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Archive for: January, 2015

Dr. Ajay Nair presents transplant workshop for vegetable producers

Dr. Ajay Nair will speak at a day-long Iowa State University Extension and Outreach workshop Tuesday February 17 at Valders Hall 379 on the Luther College campus in Decorah, Iowa.  Dr. Nair will speak on the use of transplant growing mediums and the importance of artificial light in vegetable transplant production. Other ISU Extension and…


Collaboration Continues in St. John

On Saturday, January 24, 2015 a contingent of educators and administrators from Iowa State University (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) traveled down to St. John (U.S. Virgin Islands) to meet with colleagues and partners from Gifft Hill School and with loyal ISU supporters, Martha and Dana Robes. Led by Mark Settle, this group laid…


Graduate Student Alejandra Feliciano Awarded Prize in the Agricultural Business Plan Competition

Alejandra Feliciano, a graduate student in Horticulture was awarded $5,000 in the Agricultural Business Plan Competition developed by ISU’s Agricultural Entrepreneurship initiative sponsored by Stine Seed Company and Summit Group.  Undergraduate and graduates students from 15 land-grant universities competed.  Alejandra was one of 3 national winners for the event.