Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities: A Profile

by National Research Council, Committee on the Future of the Colleges of Agriculture in the Land Grant System, Board on Agriculture

Although few Americans work as farmers these days, agriculture on the whole remains economically important?playing a key role in such contemporary issues as consumer health and nutrition, worker safety and animal welfare, and environmental protection. This publication provides a comprehensive picture of the primary education system for the nation's agriculture industry: the land grant colleges of agriculture.

Colleges of Agriculture at...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309052955
• ISBN13: 9780309052955
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"