In Conversation with #WomeninAg: Dr. Lois Wright Morton
As part of our ongoing #womeninag series, we are highlighting a different leading woman in agriculture each month.
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High Five for NIFA-Funded Projects at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
As we look back on 2015, NIFA is also celebrating the partnership we have developed with the nation’s land-grant universities (LGUs), who play a critical role teaching students to meet the high quality, innovative research needs that are vital to the production of our country’s food, fuel, and fiber. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides support to historically black colleges and universities that were designated at as LGUs in the Second Morrill Act in 1890. Grants to these 1890 universities support research, extension, and teaching in the food and agricultural sciences by building the institutional capacities of these schools. Looking back on 2015, here are 5 highlights.
A Banner Year for Education: 5 Grants Supporting Ag Education
Strengthening education is crucial to the future of agriculture.
Tribal partnerships fuel sustainable aviation
Alaska Airlines will conduct a demonstration flight in 2016 using 1,000 gallons of jet fuel made from forest scraps.
Tribal Communities Strive to Regain Food Sovereignty
For thousands of years Native Americans thrived in self-sustaining communities. Now, many have to make do with whatever food and basic goods can be hauled in by truck.