BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech recently received a $748,000 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to fund an annual 10-week research internship for undergraduates in data analytics in agriculture, community, and rural economics program referred to as DATA-ACRE. The Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and University […]

ATHENS, Ga. — Last month, UGArden Club members camped out at Shooting Creek Vines in western North Carolina, harvesting and processing wine grapes over the course of a weekend. Nestled at the foot of the Nantahala National Forest, Shooting Creek Vines is a small, family-owned winery founded in 2017. Thanks to a partnership between the […]

STILLWATER, Okla. ­– Walking into a grocery store, most shoppers are focused on their shopping lists to avoid forgetting essential household items. When selecting a shopping cart, most people center their attention on avoiding that undesirable squeaky wheel. But a positive shopping experience can easily go bad if shoppers put food safety on the back […]