A Huntley College of Agriculture graduate student helped develop a sustainable process for producing lab-grown meat and earned the top prize in an innovative high-stakes competition. Lillian Wang competed in Cultivate Tomorrow, an event created by graduate and undergraduate students…
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A Huntley College of Agriculture alumna was named a Farm Foundation Young Agri-Food Leader for 2020-21. Fabiola Perez (’17, plant science, agribusiness and food industry management) was one of 10 participants ages 25 to 40, chosen nationwide for the year-long…
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A section of Cal Poly Pomona’s Spadra Farm has received organic crop production certification after a three-year effort by the Huntley College of Agriculture. To receive certification under USDA standards, the college had to document that it had not used…
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Agriculture students Coral Story and Amber Yoder were the first Cal Poly Pomona students to participate in a new internship program with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “We were the pilot students so that was a little nerve racking,” said…
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A team that includes Cal Poly Pomona scientists was honored for their work on an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach to help control the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), which has decimated citrus crops in the southeast. The…
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Cal Poly Pomona brews beer and grows grapes for wine and oranges for freshly-squeezed juice. In a few years, you could add coffee to your shopping list. The Department of Plant Science has planted 13 different varieties of coffee from…
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They fought to the bitter end, only to come up a little short. For the second year in a row, a team of Cal Poly Pomona students took second place at the Golf Course Superintendent Association of America’s Collegiate Turf…
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A plant science professor has received a $400,000 state grant to study how to make lettuce more efficient to grow. Professor David Still said the $416,343 California Department of Food and Agriculture grant will help him identify the genes in…
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A team of Cal Poly Pomona students took second place last month in the Golf Course Superintendent Association of America’s Collegiate Turf Bowl Competition. The team of Oscar Del Real, Sean McLaughlin, Kamrin Campbell and Mark Nakatsui scored 418 points…
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Plant Science Professor David Still has been appointed the new executive director for the California State University Agricultural Research Institute (ARI). The ARI helps create university-industry partnerships to support research on high-priority issues facing California agriculture. The founding member campuses…
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