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Taking the Summer On: AMS Interns Gain Valuable Experience
AMS interns at the USDA Internship Meeting at USDA Headquarters. During their internship, they met with senior USDA officials, including AMS Administrator Anne Alonzo (first row in the center with...
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Future Scientists Programs to Tackle Future Agricultural Challenges
Future Scientists Program participants explore corn earworm research projects with Dr. Craig Wilson and Tropical Agriculture Research Station (TARS) scientists in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. This post is...
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E. Kika De La Garza Science Fellow Uses Fresh Way to Find Body Fat
E. Kika De La Garza Fellow Alicia Gonzalez-Quiroz in the Bod Pod – a tool that determines body composition using air measurement. Photo credit: Perry Rainosek, USDA/ARS This post is part of the Science...
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Training Pipeline Quenches Dairy’s Thirst for College Grads
The Dairy Education and Training Consortium (USDETC), supported with a National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant, provides hand-on training to college students with backgrounds in dairy...
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USDA Creates On-site Application Acceptance Program to Recruit Highly...
Marcus Peebles, a Procurement Technician with the Agricultural Marketing Service, joined the agency through its Pathways program. AMS photo. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is driven to...
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STEM Grows from SEEDS at San Diego College
SEEDS scholars at Mesa College in San Diego participate in an Iron Chef-inspired team building exercise. SEEDS encourages Hispanic students to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering, and...
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From Boots to Roots: Helping Women and Hispanic Vets Earn Ag, STEM Degrees
Texas State University’s “Boots to Roots” program guides women and Hispanic veterans towards agriculture and STEM degrees. (Image by Stephanie Engle) A professor in the Lone Star State is counting on...
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Under Represented Students STEP-Up to Careers in Agriculture
Students enrolled in the STEP UP to USDA Career Success program take part in an intense short course in environmental soil science. (Photo courtesy of Tanner Machado) The lack of women and minority...
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Bridging Nutrition and Tradition: Abriendo Caminos
Hispanic children are more prone to health risk than other ethnic groups and 22 percent are obese by the age of four. The NIFA-funded project Abriendo Caminos helps fight food insecurity and its...
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