The United States Agency for International Development has awarded Texas State University a grant to develop cost-effective supply chain and business model innovations to enable Bangladesh to reduce the loss of nutrition in a wide range of produce following harvest.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
Texas State University officials said that author Gary Nabhan will deliver the keynote address for the Small Producers Initiative’s annual Southern Family Farmers & Food Systems Conference, to be held Aug. 6-8 at the San Marcos campus.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
Author Gary Nabhan will deliver the keynote address for the Small Producers Initiative’s annual Southern Family Farmers & Food Systems Conference Aug. 6-8 at Texas State University.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
Texas State received grant to increase underrepresented students in agricultural sciences.
The Department of Agricultural Sciences at Texas State received the $275,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Hispanic Serving Institution Education Grants Program to position underrepresented students for academic and professional success in agricultural sciences.
The four-year grant will support the Exposure, Experiential learning and Extension (3eX-Ag) program, overseen by principal investigator Merritt Drewery, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences, along with co-PIs Ryan Anderson, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences, and Tryon Wickersham, associate professor at Texas A&M University.
3eX-Ag aims to address two national education problems ethnic disparity in postsecondary degree recipients and too few qualified graduates to fill requisite positions in the agriculture workforce. 3eX-Ag plans to establish cu