{"id":56101,"date":"2017-02-10T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T00:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=56101"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:44:47","slug":"agdiscovery-introduces-teens-to-wildlife-and-agribusiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/10\/agdiscovery-introduces-teens-to-wildlife-and-agribusiness\/","title":{"rendered":"AgDiscovery introduces teens to wildlife and agribusiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_56137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56137\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-farm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"352\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-farm.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-farm-260x148.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AgDiscovery students learn about hydroponics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">For the seventh year, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> (CTAHR) will be hosting the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> AgDiscovery Program, July 9&#8211;22, for students ages 14&#8211;17. This unique, free summer program gives teen participants a first-hand look at the many career paths open to them in agriculture and natural resource management, including plant and animal sciences, wildlife management and agribusiness.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/civil_rights\/downloads\/Application.pdf\">Application deadline is March 1, 2017<\/a> (<small><abbr>PDF<\/abbr><\/small>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The program allows students to live on a college campus and learn about agriculture and related fields from professors, scientists and professionals. <abbr title=\"College of Tropical Agriculture\">CTAHR<\/abbr>&#8217;s educators and researchers open their labs and experiment stations to the students, and the United States Department of Agriculture sends professionals from its plant protection and quarantine, veterinary services, biotechnology regulatory services and wildlife services branches.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_56135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56135\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-orchids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-orchids.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-orchids-260x165.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AgDiscovery students with <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> orchid researcher Tessie Amore (left).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_56134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56134\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-waterfall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-waterfall.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-ctahr-agdiscoveryclass-waterfall-260x149.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AgDiscovery students at falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Every summer, the United States Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service partners with selected universities and colleges, including <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>, to deliver the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/agdiscovery\">AgDiscovery programs<\/a> at different locations throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Other government agencies represented include the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Agriculture and Honolulu Zoo. From the private sector come professionals from Kualoa Ranch, Mari&#8217;s Garden, Pioneer and more.<\/p>\n<p>Go the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/agdiscovery\">AgDiscovery Program website<\/a> or call <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/geneius-day\/about.html\"><strong>Ania Wieczorek<\/strong><\/a> at (808) 956-6997 for more information.<\/p>\n<h2><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> AgDiscovery Program hightlights<\/h2>\n<p>Students chosen to participate in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> AgDiscovery Program will gain life-changing experiences through hands-on laboratories, workshops, field trips and character- and team-building activities. Students in past years have learned to perform water-quality analysis, use <abbr title=\"Global Positioning System\">GPS<\/abbr> devices, identify microorganisms under the microscope, extract <abbr title=\"deoxyribonucleic acid\">DNA<\/abbr>, color fabric using natural dyes, and tend taro in <span aria-label=\"loi\">lo&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to learning by doing, participants network with professionals across the agricultural spectrum and observe careers in agriculture and natural resource management.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from last year&#8217;s AgDiscovery class can be viewed at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ctahr\/28534355071\/in\/album-72157670567791490\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture&#8217;s Flickr site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer program gives teen participants a first-hand look at the career paths in agriculture and natural resource management. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[222,212,544,9],"class_list":["post-56101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-natural-resources-and-environmental-management","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56101"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79011,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56101\/revisions\/79011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}