Food Security

Four Researchers Honored by AAAS as Lifetime Fellows

Mar 28, 2025 Highlight

David G. White, dean of the University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture

Herbert College of Agriculture Dean Among Those Elected

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National Food Waste Prevention Week is April 7 to 13

Mar 25, 2025 News Release

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UT Extension Shares Waste Reduction Tips, Food Drives Begin March 31

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UTIA Experts Discuss Cost-saving and Shopping Strategies Amid High Egg Prices

Mar 11, 2025 News Release

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Poultry Specialists Caution Against Starting Backyard Flocks to Save Money on Eggs

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Thanksgiving Savings: Tennessee’s 2024 Holiday Meals Costs Drop

Nov 18, 2024 News Release

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UT Extension Shares Grocery Store Survey Results and Tips for Greater Savings

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Veterinary College Collecting Food for Animals Impacted by Floods

Oct 09, 2024 Highlight

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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

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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

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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