- AGDAILY has launched a free and comprehensive guide to undergraduate agriculture education in the United States. Nothing like this is currently available to the tens of thousands of students who enter colleges and universities seeking to get a degree in one of the diverse array of agricultural programs offered.
- Farm Foundation is pleased to announce that Shari Rogge-Fidler will be joining the organization as president and CEO.
- American Farmland Trust is recognizing farmers markets that made an impact. After months of participation and voting from thousands around the nation, the markets that received the most endorsements from their communities and shared stories of their impact on their local food system now have their deserved spotlight. Visit markets.farmland.org to read more about the celebration and participating markets.
- The Yield Lab Institute is proud to announce Brandon Day as the new Chief Operating Officer effective September 13th, 2019.
- In conjunction with its Fall Legislative Fly-In earlier this month, National Farmers Union hosted its first Raising Voices event for young agricultural leaders. Thirty-three FFA and Professional Agricultural Student members hailing from 14 states traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in an educational session and gain hands-on advocacy experience.
- This year’s class of HungerU ambassadors prepared to launch the college tour portion of the program during a day of educational presentations in Washington D.C. This year’s ambassadors, Tyheim Brown, Lona Strader and Meagan Miller, asked probing questions, showing intense interest in subjects from sustainability’s relationship to landownership to addressing the importance of ethanol in producing feed and fuel, during a multi-hour presentation by National Corn Growers Association Communications Director Cathryn Wojcicki.
- The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, will accept applications for the 2020 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge through Oct. 14. Competitors can apply online at http://fb.org/aginnovationchallenge.
