Monday, April 25

SU Ag Center Leadership Institute Graduate Receives Fellowship

Contact: Bridget Udoh

(225) 771-5714

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ag Institute Graduate Named Fellow

BATON ROUGE, LA, 4/25/11 – Jenga Mwendo was among the 14 new Fellows recently selected by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Food and Community to receive an award. The 2011-2013 class of Fellows is a mix of grassroots advocates, thought leaders, writers and entrepreneurs. Mwendo is a graduate of the SU Ag Center Small Farmer Leadership Institute class of 2011 and director of Backyard Gardeners Network. She is a community organizer based in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who focuses on strengthening community through urban agriculture.

The award comes with a two-year fellowship that provides an annual stipend of $35,000 in addition to communications support, trainings, and travel. The program supports leaders working to create a food system that strengthens the health of communities, particularly children. For this class of Fellows, the selection committee focused on work that creates a just, equitable and healthy food system from its roots up. Over 560 individuals applied for fellowships.

The IATP Food and Society Fellows are innovative change makers who advocate for food and farming systems that are just and healthy for all people. Fellows use multi-media, policy advocacy and community engagement to promote fresh ideas on all aspects of the national food system—supporting culturally appropriate and environmentally sustainable farming, safe processing and distribution, fair labor standards, and healthy food accessible to all—especially our most vulnerable children.

“The Food and Community Fellows have always been change agents,” says Jim Harkness, President of IATP.” We invest in individuals that have a vision and plan for bettering the food system. These fellowships aren’t about incremental change; we want big visions that have the potential to provide our children with new opportunities for growing, processing, eating and thinking about food.”

The Food and Community Fellows program is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, MI and the Woodcock Foundation, based in New York, New York.

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems. http://www.iatp.org/

To read the full story, visit http://www.foodandsocietyfellows.org/

Dr. Dawn Mellion-Patin directs the Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Training Institute, a two-year course of study specifically designed to guide small, socially disadvantaged, limited resource and minority farmers through the transformative process of becoming successful agricultural entrepreneurs.
Please follow the SU Ag Center Small Farmer Leadership Institute on Facebook.at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Small-Farmer-Agricultural-Leadership-Institute/115169218522140

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SU Ag Center to Join Petition to Save Our Southern

Contact: Bridget Udoh

(225) 771-5714

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SU Ag Center to Join Petition to Save Our Southern

BATON ROUGE, LA, 4/25/11 – The SU Ag Center will join the petition to “Support Our Southern” at the Louisiana State Capitol on Tuesday, April 26, starting at 10:00 am. Display set up will begin at 8:00 am in the Capitol’s Rotunda and will open at 9:00 am. Two vans will be departing from the front parking lot of the Ag Center at 9:00 am and returning at 12:00 pm.

The Baton Rouge Campus has also made transportation arrangements as follows:
Bus #1 departs from Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union at 8:30 and 9:15 am and
bus #2 departs from the F.G. Clark Activity Center at 9 and 9:30 am.

For further information please feel free to contact: Kim Butler at 771-2242

Wednesday, April 20

Developing a Strong Winning Proposal

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Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center

Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
http://www.suagcenter.com/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SU Ag Center to Hold Proposal Writing Seminar

BATON ROUGE, LA, 4/20/2011 - The Southern University Ag Center will hold a seminar on Developing a Strong Winning Proposal, May 25, from 9 am-11 am, in A.O. Williams Hall, room 191. This free educational event is open to the public.

Topics to be covered include: Understanding Government Procurement Instruments; Effectively Responding to Request for Government Proposal; What Today’s Winning Proposal Looks Like; Exchanges/Communication with Contracting Officer; Best Value to the Government; How the Government Evaluates Proposals; Proposal Conferences; Helpful Hints Regarding Writing Proposals; Things to Avoid in Proposal Writing; and Developing Your Cost and Pricing.

Seats are limited and deadline to register is May 20, 2011. Please send your registration by e-mail to Peggy Sammons at prs6182@louisiana.edu, or fax to (337) 482-5837, or phone (800) 206-3545.

For more information, contact: Gloria London at (225) 771-2242; Gloria_london@suagcenter.com

Monday, April 18

SU Ag Center to Hold Annual Goat Field Day

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Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center

Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BATON ROUGE, LA, 4/18/2011 - The Southern University Ag Center will hold its 6th Annual Goat Field Day on Saturday, April 30 in A.O. Williams Hall. This educational event is open to anyone currently involved in goat production as well as those who are interested in learning more about raising goats.

This year’s event will feature presentations on integrated parasite management, including FAMACHA training, record keeping, marketing strategies, and forage-based production. Challenges and opportunities will be addressed during the questions and answers session. The day will also include demonstrations and hands-on training on fecal eggs count (wet lab), goat sausage making, and a farmer’s market set-up and sales.

The Goat Field Day is being offered free of charge and lunch will be served. Those who are interested in becoming FAMACHA trained will incur a charge of $10.00 for the color guide chart. Registration will begin at 7:30 am in the Ag Center, A.O. Williams Hall, and the program starts promptly at 8 am.

For more information, contact: Lisa Gray at (225) 771-2242/ (225) 205-4857, lisa_gray@suagcenter.com; Jim Miller (jmill1@lsu.edu), Terry Dumas (tdumas@gcenter.lsu.edu), or Sebhatu Gebrelul (sebhatu_gebrelul@suagcenter.com.

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Friday, April 8

Southern University Ag Center Celebrates Life

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Southern University and A&M College
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center

Contact: Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
http://www.suagcenter.com/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Southern University Ag Center Celebrates Life

BATON ROUGE, LA, 4/8/2011 – The Southern University Ag Center launched its annual “American Cancer Society Relay For Life” this morning in A. O. Williams Hall. The Southern University Ag Center stands tall to support the Communities of Color Network, a tobacco and health initiative, in collaboration with various organizations. Specifically, the Relay for Life event is being held on Southern University campus April 8, 6:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. This activity offers everyone in the community an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer.

For further details, please contact Linda E. Brown, director, Communities of Color Network at: 771-2242 or visit: www.relayforlife.org/southernuniversity

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