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Nov. 11, 2021

Center for Regenerative Agriculture Announces Virtual Conference

The conference will focus on cover crops and soil health.

Nov. 11, 2021

CAFNR Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

Mariah GladstoneChef, Entrepreneur Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee) is a chef and founder of Indigikitchen, an online platform dedicated to indigenizing diets using native foods. Using foods native to their Americas, Indigikitchen gives viewers the important tools they need to find and prepare food in their own communities. Gladstone has been recognized as one of the 25 Under 25 Leaders in Indian Country, a Champion for Change and was also the keynote for the 2021 CAFNR Agroforestry Symposium.   Carly HotvedtLegal Council, Food Policy Hotvedt, a citizen of Cherokee Nation, is a seasoned legal professional working with the Indigenous Food and Agriculture…

Nov. 10, 2021

University of Missouri and University of Georgia Receive NSF-NIFA Award to Help Fight the Soybean Cyst Nematode

MU's Lesa Beamer and UGA's Melissa Mitchum will co-direct the 4-year award, which totals $1.2 million.

Nov. 9, 2021

Expanding Forestry Efforts

CAFNR announces gift to create landowner engagement position in forestry.

Nov. 5, 2021

CAFNR Honors Exceptional Alumni

Six of the college’s outstanding alumni recognized at the 2021 Column Awards ceremony.

Nov. 5, 2021

Q&A with Daniel Mallory

Mallory is a livestock specialist in northeast Missouri with the Agriculture and Environment Extension Program .

Nov. 5, 2021

Celebrating the First-Generation College Student Experience

CAFNR faculty and staff share their experiences as first-generation college students.

Nov. 5, 2021

Agricultural and Applied Economics Doctoral Students Took Top Honors at Mizzou’s Three Minute Thesis Competition

Lucy McGowan and Barituka Bekee, both doctoral candidates in agricultural and applied economics, took top honors at Mizzou's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

Nov. 4, 2021

Groundbreaking Work

Randy Prather, Curators' Distinguished Professor in Animal Sciences, speaks about the latest pig kidney breakthrough.

Nov. 3, 2021

A Big Plan for a Small Berry

Andrew Thomas has big plans for a small berry. Thomas, research assistant professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri, has received a Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the project Moving American Elderberry into Mainstream Production and Processing. The award is for $5,345,255 over a four-year period. Elderberry is a native plant found all over the Midwest and eastern United States. Thomas, who has conducted elderberry research for 24 years at CAFNR’s Southwest Research, Extension and Education…