FAMU College of Agriculture and Food Sciences

03/03/2023

Announcing an upcoming event focusing on enrolling in Youth Summer Camp Programs sponsored at FAMU on March 23; 2023.

08/31/2022

On Aug. 30, 1890, Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, signed the Second Morrill Act of 1890 into law. Sponsored by Senator Justin Morrill of Vermont, the act’s goal was to expand the opportunities for people of color to access education, specifically in agriculture and mech...

08/31/2022

https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/index.php?fbclid=IwAR30tylXvjk_GDCEOZlFd9wTxcmODG5PgqiQyJGRUwv5PPtGsTd6oW7GA60

The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold,...

04/19/2022

Need a kid-friendly healthy treat? Try Florida Fruit Pops! https://bit.ly/FloridaBlueberryFruitPops

10/04/2019

Have a 🧡Happy 💚 FAMU 🧡 Homecoming 💚 Celebration,
🎉FAMUans 🐍and🐍 Friends!🎉

06/30/2019

Congratulations to FAMU CEP's Dr. Jennifer Taylor for being honored as a 2019 Organic Pioneer awards honoree by the Rodale Institute.

Jennifer Taylor, Ph.D. is owner of Lola’s Organic Farm in Glenwood, Georgia and Associate Professor at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), where she developed the Statewide Small Farm Program, focused on education, training and technical assistance for small farms. Jennifer was introduced to farming from her grandmother, who farmed as a sharecropper and successfully bought her own farmland. Lola’s Organic Farm now holds yearly workshops for local farmers and gardeners. Dr. Taylor served on the National Organic Standards Board and currently serves on the Organic Farmers Association Governing Council and Policy Committee, IFOAM-NA, US Food Sovereignty Alliance, and Georgia Organics. “We are mindful of the essential work that Rodale Institute is doing to grow the organic movement…it is with honor and gratitude that I accept this opportunity to become a Rodale Institute Organic Pioneer,” said Dr. Taylor.

https://rodaleinstitute.org/blog/organic-industry-innovators-honored-by-rodale-institute/

03/13/2017

Upcoming Event

http://birdsongnaturecenter.org/

Birdsong Nature Center's 565 acres of wildflower meadows, forests, ponds and swamps, are home to a myriad of birds and other wildlife. Here you can enjoy the serenity and beauty of the natural landscape and return home with a renewed spirit.