Wishing our students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends a Happy Thanksgiving. 🦃🍂

Some folks develop a love for agriculture over time, but some are born with it. Starting with Daniel Vanderwende in the 1970s, three generations of Vanderwendes made their way through the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Although many family members share an alma mater, this is not where their resemblances stop. The Vanderwendes continue making strides in the fields of agriculture, animal science and agribusiness.

Read the full feature on UDaily.

https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/november/legacy-vanderwende-family-alumni-success-canr/ #UDel

@UDBotanicGardens is back for the holiday season with handcrafted wreaths, wreath kits, swags, grave blankets, and bows made from fresh, local materials by our volunteers and staff!🎄

Looking for one-of-a-kind gifts? Choose from mini evergreen trees, festive houseplants, and UD-grown poinsettias. These thoughtful, locally crafted items are perfect for holiday giving.

The online shop is open now until Monday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m. Pickup is Dec. 4 (2–5 p.m.) or Dec. 5 (9 a.m.–3 p.m.) at the UD Botanic...

We are all about hands-on learning in the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and vegetable classes on our working farm show it!

In Vegetables, Herbs and Natural Plant Products (PLSC 302), retired UD Cooperative Extension specialist and adjunct professor Gordon Johnson teaches students how to grow various vegetables, fruits and herbs. Students are involved in every step, from fertilizing the ground to planting seeds and harvesting the crops.

“There’s no better way to learn than learning...

@UDelaware students enrolled in the course Understanding Today’s Agriculture recently visited a local organic poultry farm for an up-close, candid look into the state's largest agricultural sector.

The farm’s owner, Georgie Cartanza, is @UDExtensions’s poultry extension agent and a chicken grower herself with four poultry houses. She taught students about the importance of biosecurity on a farm.

Read all about it with the @DelmarvaFarmer.
https://americanfarm.com/pageview/viewer/2025-11-12AD#page=17

Cooperative Extension is a brand Delaware farmers and growers know — and deservedly so. Agriculture is the state’s leading economic driver.

Norman Rockwell immortalized the special relationship between farmers and Cooperative Extension agents in his 1948 painting "The County Agent," and the concept of the venerated agriculture agent endures today.

And while UD Cooperative Extension honors its agricultural roots, a lot has changed in the eight decades since Rockwell's painting was published.

Today, Extension's impact is felt far beyond agriculture....

Congrats, Prof. Massarotti! 💙💛

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Itchy irritation, bacterial and viral infections, heartworms: Mosquitos have few friends, it seems. 🦟 Bombing the yard with pesticides often seems like a tempting, quick solution, but indiscriminate application can produce deadly consequences for the insects we depend on to grow food and maintain a healthy ecosystem.

“The entire food chain and ecosystem would be severely disrupted without caterpillars, and subsequently, moths,” explains UD senior Em Beauchamp. “Mosquito spraying on properties like homes and businesses is a very common occurrence...

“The best way to control slugs is to till fields,” says Mike Crossley, assistant professor and agricultural entomologist at the University of Delaware. “However, many farmers in this region don’t till, so they need alternatives.”