Cultivate - Past Issue Articles

Aggie Ice Cream and cheeses from the Aggie Creamery and artisan chocolate produced at the Aggie Chocolate Factory are delicious and named "Best in State."

A space has been named to honor Professor A.A. Heravi, a pioneer of scientific farming in Iran. The atrium’s naming recognizes just one of the many generous gifts alumnus Mehdi Heravi has given across many programs and departments at Utah State University...

At a time when a young woman’s future was largely shaped by her husband’s career, Flora Amussen might have wished to marry someone with obvious financial and social advantages or grand aspirations. She was, after all, accustomed to wealth and a comfortabl...

Teaching technical skills that prepare graduates for “industrial vocations” wasn’t just a good idea in 1862. A recent report on the country’s job growth and education requirements concluded that 30% of job openings require some college or an associate’s d...

Following many weeks of creative collaboration and countless hours of work in the design studio, three LAEP students and their two teammates at the University of Utah were recently named winners of the 2021 Utah Real Estate Challenge and claimed the conte...

Leon Leavitt didn't earn a degree in dairy science to launch a career in agricultural communication but his company, Progressing Publishing, now produces six magazines in multiple languages for readers in farming communities in the U.S. and Canada.

Programs at USU statewide campuses train students who become vital assets to their communities as they use their skills to provide healthcare in remote locations in Utah and throughout the Four Corners region.

Technical education is part of Utah State University’s land-grant mission to offer public education without limits.

It's snack time! USU students used their creativity, food science knowledge and a lot of work to win the Institute of Food Technologists Smart Snacks for Kids competition.

College of Agriculture Students and faculty quickly became more creative in the spring to finish the semester strong and continue with involvement in the fall semester.

The COVID-19 pandemic put a cloud of uncertainty over the entire agriculture industry, and Ryan Cranney and his partners in the 20,000-acre Cranney Farms in Oakley, Idaho.

Utah State University’s Hunger Solutions Institute, and combined efforts of donors and volunteers, managed to pull off “miracles” to help struggling Utahns on both ends of the food supply chain.

Researchers at USU’s Institute for Antiviral Research have been at work since February testing antiviral compounds and licensed drugs for their effectiveness against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Utah State University’s Hunger Solutions Institute, and combined efforts of donors and volunteers, managed to pull off “miracles” to help struggling Utahns on both ends of the food supply chain.

The new problems caused by COVID-19 did not do away with the challenges our researchers were tackling back in March. Our faculty, staff, and students have continued to do impactful research.

USU Eastern has smaller class sizes, less air traffic, and lower tuition, including in the aviation program.

When the Smith–Hughes Act passed the U.S. Congress in 1917, providing funds to train high school agriculture teachers, agriculture was a primary occupation among Utahns. But the world was changing. Find out more.

Heloisa Rutigliano discovered her passion for teaching as a graduate teaching assistant. Now this outstanding assistant professor in USU's School of Veterinary Medicine has been recognized as the university's teacher of the year.

2019 marked the year that Utah State University has been preparing future secondary school teachers to teach important skills for daily living for 100 years.

In an effort to better serve students in the largest department in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences (CAAS), and to advance career and technical education programs, particularly in southeastern Utah

Two Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory leaders and USU School of Veterinary Medicine faculty members were honored by the Utah Veterinary Medical Association. Jane Kelly was chosen as the president-elect of the UVMA and Thomas Baldwin was named the Utah...