Category: Ag Education

CAES professor helps North Carolina teachers integrate agriculture into classroom learning with USDA support

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (July 28, 2023) – North Carolina may be one of the most agriculturally diverse states in the nation, but as rates of agricultural literacy decline among younger generations, teaching middle and high school students where their food comes from – and how to grow more – becomes a vital strategy for combating food insecurity, preventing malnutrition and maintaining the environment.

Job prospects today are as promising as ever for college graduates in the fields of food, agriculture, renewable natural resources and the environment. Each year, in fact, nearly 58,000 openings await those with such degrees.

Representatives from universities in the 1890s system gathered both in person and virtually at the University Farm Pavilion for the system’s first MEA Center Symposium, held this month to discuss “A Vision for the Future of Higher Education in Agriculture.”

By knitting together grants, creative thinking, and new partnerships, as well as adapting existing programs, faculty and staff in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at N.C. A&T is grooming the next generation of agricultural leaders.