Baton Rouge, La - The SU Ag Center National Science Day
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Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Thursday, December 19
Wednesday, December 18
SU and LSU Ag Centers award faculty and staff for excellence
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| L-r: Gina E. Eubanks, VC for Extension; Dawn Mellion-Patin, Extension Specialist; Adell Brown, Executive Vice Chancellor and VC for Research |
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| L-r: Gina E. Eubanks, VC for Extension; Renita Marshall, Animal Science Researcher; Adell Brown, Executive Vice Chancellor and VC for Research |
The Southern University Agricultural Center recognized two individuals, Dawn Mellion-Patin, extension specialist, and Renita Marshall, animal science researcher.
Mellion-Patin received the Outstanding Specialist Award for work with socially disadvantaged, limited-resource agricultural producers and their families. She has accumulated $4.9 million in competitive grant funding to conduct extension programs, such as the Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership Institute, the Academy for Youth, and the Wisteria Alliance Project. During 2013, she worked with the Farmer to Farmer Program, which is a joint effort with the University of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Florida A&M University in Tallahassee; and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Marshall received the Outstanding Researcher Award for her
contributions to the field of small-scale livestock production. Marshall has
published extensively and garnered more than $2.6 million in federal funding.
One of her projects is JAGS in AG, which is designed to introduce young people
to the world of agricultural research.
The Louisiana State University AgCenter recognized several individuals
and teams at the joint conference. Dorin
Boldor, an associate professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural
Engineering won the G & H Seed Company Research Award; Dan Gill, extension
horticulturist, won the Floyd S. Edmiston Award; Mike Hebert, extension agent
in Lafourche Parish, won the Extension Excellence Award; Don LaBonte, sweet
potato breeder, won the Doyle Chambers Research Award; The Acadiana Beef Cattle
Educational Program Team won the Denver T. and Ferne Loupe Extension Team Award;
Scientists in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering won the
Tipton Team Research Award; and Two agents from St. Charles Parish won the
Rosalie Bivin 4-H Youth Development Faculty Award.
Photo by John Wozniak
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Bridget Udoh
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Monday, December 9
SU Ag Center’s vice chancellor for Extension initiated into Gamma Sigma Delta
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| Paudel, left, presents certificate to Eubanks |
Baton
Rouge, La - The 2013 Fall Initiation for the Louisiana State University Chapter
of Gamma Sigma Delta was recently held in the Nelson Memorial Building. Guest
speaker was Dr. William B. Richardson, vice president for agriculture and
the Chalkley Family Endowed Chair and Dean of the College of Agriculture. Dr.
Gina E. Eubanks, vice chancellor for extension at Southern University Ag Center
was initiated, and is shown receiving a certificate from Chapter President Dr.
Krishna Paudel. Eubanks also serves as program leader for food and nutrition at
the LSU AgCenter.
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Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Friday, December 6
SU and LSU Ag Center programs target health in rural, urban Louisiana
Baton Rouge,
LA - The residents of Louisiana and Mississippi have the worst health in the
United States, according to the United Health Foundation’s America’s Health
Rankings.
The states
tied for 49th place in health indicators in 2012. They also rank at the top —
Mississippi first and Louisiana second — of Poverty in USA’s national list for
poverty.
Two programs in Louisiana are targeting poor
health profiles: Healthy Communities in West Carroll Parish and HealthyBR in
East Baton Rouge Parish. Those parishes, located in nearly opposite ends of the
state, may seem completely different. West Carroll Parish is rural, for
instance, while East Baton Rouge Parish is urban.
Both parishes, however, exceed the national
overall poverty rate of 14 percent. Both have adult obesity rates of 32 percent
and a comparable prevalence of diabetes — 11 percent of East Baton Rouge
residents and 13 percent in West Carroll.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, the Mayor’s
Healthy City Initiative is taking a three-part approach to become healthier:
HealthyBR, MedBR and the Healthy Innovation Center for Research. Several
initiatives fall under HealthyBR, including Fresh Beginnings, a three-year
project that strives to increase healthy food access and promote health and
fitness education.
Fresh Beginnings grant coordinator Lyndsi
Lambert said the project faces a complex combination of problems. Many Baton
Rouge citizens are obese, have heart disease and diabetes, and are uninsured.
East Baton Rouge Parish has seven “food
deserts” — low-income pockets more than a mile away from the nearest grocery
store. This challenge is being tackled by the Food Access Policy Commission,
which launched in February as part of Fresh Beginnings.
About 23 percent of the parish is food
desert, according to Stephanie Broyles, commission member and assistant
professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The commission is studying
the best ways to develop a business structure that can support more food
options in areas of low access.
Broyles said while access to healthy foods
does not automatically mean eating healthy, people cannot be expected to make
healthy choices without access.
“Once that barrier is removed, then they bear
a much larger responsibility for their health and how they respond to messages
about the importance of making healthy decisions,” she said.
One approach to remove the food desert
barrier is The Red Stick Mobile Farmers Market, part of the Fresh
Beginnings program. The mobile market operates
on Wednesdays at the Scotlandville Library (9am-11am) and Star Hill Baptist
Church (12:30pm - 2pm); and Thursdays at the Delmont Service Center
(8:30am-10:30am) and the McKinley Alumni Center (12pm-2pm). Both SU and LSU Ag
Centers are involved in educating the public on the benefits of eating locally
grown fresh produce and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Located in Louisiana’s northeastern corner,
West Carroll Parish ranks 33rd out of Louisiana’s 64 parishes for health. Just three
years ago, however, it ranked ninth.
That decline is one reason West Carroll
Parish was selected as the pilot location for Healthy Communities, an
initiative that officially launched in October to improve health in rural
Louisiana. It is a joint effort of Pennington Biomedical Research Center and
the agricultural centers at LSU and Southern University.
Gina Eubanks, Southern University Ag Center
vice chancellor for extension and LSU AgCenter associate vice chancellor, said
Healthy Communities’ goal is to enhance residents’ health from every angle —
eating habits, exercise, healthcare, recreational facilities and food access.
Southern and LSU extension agents in the
parish will focus on demonstrating the importance of being healthy. One
objective is making people more aware of health services in the parish. Because
rural areas generally have fewer or more limited health services than cities,
it is important to get people’s feedback and ensure they suit their needs,
Eubanks said.
Educating and engaging residents is also
crucial. “Health is very personal,” Eubanks said, meaning people need to both
understand how making better lifestyle choices will benefit them and be
equipped with practical knowledge.
Healthy Communities may be a “three to six
year ordeal where it’s truly going to take chipping away ... to see what makes
a difference,” said LSU AgCenter extension agent and Healthy Communities
coordinator Monica Stewart. Eating healthy is not an option for many residents,
a quarter of whom live in poverty. With only one gym and one park in the entire
parish, there just is not much to do, so many residents lead a sedentary
lifestyle, Stewart said.
For
more information about HealthyBR, visit http://healthybr.com/.
Healthy Communities is available on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HealthyCommunitiesWestCarroll?ref=stream.
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Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Monday, December 2
USDA Announces Notice of Funding Availability for Value-Added Producer Grants
Baton Rouge, LA – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on
November 25, 2013, the availability of nearly $10.5 million in U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) grants to help agricultural producers enter into
value-added activities designed to give them a competitive business edge. Click
here for the full news release.
"U.S. agriculture is connected to one in 12 American jobs,
and value-added products from homegrown sources are one important way that
agriculture generates economic growth," Vilsack said. "Supporting
producers and businesses to create value-added products strengthens rural
economies, helps fuel innovation, and strengthens marketing opportunities for
producers – especially at the local and regional level."
The funding is being made available through the Value-Added Producer Grant program. Grants
are available to help agricultural producers create new products, expand
marketing opportunities, support further processing of existing products or
goods, or to develop specialty and niche products. They may be used for working
capital and planning activities. The maximum working capital grant is $200,000;
the maximum planning grant is $75,000.
Eligible applicants include independent producers, farmer and
rancher cooperatives, and agricultural producer groups. Funding priority is
given to socially disadvantaged and beginning farmers or ranchers, and to
small- to medium-size family farms, or farmer/rancher cooperatives.
The project is supplying emerging markets with locally grown
produce to enhance production, marketing and distribution infrastructure among
women and minority landowners in persistently poor rural communities.
Additional examples of how VAPGs assist local and regional food
producers are available on the USDA Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass,
which is searchable by zip code and key word.
Grant applications are due
by Feb. 24, 2014. More
information about how to apply is available on page 70260 of the November 25 Federal Register,
or by contacting any USDA Rural Development state office.
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Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Thursday, November 21
SU Ag Center: MANRRS students hold successful Thanksgiving food and clothing drive
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| Mayo, left, and Chambers distribute potatoes, while collecting food and clothing |
Baton Rouge, La - The Southern University Ag Center worked diligently
to support student members of the Minorities
in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS), in their effort
to make a difference in the community this Thanksgiving season. The
Southern University MANRRS chapter held a sweet potato sale, food
and clothing drive at the SU Ag Center on November 21. The student organization
was very active before and during the food and clothing drive. Following the event, the students will give the food and clothing collected to WBRZ's Feed A Family for distribution.
“The support from the community was huge. I’m excited that we can help somebody during this
Thanksgiving season,” said Robert Chambers, doctoral student in urban forestry,
and Region I Graduate Student Vice-President for MANRRS.
“Since this is our first time ever to hold a food and
clothing drive, it is amazing how much food and clothing items have been
contributed. In the past we only did the sweet potato sale, and now we’re
expanding to feed and clothe the needy in our community,” said Tanyatta Mayo,
senior in dietetics program.
To ask questions, place an order, or drop off items, please
contact Zanetta Augustine at 225-771-2591.
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Bridget
Udoh
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771-5714
SU Ag Center receives funding for the fourth year for 4-H LIFE program
The
program is set up to replicate Missouri’s program that has been operating
successfully over the past 14 years. The
SU Ag Center has been conducting the 4-H LIFE program in East Baton Rouge and
St. Landry Parishes since 2010. Over the past three years, Louisiana’s 4-H LIFE
Project has reached more than 800 individuals, including youth (ages 8-17),
inmates, and caregivers. Beginning February 2014, the age range for
qualifying youth participation will be 5-17 years old.
“The
impact is definitely positive on inmates and family members,” said Tiffany
Franklin, Principal Investigator.
The
purpose of the 4-H LIFE program is to enhance familial relationships between
incarcerated parents, their children, and caregivers. The program targets
youth ages 5 to 17 and seeks to reinforce critical elements that inmates,
children, and caregivers encounter during the parent’s incarceration. The
program intends to continue to use best practices to increase familial
relationships during visits, increase participation in family activities, and
inspire parents to regain control of the relationship as an authoritative
person in their child’s life even though they are incarcerated.
In
the coming year, the SU Ag Center will replicate the 4-H LIFE Continuation-Only
project, engaging 50 youth, the incarcerated parent, and the caregiver at both
the St. Landry and East Baton Rouge Parish Prisons. Each site will begin
using the Nurturing Parenting Programs by Dr. Stephen J. Bavolek, who is recognized
nationally in the fields of child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention,
and parenting education. He is also the principal author of the
Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory, which is designed to assess high risk
parenting attitudes. The evidenced-based curriculum’s engaging lessons
and activities are ideal and will encourage positive interactions between the
children, inmates, and caregivers. The 4-H LIFE team has been trained to
implement all parts of the aforementioned curriculum.
The
program is directed by Tiffany Franklin, Principal Investigator and Milissia
John-Baptiste, Program Assistant. The program staff is scheduled to attend the
annual mandatory training January 6-9, 2014.
Mentoring positions are open to the public. Are you interested in becoming a Mentor for
this project? Please contact Tiffany
Franklin, or Milissia
John-Baptiste at 225-771-2242.
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Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
Saturday, November 16
SU Ag Center: Women in Agriculture embrace Successful Workshop
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| Workshop participant measures wood for making a picnic table |
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| McMullen-Dunn, trainer demonstrates wood handling |
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| Mellion-Patin displays farm safety tools |
Baton Rouge, LA –The Southern
University Ag Center held
the first workshop in its Wisteria Alliance Women in Ag training series on
Saturday, November 16 at the Maurice Edmond Livestock Arena in Baker. Workshop topics
included understanding the basics of farm safety presented by Dawn
Mellion-Patin, Agricultural Specialist; handling small tools by Victoria
McMullen-Dunn, Agricultural Science Educator in East Feliciana Parish; and
making garden waste work for you, Mila Berhane, Senior Research Associate. Participants
learned how to make a picnic table in their hands-on exercise.
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Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Friday, November 15
SU Ag Center-Communities of Color Network to host the Great American Smoke Out
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| Event flyer |
Baton Rouge, LA- the Southern University Ag Center’s Communities
of Color Network will host an event to mark the 2013 Great American Smoke Out
Day in the Smith-Brown Student Union Courtyard on Thursday, November 21, from
11:00 am-1:00 pm. Every year, the
America Cancer Society observes the third Thursday of November as Great
American Smoke Out Day to
encourage smokers to quit smoking for that day, with the hope that they will stop
smoking for a lifetime. Event activities will include games, prizes and
dissemination of tobacco cessation information.
The
100% Tobacco-Free Southern University System Policy provides a healthy place to live,
work and learn.
For
further information, please contact Frankie
Poland, at (225) 771-6237 or via email at Frankie_Poland@suagcenter.com
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Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Thursday, November 14
SU Ag Center: Wisteria Alliance – Women in Agriculture, Upcoming Workshop
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| event flyer |
Baton Rouge, LA –The Southern
University Ag Center will
hold the first workshop in its Wisteria Alliance training series on Saturday, November
16 at the Maurice Edmund Livestock Arena in Baker. The workshop is designed to help
women on the farm or those interested in gardening to sharpen their skills. The
training is open to the public at no cost.
Training
starts at 8:30 am, and ends at 2:00 pm. Topics in breakout sessions will
include handling small tools, small engine maintenance, and making garden waste
work for you.
For further detail, please contact Zanetta Augustine at
225-771-2591, or via email at Zanetta_Augustine@suagcenter.com .
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Contact:
Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Wednesday, November 13
SU Ag Center: MANRRS to sponsor Sweet Potato Sale, Food, Clothing Drive
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| Event Flyer |
Baton Rouge, La - the Southern University Ag Center is
working with a student organization, Minorities in Agriculture,
Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS), to reach
out to surrounding communities this Thanksgiving season. The Southern University MANRRS chapter
is sponsoring a Sweet Potato Sale, along with a Food and Clothing Drive. The
deadline for the Sweet Potato orders is Nov.
15. The last day to bring items for the Food and Clothing Drive is November 21. Your support is highly anticipated
and appreciated. The attached flyer contains full details. Thanks!
The event will take place on Thursday, November 21 from noon-3:00 pm at the SU Ag Center-A.O. Williams Hall.
To ask questions, place an order, or drop off items, please
contact Zanetta Augustine at 225-771-2591.
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Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
Monday, November 11
SU Ag Center Team to participate in the annual Step Out to STOP Diabetes Walk!!!
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| Some Team SU Ag Center members at diabetes walk |
Baton Rouge, LA - Team SU Ag Center is set to participate
in the 2013 Step Out to STOP Diabetes Walk.
By taking part in this event, you'll be stepping out onto the streets to
help change this growing epidemic. Here are reasons you should take pride in
participating in Step Out: Walk to STOP Diabetes: about one in 10 American
adults now has diabetes; Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death by
disease in the U.S.; one out of every three Americans born today will develop
diabetes in their lifetime if present trends continue.
It's Not a Walk for Heart Disease, Stroke or Kidney
Disease. And Yet It Is! Diabetes can, and does, lead to a wide range of other
serious health complications.
“I welcome you to join or simply support our team and
help make a difference to millions of Americans living with diabetes, as well
as the other 20 million at risk for developing this life changing disease,”
says Erica-Williams Mitchel, Team SU Ag Center leader. “Won’t you please join me in
such an important event and help take steps towards preventing and curing this
deadly disease?”
There are several ways that you can join the team or give
a tax-deductible donation:
1. Call or
come see Erica at the SU Ag Center at 225-771-2242
2. Email Erica
at erica_williams@suagcenter.com
3. Follow this
direct
link to donate on My Page/Team Page link on diabetes.org:
The details for the 2013 Walk are as follows:
Date:
Saturday, November 16, 2013. (SU and LSU play home games).
Location:
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Perkins Road, Baton Rouge
Time: Event
Starts at 10 AM (Opening Ceremony & Warm Ups at 9:30 am).
Please show your support and add your HAND to the
Diabetes Tree of Life in the SU Ag Center Foyer! Thanks in advance for your
usual support & I look forward to hearing from you.
P.S. Please make all check/money order donations payable
to: American Diabetes Association
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Bridget
Udoh
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771-5714
Friday, November 8
SU Ag Center is taking meat orders for the 2014 Livestock Show sale
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| Meat order form-part 1 |
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| order form- part 2 |
Thursday, November 7
SU Ag Center schedules free “Business Development Training’ in Alexandria
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| Event flyer |
BATON
ROUGE, LA — The Center for Rural and Small Business Development in the Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold a free
‘Business Development Training’ from 6:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, November 18 at the Rose of Sharon Baptist
Church, 1401 Martin Luther King Drive, in Alexandria, La.
The
seminar is free and open to all current and potential small business owners.
Participants will learn how to start or expand an existing business; receive
the forms and applications needed to legally operate a business in the state of
Louisiana, information to ensure that an existing business continues to operate
efficiently, business etiquette information and marketing techniques to help
promote your business.
To
receive additional information about the Center for Rural and Small Business
Development or its E-Learning Center, contact Eual Hall, LaKeeshia Giddens or
Sonja Butler at 225.771.2242.
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Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
SU Ag Center set for free “Business Development Training’ in Oak Grove
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| Event flyer |
Baton
Rouge, La -The Center for Rural and Small Business Development in the Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold a free
‘Business Development Training’ from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 14 at the Thomas Jason Lingo Community
Center, 10284 Highway 17 South, in Oak Grove, La.
The
seminar is free and open to all current and potential small business owners.
Participants will learn how to start or expand an existing business; receive
the forms and applications needed to legally operate a business in the state of
Louisiana, information to ensure that an existing business continues to operate
efficiently, business etiquette information and marketing techniques to help
promote a business.
To
receive additional information about the training contact Carolyn Robinson at,
318-428-3571 or Eual Hall, LaKeeshia Giddens or Sonja Butler at 225.771.2242.
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Bridget
Udoh
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771-5714
Tuesday, November 5
SU Ag Center to hold ‘Business Development Training’ in Bastrop
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| Event Flyer |
Baton
Rouge, La - The Center for Rural and Small Business Development in the Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold a free ‘Business
Development Training’ from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 at the
Visitor’s Center, 124 North Washington Street, in Bastrop, La.
The
seminar is free and open to all current and potential small business owners.
Participants will learn how to start or expand an existing business; receive
the forms and applications needed to legally operate a business in the state of
Louisiana, information to ensure that an existing business continues to operate
efficiently, business etiquette information and marketing techniques to help
promote your business.
To
receive additional information about the training or the Center for Rural and
Small Business Development, contact Eual Hall, LaKeeshia Giddens or Sonja
Butler at 225.771.2242.
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Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
Monday, November 4
Southern University Ag Center holds enjoyable Community Garden Workshop
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| Stephanie Elwood, right, shows attendee the right way to pot a plant |
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| Participant, Krystal Sugulleh is thrilled about her new plants |
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| Mila Berhane discusses edible landscape |
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| Participants pot transplant seedlings to take home |
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| Mr. James Snowden, first time attendee, hugs his young vegetable plants |
Baton Rouge, LA - The SU Ag Center held a
Community Garden Workshop today, November 4, 2013 from 10 am – 3 pm in A. Williams Hall. The workshop
featured fall vegetables suitable for Louisiana weather, in the yard or in
containers. Topics of discussion and related hands-on activities centered on community,
school, and container gardens.
The training culminated in potting fall vegetable by participants who then took their seedlings home to grow and nurture for healthy eating. This event, like many others, is geared towards reducing food deserts, encouraging physical activities, and healthy living.
Stephanie M. Elwood, Extension Associate for Community
Gardens; Mila Berhane, Senior Research Associate; and Tiffany Franklin,
Extension Associate organized the event.
To get help starting a garden at home, school or community,
call 225-771-2242.
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Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
Friday, November 1
Southern University Ag Center to hold Community Garden Workshop
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| Event Flyer |
Baton Rouge, LA - The SU Ag Center in Baton Rouge will hold
a Community Garden Workshop in room 191, A. O. Williams Hall on Monday
November 4, 2013 from 10 am – 3 pm. This Fall Garden Workshop will conduct
several garden related hands-on activities and discuss topics related to
community and school gardens. Stephanie M. Elwood, SU Ag Center Extension Associate for Community Gardens will organize the
event.
For further details or questions, contact Mrs. Angela
Jackson, Ms. Stephanie Elwood or Mrs. Mila
Berhane at 225-771-2242.
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Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
Thursday, October 24
SU Ag Center participates in hunger discussion panel in observance of Food Day
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| Franklin on A Place at the Table panel |
Baton Rouge, La - Mrs. Tiffany Franklin, extension associate, attended the
screening of “A Place at the Table" and participated in a panel discussion,
sharing her professional knowledge about the topics discussed. The
Southern University Agricultural Center is proud and honored to have Franklin
represent the organization.
In celebration of
Food Day 2013, and in collaboration with the Mayor's Healthy City Initiative, Baton Rouge held a film screening, panel discussion, Q&A and expo on
October 22 at LSU’s Energy, Coast and Environmental Building. Food Day is a
nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable
food. A Place at the Table is a film that tells the powerful stories of three
children that don’t know where their next meal is coming from; Americans, who
maintain their dignity even as they struggle just to eat. In a riveting journey
that will change forever how you think about the hungry, A Place at the Table
shows how the issue could be solved forever, once the American public
decides—as they have in the past—that ending hunger is in the best interests of
us all. More information about “A Place at the Table” is available at Magnolia Picture.
Tiffany Wilkerson-Franklin works with eradication of food deserts in the
Baton Rouge Community, can be reached at 225-771-2775, or via email: tiffany_franklin@suagcenter.com
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Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Tuesday, October 22
SU Ag Center Kickoffs the Wisteria Alliance Training Series
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| Balloon launch |
Baton Rouge, LA - Southern
University Ag Center teaches
women in agriculture farm skills with workshops and hands-on training. The Wisteria Alliance training series
is being designed for women, and will be conducted primarily by women in an
environment where women on the farm or those interested in gardening can sharpen
their skills. The celebration kicked off today, October 22, 2013 at the SU Ag
Center. Participants came from as far away as Colfax, Louisiana for the
kickoff.
Kickoff
activities included: a slide show of previous trainings, a taste fair of SU Ag
Center products such as goat meat pie, hibiscus tea and jelly; a balloon
launch; giveaways; and networking.
Participants
in the training series will learn improved skills of managing livestock;
growing container gardens; using power tools; landscaping; building fences and
other topics by special request. The calendar of the training sessions was
shared at the kickoff celebration. The series will start on Saturday, November
16, 2013 and conclude on Saturday, August 9, 2014.
The
event organizers are Dawn Mellion-Patin, PhD, Extension Specialist and Zanetta
Augustine, Extension Associate.
For further detail, please contact Mellion-Patin at
225-771-3532, dawn_mellion@suagcenter.com or Zanetta
Augustine at 225-771-2591, Zanetta_Augustine@suagcenter.com .
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Contact:
Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Monday, October 21
SU Ag Center: Whey 2 Go Program Concludes first phase
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| Ford, study participant shows change in pant size before the study |
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| Program participants flanked by VC Brown, Snowden, (left), and Betty Kennedy, Malekian |
Baton
Rouge, La – In response to the high incidence of overweight and obesity in
Louisiana, the SU Ag Center received funding from USDA/NIFA to mitigate this
issue. The “Combating Childhood Obesity with Caregivers as Change Agents,” or
Whey 2 Go Program which lasted 24 weeks concluded today. The study was
conducted on 26 African American men and women in Baton Rouge in collaboration
with Pennington Biomedical Center. Executive Vice Chancellor and Vice
Chancellor for Research, Adell Brown brought congratulatory message to the
participants, urging them to keep up the good job.
Participant
Porsche Holmes lauded the involvement of children through caregivers because
childhood is the best starting point to control obesity through healthy
lifestyles. Another participant, Marlin Ford brought his “before” clothing to the
ceremony as proof of the study impact.
Dr.
Fatemeh Malekian serves as project director on this project funded by US Department
of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture, assisted by Dr.
Janana Snowden. For further details, please contact Malekian
or Snowden at 225-771-2242.
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Bridget
Udoh
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771-5714
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