMEDIATION. THE 2ND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM FOR THE CENTER AND THE FIRST ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM FOR PFAS IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS WILL BE HELD AT MSU IN E. LANSING MI. THIS SYMPOSIUM WILL BE A COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, MAINE FARMLAND TRUST, AND USDA ARS, AND WILL ENGAGE FARMERS, RESEARCHERS, EXTENSION PROFESSIONALS, EXTENSION EDUCATORS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, REGULATORS, AND SCIENTISTS, AND STUDENTS AND FOSTER INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS, STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITIES. A MAJOR GOAL OF THIS CONFERENCE IS TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CURRENT AND PAST RESEARCH FOCUSED ON PFAS AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND TO OFFER SOLUTIONS TO THE PFAS ISSUES BEING DISCOVERED ON THE FARMS PRODUCING FOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ACROSS THE WORLD AND TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY VIA A SECOND MICHIGAN REGIONAL MEETING, AND A SYNTHESIS PAPER. THIS 2 -PART INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE SERIES WILL: 1) INITIATE COLLABORATIONS AND BROADEN ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN PFAS RESEARCH EFFORTS IN MAINE, MICHIGAN, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY; 2) PROMOTE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS BETWEEN FARMERS AND RESEARCHERS; AND 3) INCREASE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS RANGING FROM RESEARCHERS TO FARMERS TO REGULATORS TO ESTABLISH A CROSS-SECTOR NATIONAL NETWORK AROUND PFAS CONTAMINATION RESEARCH, RESPONSE, AND POLICY