June 2023

Building on Donnie Smith’s Passion for Feeding the Hungry

Posted on Jun 12, 2023
Donnie and Terry Smith at the 2022 UTIA International Showcase.

By Mary Shelley-Snell In 2016, Donnie Smith (B.S. animal science, CEO of Foster Farms) retired from a thirty-plus-year career in the poultry industry. Former CEO of Tyson Foods, Smith had…

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#FacultyExchangeFriday- Alex Sabuni, USDA SEP Faculty Fellow

Posted on Jun 12, 2023
Sabuni pictured with colleagues on a farm tour.

By Nadia Tippett From August to December 2022, the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture hosted nine Faculty Exchange Program (FEP) and five Scientific Exchange Program (SEP) fellows from four…

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