Black Enterprise

USDA Invests $33 Million Into HBCU Agricultural Programs

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is continuing its commitment to bolster agricultural programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by allocating $33 million to ...
AgriLife Today

Master Marketer Program strengthens producer profitability and resilience

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Master Marketer Program helps farmers manage risk, adapt to markets and profitability.
extension.purdue.edu

Origins of the Cooperative Extension System and Purdue Extension

Recently, I’ve been discussing Purdue Extension and land-grant institutions. This week we conclude this mini-history lesson by delving into the formation of USDA’s Cooperative Extension System, and ...
WUNC

A new program in Fayetteville gives soldiers leaving active duty a chance to pursue a future in farming

Students in the "Soldiers to Agriculture" program, which North Carolina State University and NC A&T State University offer to service members transitioning out of active duty, pose for picture by a ...
WLRN

Grow, feed and learn: FAMU unveils community garden in West Palm Beach food desert

Vonda Richardson, the executive director of FAMU's Cooperative Extension Program, said the gardens will also serve as agricultural training sites. There were ornamental flowers at the unveiling of the ...
extension.purdue.edu

Purdue Extension supports local agriculture, youth education through Farm to School (and you can too!)

What do locally grown apples, visiting pumpkin patches and starting a school garden have in common? They’re all ways to participate in Indiana Grown for Schools, a statewide initiative that supports ...