The Michigan state university food systems fellowship program

Meeting the needs of animal agriculture now and in the future

Authors

  • Chelsea Render Veterinary Standard PLLC, Manchester, MI 48158
  • Heather Roney Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, East Lansing, MI 48824
  • Daniel Grooms Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, East Lansing, MI 48824

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol48no2p148-152

Keywords:

food systems fellowship, legislative fellows, Michigan State University

Abstract

The Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine Summer Food Systems Fellowship Program is a collaboration with industry partners aimed at providing value added experiences to veterinary students with a food animal industry career goal. By providing relevant non-clinical experiences in a variety of food industry areas, students gain experiences that will complement and strengthen their traditional veterinary training and help them to meet the needs of a changing agriculture landscape. We describe the experience of 2 students employed as Legislative Fellows for the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry as an example of how this program has an impact on students.

Cover image of Volume 48, No. 1 of the Bovine Practitioner: a herd of Holstein graze languidly on a field and the land stretches away flatly to the horizon where it meets with the bright blue sky.

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Published

2014-06-01

How to Cite

Render, C., Roney, H., & Grooms, D. (2014). The Michigan state university food systems fellowship program: Meeting the needs of animal agriculture now and in the future. The Bovine Practitioner, 48(2), 148–152. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol48no2p148-152

Issue

Vol. 48, No. 2 (2014 Summer)

Section

Articles