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Course empowers students from Penn State, Ukraine to act on food security
Brandon Bixler, who recently completed his first year at Penn State, volunteered at a food and nutrition center for a course on local and global food security.
Image: Brandon Bixler
Course empowers students from Penn State, Ukraine to act on food security
Amy Duke
June 09, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. A virtual international agriculture course is helping students at both Penn State and Lviv Polytechnic National University in Lviv, Ukraine, grow a deeper understanding of local and global food security.
“Students may wonder how they can have an impact on such a large global issue as food security,” said course instructor Melanie Miller Foster, associate teaching professor of international agriculture in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. “Many students are motivated to use their knowledge and skills to make a difference in the world but aren’t sure how to get started.”