**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS EDUCATION REEU PROJECT INVOLVES UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN INSTRUCTION, LABORATORY, PRACTICUM/INTERNSHIP/STUDENT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND PROFESSIONAL/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS IN TOTAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE REEU PROGRAM: DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES PROFESSIONALS PREPARED TO SOLVE CURRENT AND FUTURE PROBLEMS.RELEVANCE TO GOALS OF AFRI EWD: STUDENTS IN THE PROJECT WILL BE WORKING ON REAL-WORLD FOOD AND AGRICULTURE PROJECTS THROUGH 3 SEMESTERS OF THEIR EXTENSION-INTEGRATED COURSEWORK AND, FOR 7 STUDENTS EACH YEAR, THROUGH AN EMBEDDED EXTENSION INTERNSHIP. PROFESSIONAL CORE COMPETENCIES WILL ALSO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE PROGRAM IN THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO MEET THE AFRI EWD GOALS OF DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING IN RESEARCH AND EXTENSION.