CFANS

10/09/2026

A big, CFANS thank-you to all the students, families and supporters who came out for our Family Weekend open house! We hope to see you all on the St. Paul campus again soon. 🍎☺️

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10/09/2026

10/09/2026

Everyone who took part in the Fall Invitational—students, teachers, staff, and volunteers—take a bow!

Yesterday, the Ag Education, Communication & Marketing Club collaborated with to bring 750+ students from across the state to the University of Minnesota. Contests were judged, selfies with the St. Paul campus bulls were acquired, and memories were made 🫶

10/08/2026

📣 It is officially University of Minnesota Alumni Day! 📣

CFANS Alumni, today's the day to wear your ❤️ Maroon and Gold 💛 and tell us in the comments "I'm proud to be a UMN alum/fan/friend because ..."

10/07/2026

At the University of Minnesota, students can try everything on the way to becoming anything — and in CFANS, that journey begins with immediate, immersive discovery.

Learn more about the courses CFANS students are taking this fall on their path to finding their purpose. (Link in the comments.)

10/06/2026

The best spot to watch the UMN Homecoming Parade, with free food, cash bar, and Gopher spirit? Gotta be the CFANS Sampler and Homecoming Parade Party 🥁🎉

Enjoy samples from across CFANS (while supplies last):
🌭Brats (and veggie dogs) from the Meat Science Laboratory
🍎Minnesota-grown apples from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
🍦North Star Apple Crisp, the 175th anniversary ice cream flavor from Food Science & Nutrition,
🍯Honey from the Bee Lab
and more!

Don't miss CFANS' signature autumn event!
📆Friday, October 23, 5 p.m.
📍Front lawn of Folwell Hall
🔗z.umn.edu/2026CFANSSamplerRSVP

10/06/2026

You know you're at a Minnesota game when the FOX commentators hand out Honeycrisp apples!

09/30/2026

Ski-u-mah! Homecoming is on its way, so we're showing our with a flower mosaic!

Popular in the Netherlands during flower festivals, flower mosaics use all natural materials (here we used marigolds and zinnias) to create a picture. See the mosaic in the WCROC Horticulture Display Gardens!

09/30/2026

Hurry, high school teachers! There are only a couple of spots left for our AFNR ROCs professional development program at the UMN Cloquet Forestry Center on Oct. 15. Sign up now to get classroom-ready activities that support Minnesota science standards — and earn up to $300 in stipends.

Learn more and register at the link below.

Register for one or both sessions Calling all Minnesota high school educators! Bring research from the University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) into your classroom through the Agricultural, Food, and Natural Resource Research and Outreach Centers (A...