UC Davis plant geneticist Pam Ronald has been named the recipient of the 2022 International Wolf Prize in Agriculture, given by the Jerusalem-based Wolf Foundation in recognition of her “pioneering work on disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in rice.”
In July, the
USDA’s
NIFA announced an investment of $6.2 million for 21 Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy grants, part of its fiscal year 2020 competition, to increase the number of K̵14 teachers and educational professionals trained in the food and agricultural sciences.
Miles’ grant is for a project titled, “Aloha ʻĀina Academy: Agricultural Literacy through Sustainable Food Systems Education.”
Aloha ʻĀina Academy participants visit the
UH West Oʻahu Student Organic Garden
“The major goal of the project is to provide high-quality, innovative and practical learning opportunities for middle and high school teachers that enable them to deliver new courses, content and programming that fosters the development of students and engaged citizens who are both literate in the
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Thousands of Kansas students have a better understanding of agriculture thanks to the efforts of Serita Blankenship, recipient of the 2021 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy Award. The award is sponsored by the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO) and the National Grange Foundation.
YOUTH EDUCATION: Serita Blankenship, Kansas Farm Bureau educator, will receive the 2021 Partnership in Agricultural Literacy Award from the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization and the National Grange Foundation on July 1 in Des Moines, Iowa. Blankenship has spent more than 20 years educating elementary and high school students about agriculture and was instrumental in the rollout of the “Kailey’s Agriculture Adventure” book series and related lesson plans by KFB. (Courtesy of Kansas Farm Bureau)
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Sarah Evanega (center), director of the Cornell Alliance for Science, Ph.D. 09, works with Bt eggplant farmers in Bangladesh. Sarah Evanega wins 2021 Borlaug CAST Communication Award
May 11, 2021
Sarah Evanega, Ph.D. ’09, director of the Cornell Alliance for Science, has been named the 2021 Borlaug CAST Communication Award winner.
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) award recognizes outstanding achievement in the advancement of science in the public policy arena in the agricultural, environmental or food sectors.
“The world is facing numerous grave challenges that can benefit from scientific solutions,” said Evanega, a research professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ (CALS) Department of Global Development with a joint appointment in the School of Integrative Plant Science and an adjunct faculty position at the Boyce Thompson Institute. “I’m deeply gratified that CAST has recognized the work of the All