University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

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One of seven colleges at UD, we offer more than 20 academic programs related to science and technology, business and economics. We are home to UD Cooperative Extension and the departments of Animal and Food Sciences, Applied Economics and Statistics, Plant and Soil Sciences, and Entomology and Wildlife Ecology. With our “350-acre classroom” just steps from main campus, we can provide hands on expe

rience with animals, crop plants, wetlands, forest, greenhouses and more for every student, in every major.

Tara Trammell, the John Bartram Associate Professor of Urban Forestry at the University of Delaware College of Agricultu...
05/29/2026

Tara Trammell, the John Bartram Associate Professor of Urban Forestry at the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, was quoted in a WHYY piece about the possible relocation of the U.S. Forest Service. The Forest Service plans to move its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, Utah. As part of the plan, the U.S. Forest Service is considering closing regional offices, including four in Pennsylvania.

Trammell said the relocation would negatively impact the region.

“Losing that knowledge base and that ability to manage our lands in the eastern part of the U.S. would be very detrimental to our forest system in general,” she said.

Trammell worked in partnership with scientists at the Forest Service and various universities and cities to plant thousands of oak trees across the East Coast. The work is part of an initiative to study how drought-tolerant oaks could thrive in cities during climate change. With the potential move and closure of regional Forest Service offices, the project's future is in question.

“None of us could do what we have managed to do with this one project, where we planted 8,000 seedlings, unless we’d had everyone working together. But the Forest Service was absolutely critical to that even occurring,” Trammell said.



Read the full story on CANR News.
https://brnw.ch/21x2WHP

Julia Carroll, a first-year food science major at the University of Delaware participated in a Student Training and Educ...
05/28/2026

Julia Carroll, a first-year food science major at the University of Delaware participated in a Student Training and Education Program (STEP) hosted by JBS/Pilgrim’s, two of the world’s largest food companies, and the American Meat Science Association.

The program offered 30 ambitious students from across the U.S. the opportunity to learn about various career paths in the food industry. Carroll traveled to JBS/Pilgrims' headquarters in Greeley, Colorado, for the unique experience.

During the three-day event, student teams competed to develop a shelf-stable, individually packaged product.

“In less than 48 hours, we developed an idea, applied it in a pilot plant setting by formulating ingredients and a product,” Carroll said. “We worked on marketing and presented our concept to a panel of judges.”

Carroll’s group worked on a teriyaki-style sausage product.

“I was able to work with executive chefs, along with people who work in flavor analysis and regulatory affairs,” Carroll said. “The experience also allowed me to meet other undergraduate students and graduate students around the country.”

Competition winners will be announced at the Reciprocal Meat Conference in Texas next month.

Agriculture and food is big business in Delaware. University of Delaware's Department of Applied Economics and Statistic...
05/27/2026

Agriculture and food is big business in Delaware. University of Delaware's Department of Applied Economics and Statistics explores all aspects, from management to marketing to international trade and more.

But it’s one thing to learn in a classroom and another thing to see real-world business applications up close and in person. That’s where former Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee came in.

Read the story.
www.udel.edu/udaily/2026/may/applied-economics-agriculture-ed-kee-farm-tour

Congratulations to the CANR . We're so proud of each and every one of you! 🎓 Now get out there to Feed the World and Pr...
05/22/2026

Congratulations to the CANR . We're so proud of each and every one of you! 🎓
Now get out there to Feed the World and Protect the Planet! 🌍

With our Class of 2026 Convocation just around the corner, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate our graduating senior...
05/21/2026

With our Class of 2026 Convocation just around the corner, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate our graduating seniors and the incredible accomplishments they’ve achieved.

From advancing poultry health and enhancing landscape architecture decision-making to exploring the science of food in Italy, these soon-to-be graduates have truly left their mark on the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Check out our 2026 senior spotlights.
www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/current-students/convocation/

Statistics major Wanning Wang has a high probability of success. The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR)...
05/20/2026

Statistics major Wanning Wang has a high probability of success. The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) senior takes advantage of everything University of Delaware has to offer. She works as a research assistant on campus, has minors in business administration and business analytics, and regularly networks with industry professionals through UD’s Job Shadow Program.

Wang is active in multiple student organizations, including the UD chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, where she serves as president, as well as the Women’s Network, as a campus ambassador.

“As an international student, coming to the U.S. was a big decision for me,” Wang said. “That motivates me to take full advantage of the resources at UD, whether that’s research, student organizations or professional experiences.”

With a list of extracurriculars including everything from pulling invasive plants in White Clay Creek to tutoring students in math to photographing for The Review, the independent student newspaper, Wang is doing exactly that.

Get the full story with UDaily.
www.udel.edu/udaily/2026/may/wanning-wang-statistics-undergraduate-student

Six students continued a nearly 40-year University of Delaware tradition by competing in the Student Marketing Competiti...
05/19/2026

Six students continued a nearly 40-year University of Delaware tradition by competing in the Student Marketing Competition at the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) annual Agri-Marketing Conference. The Blue Hen team unveiled a marketing plan for KeraNests, a line of biodegradable flower pots made from poultry feathers, an agricultural byproduct, at the four-day event in St. Louis, Missouri.

While her food and agribusiness marketing students represented UD in the student competition, Kelly Davidson, associate professor of applied economics, received a national advising award.



www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/news/2026/may/food-agribusiness-marketing-kelly-davidson

Enhancing outdoor spaces: The University of Delaware Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program collaborates with commun...
05/15/2026

Enhancing outdoor spaces: The University of Delaware Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Program collaborates with communities on projects that enhance outdoor spaces! The program partnered with Gauger-Cobbs Middle School on a 6,000-square-foot pollinator garden to help beautify the school and serve as an outdoor learning space for students to learn about plants, ecology and pollinators.

This week, the landscape architecture program held a field day at Gauger-Cobbs to teach GCMS faculty how to care for the garden. With over 1,050 native plants across 15 different species, JD Zimmerman, assistant professor of landscape horticulture and design, said the garden is the most vulnerable in the first one to three years of its life.

“Without continued care of the space and stewardship from the school and school community, the garden has a chance of failing,” Zimmerman said. “So it does require cultural buy-in from faculty, staff and students to care for that space and to maintain that garden long term.”

On Wednesday, UD students helped with that buy-in. Students from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources across various majors such as landscape architecture, plant science, and environmental and resource economics took charge of different stations showcasing plant identification, planting design, maintenance, and more. All to help the garden thrive in the long term.

Matthew Guglielmo, a landscape architecture major in the UD Class of 2026, manned a table teaching all about planting design. He and his group set up arts and crafts encouraging people to design a mock garden.

“We learn about sustainability,” Guglielmo said. “In a pollinator garden, we want something to be able to support pollinators throughout the year. We want to plant species that bloom in the fall but also in the spring, and also throw in some evergreen species and make sure we’re supporting the environment throughout the year.”

The pollinator garden was originally designed in 2024 by UD students. Approximately 130 students from across the college have helped out with it in some form, from design, to choosing and growing the plants in UD’s greenhouses, to installing the garden and drafting a landscape management plan.

Read more about the initiative in the Newark Post. https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/ud-landscape-architecture-students-install-pollinator-garden-at-gauger-cobbs-middle-school/article_37abfcba-bf6f-4d35-9d24-bc89482e56bb.html

Many college students hope to land a job in their chosen career field as soon as they graduate. For Casey Epstein, an an...
05/13/2026

Many college students hope to land a job in their chosen career field as soon as they graduate. For Casey Epstein, an animal biosciences major at the University of Delaware, her first day of work can’t come soon enough.

The UD senior, who had enough credits to graduate in three years rather than the typical four-year path, will be a flock service technician at Dutchland Farms in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She landed the position last summer after interning at the egg marketing and production company.

www.udel.edu/udaily/2026/april/casey-epstein-chickens-animal-biosciences-canr

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