{"id":3231,"date":"2013-01-10T10:36:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T17:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2013-01-10T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T20:02:40","slug":"enrollment-surging-college-university-ag-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog-test.cdfa.ca.gov\/index.php\/2013\/01\/10\/enrollment-surging-college-university-ag-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Enrollment growing in US college and university Ag programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enrollment in US college and university agriculture programs is up 21 percent since 2006, according to data from the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faeis.ahnrit.vt.edu\/\"> Food and Agriculture Education Information System<\/a>, a partnership between the USDA, Virginia Tech University and over 200 colleges and departments of agriculture, natural resources and human sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The data show more than 146,000 undergraduates in Ag programs. This growing interest is critical for the future of food production, as world population growth is creating a greater demand for food, and the average age of farmers in California is near 60. <\/p>\n<p>The Fox News Channel recently reported on the trend and profiled UC Davis.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=2079770761001&#038;w=466&#038;h=263\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\">video.foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enrollment in US college and university agriculture programs is up 21 percent since 2006, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Education Information System, a partnership between the USDA, Virginia Tech University and over 200 colleges and departments of agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. The data show more than 146,000 undergraduates in Ag programs. 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