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The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources serves as a repository for knowledge accrued over three millennia of agricultural practices and examination of the natural world, but it is also the crucible for the forging of new discoveries, new policies, and a new generation of professionals, researchers, and advocates for agriculture and the environment
Sustaining animal agriculture as a major economic engine for Delaware by advancing the understanding of animal genomics, disease, diagnostics and control, and innovative, environmentally friendly production practices.
Developing research capacity and expertise in basic and applied biotechnology in the areas of avian virology, physiology, and genomics, and plant molecular biology and plant breeding.
Developing techniques to keep food safe through food process microbiology, molecular biology, and non-thermal preservation techniques and educating consumers about effective food safety and nutrition.
Increasing the productivity, profitability, and environmental compatibility of production agriculture and horticulture and sustaining them as viable land uses for the future and possible solutions for new uses in a changing climate.
Enhancing and restoring ecosystems and sustaining biodiversity in a manner that recognizes human inputs to the natural system.
Addressing soils related challenges related to land use change, production agriculture and industrial pollution with special attention to nonpoint nutrient pollution.
Sustaining an agricultural economy in the face of a growing suburban landscape while sustaining agriculturally productive land natural resource areas for future generations.

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VIDA

New RSO takes on UD’s global initiative

The students were members of UD’s chapter of Volunteers for Intercultural and Definitive Adventures (VIDA), a new Registered Student Organization (RSO) on campus. The club was founded by Jessica Applebaum, a senior pre-veterinary medicine and animal biosciences major, and it stands to promote education for general health care problems abroad.

The national non-profit organization VIDA, from which the club adopts its mission, leads trips to Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.

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Honor and Distinction

Benton Award Winners, Left - Michelle Windle, Right - Jacquelyn Marchese

CANR announces 2013 Benton Award winners

The University of Delaware’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) has announced that Jacquelyn Marchese and Michelle Windle are the winners of the 2013 William J. Benton Graduate Student Awards.

The awards were established in honor of William J. Benton, former CANR associate dean of research and professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences (ANFS).

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