A showcase of all things global at UMN
The international program seeks to leverage geodesign thinking, geospatial technologies, and other research tools to help local communities around the world grow and thrive by meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Professor Sujaya Rao's poster on entomophagy, or the practice of eating insects as food, was selected for a special session for the Imperial family of Japan.
Cecia Flores Sanchez improved her language skills through the Minnesota English Language Program, and is now pursuing a master's in food science at UMN.
Nathan Lourenco Dias De Oliveira recently spent seven months interning on a swine farm in Fairmont, Minnesota through the MAST International program in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.
The study, co-written by UMN professors with more than 20 experts around the world, revealed the likelihood of an emergent feedback loop in which, as climate change puts more pressure on the global food supply, agriculture adopts practices that further accelerate climate change.
CFANS students participated in a Minnesota delegation to Germany for a case study in renewable energy systems.
The Plant Protein Innovation Center was founded nearly five years ago based on the premise that academia and industry can work together to accelerate meaningful, significant research with real-world impact.
Zhenong Jin led an effort to use artificial intelligence and remote sensing to map the location of cashew trees in the West African country Benin.
Eating produce from home can be comforting for immigrants. Researchers and master gardeners are working to understand what can grow in Minnesota.
For 13 years, UMN alumna Jane Maland Cady has been at the helm of the McKnight Foundation's work with growers thousands of miles away.