Friday, December 16
SU Ag Center now accepting meat pre-sales for Annual Livestock Show
Baton Rouge, La – The
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will host its’ 74th Annual State Livestock &
Poultry Show on March 2 - 4, 2017 at the Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Arena,
Hwy. 61 North, in Baton Rouge, LA.
The Livestock Show Office is
currently accepting pre-orders for non-processed choice meats from various
livestock. All proceeds from meat sales go directly to participating youth as a
reward for their hard work and financial investment. The following meat choices
and quantities are now available for pre-order:
·
Whole
beef $2,000
·
Half
beef $1,000
·
Fourth
beef $500
·
Whole
pork $225
·
Whole
lamb $200
·
Whole
goat is $175
Those
who don’t pre-order their meat are invited to do so during the show’s ‘Junior
Auction Sale’ on Saturday, March 4 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The
office will deliver the meat to two locations, either the Cutrer Slaughter
House in Kentwood (985) 229-2478 or Rouchers in Plaquemine (225) 687-4258.
There is a processing
fee that is not included in the original cost of the meat. All purchases must
be paid by money order or check and made payable to the Southern University Ag
Center Livestock Show, prior to picking up the meat from the slaughter house.
Donations to the
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank are also welcome.
Southern University
has held an annual Livestock Show since 1943 and has continued the tradition of
providing an opportunity for the state’s youth to showcase their animals, gain
entrepreneurship skills and receive character and leadership training.
For more information
on the SU Ag Center’s Livestock Show, how to participate in the show or how to
purchase meat; visit http://www.suagcenter.com/livestock-programs
or contact the Livestock Show Office at 225.771.5270 or 225.771.6208.
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Wednesday, December 14
SU Land-grant Campus participates in joint Ag Center Annual Conference
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| Chancellor-Dean Phills addresses annual conference audience with updates from the SU Land-grant Campus |
Baton Rouge, La. – Chancellor-Dean Bobby R. Phills presented
updates on the Southern University Land-gran Campus during the joint annual
conference hosted by the LSU AgCenter, December 13-14. In his address, Dr.
Phills emphasized partnership across the three arms of the land-grant units – teaching,
research and outreach between the two agricultural centers in all program area.
In his updates from the LSU AgCenter, Vice President and
Dean Bill Richardson stressed the importance of using available resources to
provide quality programs in Louisiana despite the on-going budget cuts.
Both administrators focused on moving the agricultural
centers in Louisiana to a better place.
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Monday, December 12
Southern University Ag Center is Nutritionally Yours!
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Stephanie
M. Elwood, center, interacting with students at Bridge Academy as they start
their fall gardens in Kindergarten and 1st Grade classes
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Baton
Rouge, La. - The Southern University Land-Grant Campus is Nutritionally
Yours. Nutritionally Yours encompasses the Land-Grant
Campus’s signature Extension nutrition programs and serves 13 parishes in
the state. Our signature nutrition programs include the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Education Program (SNAP-Ed), the Expanded Food and Nutrition Program
(EFNEP), Creating Healthy Enjoyable Foods (C.H.E.F) Camp & Growing Healthy
Initiative. Our Nutritionally Yours programs provide direct and indirect
education to the citizens of Louisiana using a policy, systems and
environmental change (PSE) approach. The policy, systems and environmental
change approach goes beyond programming into the systems that create the structures
in which our program clientele live, work and play.
Nutritionally
Yours intends
to do just that through our Growing Healthy Initiative. The planting of
vegetable gardens, fruit trees, berry bushes, classroom container gardens, are
all used to help increase nutrition knowledge and encourage behavioral change
amongst our clientele. The Growing Healthy Initiative provides hands-on
nutrition education, fresh foods access and sustainable environment in our Nutritionally
Yours sites. The initiative is implemented by our Family and Consumer
Science Agents and SNAP-Ed, EFNEP Nutrition Educators.
As
part of the Growing Healthy Initiative, Stephanie M. Elwood, Extension
Associate, and Kiyana E. Kelly, East Baton Rouge Nutrition Educator, started
fall gardens for 125 students in two classes at Bridge Academy in Baton Rouge. Vegetables
like Arugula, Bok Choy, Cabbage and Mustard Greens were planted in the gardens
on December 5.
Our
nutrition education programming aims to educate the citizens of Louisiana about
the positive benefits of making healthy nutritional choices, expanding their
food dollar, and preparing food safely.
For more information about the Nutritionally
Yours programs, contact us at 225-771-2242 or ellen_mcknight@suagcenter.com.
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Thursday, December 1
Southern University Ag Students Sponsored Clothing Bank huge Success
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| Ms. Stewart shopping during the clothing bank event in the Southern Niche Boutique on SU Baton Rouge campus |
Baton
Rouge, La - The clothing bank event took place on Thursday, December 1, from
9:00 a.m.-12 Noon in the student-run retail boutique-laboratory, Southern Niche
in Pinkie Thrift Hall. Members of the community turned out for the
student-sponsored event hosted for individuals affected by the recent flood in
Baton Rouge. Flood victims were able to select clothing, shoes, and other
accessories at no cost, with assistance from Jasmine Guillory, MBA graduate
student who was excited to help in coordinating the event.
“I
believe this was an amazing event, and I am so happy I was able to be a part of
such an occasion,” said Guillory.
One
beneficiary of the clothing bank, Brandy Steward is a two-month employee of the
Mayberry Dining Hall on Southern’s campus.
This mother of five young children expressed her gratitude for the
clothing bank which she learned about through the Digest publication.
“I’m
happy they did this. I lost everything in the flood. I think it is great that
you are doing this because I missed the first time they did it. This is wonderful,”
said Stewart.
Dr.
Doze Butler, Associate Dean for the College of Agricultural, Family and
Consumer Sciences serves as lecturer for FCSC 497, Sustainably in Design,
Apparel Merchandising and Textiles in the Department of Family & Consumer
Sciences, as well as Project Director of the Southern Niche Retail Boutique-laboratory.
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