Category: Agribusiness
PROFESSOR LIANG USES USDA GRANT TO OPEN TEACHERS’ MINDS TO AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (July 28, 2023) – North Carolina may be one of the most agriculturally diverse states in the nation, but as rates of agricultural literacy decline among younger generations, teaching middle and high school students where their food comes from – and how to grow more – becomes a vital strategy for combating food insecurity, preventing malnutrition and maintaining the environment.
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Shock to the system: CAES professor seeks ways to mitigate stressors to food systems
A hurricane, foodborne pathogens, an outbreak of global disease — all of these things by themselves could wreak havoc on the nation’s food supply. But what if several of these potentially catastrophe events happened at the same time?
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New NIFA grant will support CAES professor’s work with beginning farmers and ranchers
A U.S. Department of Agriculture grant awarded to a faculty member with the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences will support a project to improve the chance of success of farmers and ranchers new to agriculture.
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International Education Week festivities pay tribute to CAES instructor, world traveler
Faculty members in the Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education paid tribute to a fellow instructor and world traveler in a three-day virtual seminar series.
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N.C. A&T, food maker launch Chobani Aggie Scholars Program
(Left to right) Faith Jefferson, Kaylen Sexton, Melanie Howell and Destiny Knotts are the first...
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Farmers dig into markets, finances at Extension leadership program
Greg Goins, Ph.D. speaks to farmers about heirs property and other land-use issues during the...
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USDA awards N.C. A&T $1.92 million to launch HBCU Agriculture Business Innovation Center
Kathleen Liang, Ph.D., whose specialty is agricultural economics, works with a farmer recently....
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Aggie Alumna Smallwood ’18 Founds Business to Pay It Forward
Arneisha Smallwood, center, founder of Agriculture is Life, joins Lauren Blackwell, right, and...
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CAES professor helps farmers markets thrive
Kathleen Liang, Ph.D., left, the W.K. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture...
Read MoreAggie golfer aims for the pros while preparing for agribusiness career
When N.C. A&T’s Division I golf program offered Diego Gonzalez the chance to dream big, he jumped at the chance. Supported by an athletic scholarship, the 21-year-old Caracas, Venezuela native came to North Carolina to...
Read MoreJefferson-Moore Named AAEAE Chairperson
Kenrett Jefferson-Moore, Ph.D. has served the Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education as a professor, program coordinator and principal investigator during her 15 years at N.C. A&T, but it is...
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Back to Belize
Roy Beckford, Ph.D., of Cooperative Extension, is one of the N.C. A&T faculty who providing...
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