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AGNR’s 2024 Cornerstone Event visualizes a future without hunger

By Alex Burke The University of Maryland’s College of Agricultural and Natural Resources (AGNR) hosted its sixth annual Cornerstone Event Tuesday at Stamp Student Union, focusing on how U.S. agricultural research can address global food challenges. This year’s keynote speaker, Ruben Echeverria, senior advisor for agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and director general emeritus of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, … Continue reading AGNR’s 2024 Cornerstone Event visualizes a future without hunger

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Sustainability lecture discusses ethnic crop production and food insecurity among migrant communities

By Fiona Flowers The University of Maryland emphasized the cultural, economic and environmental benefits of ethnic crops during a lecture on March 26, commencing a series of virtual food sustainability presentations discussing agriculture and nutritional security.  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources invited Nadine Burton, a farm management specialist at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, to examine food insecurity among immigrant communities. A … Continue reading Sustainability lecture discusses ethnic crop production and food insecurity among migrant communities

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