Monterey County, California (KION-TV) – In June, the USDA announced funding for Hartnell University and the California State University Monterey Bay Agriculture Program.
Hartnell University has won nearly $10 million in grants to help students pursue careers in agriculture.
School officials say this is the largest grant in the history of the university. Funding from the USDA will fund a project called Hartnell College Learning to Lead: Career Pathways support US Leafy Green Production.
The program’s goal is to promote equity in agricultural jobs for disadvantaged, low-income students. This is achieved by setting up a paid intercollegiate pipeline and a paid internship program for many students who will pursue a program in Agricultural Plant and Soil Sciences during her first two years. increase.
Hartnell’s program will be conducted in partnership with California State University, Monterey Bay, Imperial Valley College, and the University of Arizona, Yuma.
CSUMB’s Agricultural Plant and Soil Science Program will receive a $5 million grant to expand and provide fulfilling career paths for graduates. CSUMB partnered with the University of California, Santa Cruz on her NextGen grant to help create her $9.5 million grant to the Cal Poly Pomona-managed Agricultural Research Institute.
José Pablo “JP” Dandor Arias, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology at CSUMB, said 62 students will receive scholarships and about 12 student areas and research projects will be supported each year.
“Having strong, high-profile programs that meet local needs will increase the profile of the institution, which will ultimately benefit all of CSUMB’s programs,” Lawson said.
As a result of the funding, Dandor Arias said the grant will pay for 70 full-time summer internships in the local agricultural industry and the Ministry of Agriculture.
CSUMB College of Science Dean Andrew Lawson called the local grant “a huge investment in developing the future leaders of agriculture in our region.” The award will also continue to strengthen the partnership and collaboration between CSUMB, Hartnell and UCSC. ”
