{"id":145642,"date":"2016-08-16T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T18:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.cals.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=145642"},"modified":"2021-07-16T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T19:47:21","slug":"initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our Ideas Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Setting priorities is easy. Living them takes focus. It takes effort. It takes initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, we\u2019re taking the initiative to turn global challenges into opportunities: opportunities to feed the world, to build new economic sectors for North Carolina and to shape a new generation of agriculture and life sciences leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through initiatives that give life to our values, we\u2019re bringing researchers, agriculture leaders and citizens together, giving them the resources they need and sharing their results.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We Maximize Human Potential<\/h3>\n \n\n \n

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We Grow Economies<\/h3>\n \n\n \n

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We Bring Bright Minds Together<\/h3>\n \n\n \n

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Our Access Initiative helps N.C. students find paths to CALS.<\/h2>

44% of all applicants were accepted to NC State in 2016
40% were from rural North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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Maximizing Human Potential<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Many hands hold the future of agriculture. Revolutionary ideas may begin with our faculty and students, but they can only have an impact if they reach the farmers, industry partners, policymakers, and untold others who have a stake in agriculture and life sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Leadership Initiative<\/h3>\n \n\n \t \t

From Patterson Hall to the halls of Congress, we are cultivating the next generation of agriculture leaders.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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The Access Initiative<\/h3>\n \n\n \t \t

There’s more than one path to CALS. The Access Initiative helps new students find the one that best fits them.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Growing Economies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In agriculture, North Carolina does it all: We farm the full array of field crops. We labor over livestock of every variety. We work in a wide range of climates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no other region in the world that has the assets, the agricultural diversity, and the world-renowned experts to drive discovery and delivery of new solutions for plant- and animal-based agriculture and in food science and manufacturing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Goal: Expand the impact of agriculture and agribusiness in North Carolina by 22 percent between now and 2025.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Plant Sciences Initiative<\/h3>\n \n\n \t \t

The future of food belongs to plant sciences innovators. With our state’s support, we are staking our claim.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Food Animal Initiative<\/h3>\n \n\n \t \t

We are working with the College of Veterinary Medicine to better serve our state’s growing animal agriculture sector and meet global demand for animal proteins.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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NC Food Innovation Lab<\/h3>\n \n\n \t \t

N.C. agricultural products cross state lines to become consumer products. We are working to change that.<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Collaborative Systems Initiative<\/h2>

We are bulldozing academic boundaries to take on the grand challenges of agriculture. By re-aligning 20-plus centers and departments into four collaborative research and education systems, we are freeing our faculty experts to work more closely together and find powerful solutions to pressing problems.<\/p>\n

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