Cooperative Extension Program
Farm Online Newsletter - Agriculture's vulnerability to the global impact of China's coronavirus has agribusiness bankers worried, lamb, wool and mutton markets are on alert, while the cropping sector is watching to see if it will curtail the availability of crop protection products.
Growing Hemp Are you Ready workshop was an exciting day on the Hill and has "set the bar high," as described by many of the participants in attendance. On February 6th, over two hundred participants arrived and eagerly waited to learn about the potential of growing Hemp in Texas. The workshop agenda had a diverse ...
January 13 – Harris County Agent Jarren Small started working with a group of 40 Sixth graders at Lawson Middle School in Houston ISD. He implemented a six-week Leadership Curriculum that covered defining how to find & ignite your spark and how that correlates back to everyday life. While working with underserved youth, Mr. ...
January 13 - An Agricultural Literacy program was conducted in the El Paso County at Montana Vista Elementary to grade levels Pre-K through 5th. The program was a huge success! A total of 571 youth and 38 adults participated in the one-day event. Youth participated in stations such as master naturalist, vegetables, livestock, honey/bees, ...
December 2 - Prairie View A&M University student Lenaye Palmer is an Agriculture major who understands the importance of food. The sophomore is a member of the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences' student-led Garden Club. After the Houston Food Bank was forced to toss 1.8 million pounds of food ahead of Thanksgiving, she and ...
October 28 -The all-new Prairie View Farmers’ Market is off to a great start! With its recent debut on the Prairie View A&M University campus, it is sure to have continued success in the coming months. The first two Prairie View Farmers’ Market events have attracted more than 100 attendees from the University community, including ...
October 28 - For the past 32 years, the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences students, alumni, faculty, and staff have come together the morning before the homecoming parade to break bread, and this year was no exception. During Homecoming 2019, the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences gathered once again for the annual Lindsey ...
April 15 - Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Chapter of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) won 1st Place in the National MANRRS Quiz Bowl Competition at the National MANRRS Career Fair and Training Conference in Overland Park, KS, April 6. The team, named “The Golden Panthers” defeated the Quiz Bowl team ...
April 1 - Though a new concept to many, vertical planting is becoming more popular in urban communities that offer minimal space for farming. Prairie View A&M Cooperative Extension Program Agent Jeremy Peaches is doing his part to teach and inform youth on proper techniques to grow food in the city with his recent feature ...
March 18 -It is another year in the books for Prairie View A&M at the annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (HSLR). This year, the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences kept the tradition alive as the only Historically Black College and University represented at this event. Each year HLSR brings millions of people ...
