The world is rapidly changing and employers look to universities to produce graduates able to solve complex global problems . Thinking proactively, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture identified megatrends or issues that will be critical moving forward: Global Food Security and Hunger; Climate Change; Sustainable Energy; Childhood Obesity; and Food Safety. Future college graduates will need to be ready and capable of solving problems related to these issues that span geopolitical borders.
“At its core, the Graduate Education at the Nexus of Global Horticulture and Human Nutrition to Enhance Community Resilience and Food Security is an initiative to fill the gap that often exists at the nexus of horticulture, human nutrition, and community resilience specifically by creating high-impact multi-cultural experiences for our graduate students and a mechanism for formal collaboration between faculty and students across disciplines at three prestigious institutions.”