Food Security

Veterinary College Collecting Food for Animals Impacted by Floods

Oct 09, 2024 Highlight

people loading a trailer with hay and animal feed

Working With the State on Relief Efforts for Animal-related Supplies

General / Human & Animal Health / College of Veterinary Medicine / UTIA / Animal Protection / Emergency / Farm Animal / Food Products / Food Security / Health and Safety / Health and Wellness / Human-Animal Bond / Veterinary Nutrition

Enhancing the Profitability of Organic Grain and Forage Production in the Southeast

Oct 08, 2024 News Release

Double-cropping soybeans into harvested wheat stubble

New Research Will Study Organic Double Cropping in Tennessee and Florida

Tom Rison Receives the Charles and Julie Wharton Award for Outstanding Extension Achievements

Aug 14, 2024 News Release

UT Institute of Agriculture Presents Top Faculty and Staff Awards for 2024

General / 4-H Youth Development / Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Community and Economic Development / Extension / UTIA / awards and promotions / Beef / Food Security

UT Institute of Agriculture Invests in Premier Poultry Research Facility

May 07, 2024 News Release

UT AgResearch Poultry Processing Facility Groundbreaking, May 2, 2024

State’s Land-grant to Support Poultry Production and Processing

Farm & Food / General / Human & Animal Health / AgResearch / Animal Science, Department of / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Spring Hill / Animal Production / Avian / Food Security / Poultry / Precision Livestock Farming / Precision Livestock Farming

UT Extension Partners in Food Waste Prevention Week

Apr 02, 2024 Highlight

Grocery store shelves

TDEC Hosts Events Statewide; Food Drive Extends Through April 14

Farm & Food / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / Consumer Economics / Food Security / Waste management

UTIA Receives Farmer-to-Farmer Grant to Strengthen the Involvement of Southeast Asian Youth in Agriculture through Exchanges with U.S. Volunteers

Oct 23, 2023 News Release

three people stand and look at a tree sapling at a farm in Cambodia.

Smith Center for International Sustainable Agriculture Leads New F2F Program

Farm & Food / General / International / Smith Center for International Sustainable Agriculture / Agricultural Education / Crop Production / Food Security

UT-TSU Extension Benton County Partners With Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee on Project Grow

Sep 01, 2023 News Release

Donna Vick (left) and Jennifer Thornton (right) stand behind a raised flower bed with yellow and pink flowers. trees and powerlines in the background

New Initiative Provides Fresh Produce to Fight Food Insecurity

Farm & Food / General / Youth & Family / Extension / Food Products / Food Security

Tennessee’s Second Annual Food Waste Awareness Week is April 10-16

Apr 03, 2023 News Release

two children eating food at table

UT Extension Encourages Tennesseans to Rethink Food Habits

Farm & Food / General / Youth & Family / Extension News You Can Use / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / Environmental Stewardship / Food Products / Food Safety / Food Security / Fruit and Vegetable, Home / Health and Safety / Nutrition and Food Safety

UTIA Professor Wins FDRS Emerging Leadership Award

Nov 29, 2022 News Release

Andrew Muhammad

Andrew Muhammad recognized by Food Distribution Research Society

Economy / General / Awards and Promotions / AgResearch / Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of / Economics and Markets / Food Products / Food Security

UT Extension Recognizes National Family and Consumer Sciences Day

Nov 28, 2022 News Release

Commemorative Day Honors Extension Professionals Statewide

Farm & Food / Human & Animal Health / Youth & Family / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / Consumer Economics / Emergency / Food Safety / Food Security / Health and Safety / Human Development / Public Health