Category: Agricultural Education
USDA Grants N.C. A&T $18.1M to Lead USDA NEXTGEN Agriculture Program
N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University will lead a major project to build, and sustain, students’ interest and participation in agriculture as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new initiative, “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN.)”
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World-traveling “Fulbrighter” encourages kids to follow in her footsteps
Paula Faulkner, Ph.D., spoke to a first-grade class at Alderman Elementary about her experience in...
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The Fight to Save Farmland
A number of factors — development, climate change, energy production, the retirement of older farmers, the rising price of land and more — pose grave dangers to agricultural land. If projections hold true, the United States could lose farm and ranch acreage by 2040 that’s nearly the size of South Carolina.
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Black Extension Leader Overcame Odds to Serve His Community
Carl Hodges Sr. ‘54, an agricultural education major, became the first Black agent in Durham...
Read MoreHonoring a pioneer: Rochelle Arrington ‘87, the first Black woman to teach agriculture in North Carolina, receives the Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Rochelle Arrington wanted to take an agriculture class in high school not because she had a deep love for farming. Rather, she signed up for the course to stir up her guidance counselor. It was the late ‘70s, and boys were...
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Ag leaders speak on partnerships at Troxler forum
North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler speaks at the University Farm. The third...
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