Committed to offering exemplary teaching programs. Conducting internationally renowned research. Coordinating outstanding extension/ outreach efforts. Engaging individuals, groups, and communities to improve quality of life in Maryland and beyond.
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources follows the land grant mission through:
Youth Gardening Education Training Classes
The Master Gardener program and Food Supplement Nutrition Education are partnering to conduct three youth gardening trainings in 2012.
- posted Dec 16, 2011
AGsploration Opportunity for Teens
The AGsploration development team invites 4-H youth ages 14-18 or 4-H alumni ages 19-21 to become trained as a teen teacher for the new University of Maryland Extension’s AGsploration: The Science of Maryland Agriculture curriculum at our Winter Institute
- posted Dec 16, 2011
Fortune Favors the Freshman
Who says you grow out of 4-H when you turn 18? Freshman Animal Science major Rebecca Creighton sure doesn’t. Click here to learn how one freshman is extending her years of 4-H at UMD.
- posted Dec 12, 2011
Food, nutrition and human health, genomics, biotechnology, energy, economics, animal diseases and welfare, and the environment—all vital and thought-provoking topics and hallmarks of the 21st century –are being studied in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) at the University of Maryland. These topics, covering the entire biosystem spectrum ranging from molecular to the ecosystem level, including the human community, make it an exciting time to be part of our College.