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Winners of the 9th Agriculture Study Abroad Photo Contest:

Winner in Cultural Content: "Center of Attention" By: Holly Wilkens Ghana Winter 2008-2009     Winner in ISU Around the World: "5 Minutes of Fame " By: Melinda Bechtel    Antarctica Winter 2008-2009   Winner in Artistic and Technical Quality: "Penguin's Front Yard" By: Will Cornelius        Antarctica Winter 2008-2009       Winner in Cultural Content: "Take A Picture" By: Darrin VanderPlas Ghana Winter 2008-2009

If you want to know what ISU students are doing in Australia this summer, please click here

If you want to know what ISU students are doing in China this summer, please click here

Paid Internship Opportunity in Rural China with Husi Produce

Husi Produce, a subsidiary of OSI International, is producing lettuce and sweet corn for McDonald's and up to 39 other ready-to-eat produce products  for other fast-food companies in China. Husi Produce is looking for students who can do an internship during Fall 2009 in rural China. Specifically, students will work with local farm managers in managing the growing process, monitoring GAP requirements, application of fertilizers, pesticides, and watering practices. Students are also required to develop and supervise a series of small research projects focused on improving crop yields while cutting costs through using what they have learned in their university classrooms, such as the science of growing a crop and/or managing a farm, and then making recommendations to the farm managers. Students will receive a modest monthly subsidy. In addition, Husi Produce will cover round trip airfare between China and the US, food and lodging at/near the primary farm base, domestic travel expenses related to the internship and to some culture tours located in major city centers.

For more information, please contact Shelley Taylor at sztaylor@iastate.edu or Difei Shen at dfshen@iastate.edu.

Please click here to view the program video for the spring 2008 Mexico trip: Undergraduate Field Research Experience in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico!