Building Bridges with Latin America from Penn State

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Building Bridges with Latin America from Penn
State

• LARC
• Latino Agricultural Resource Center
• Isabel C. Hanson
• Coordinator

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Mexico
Video Conference between countries with a TIES
project (Horticulture)
Meeting in Mexico with the President of the
University of Guanajuato and agribusiness
representatives to review Project advances and
the On-going Relationship with Penn State
University
Five students and two Faculty in
the Penn State/Mexico Plasticulture Project at a
Video Conference
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Costa Rica
Searching for opportunities for Latin American
Caribbean farmers
Penn State students during a 10-day Study Tour in
Costa Rica
Students Faculty in Costa Rica supporting LARC
Study-Tours
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International Visitors
The President of the University of Guanajuato
with the Dean and Penn State Faculty
The President of University of Costa Rica at Penn
State sharing with students
Deans of the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences
Penn State and Guanajuato Universities
Developing the new Agribusiness major between
Penn State and the University of Guanajuato (ICA)
with Faculty and Government officials in Mexico
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Strategic Partnerships
4-H Clubs Started
Mexico-Guanajuato University
Extension Initiatives for Farmers
Interview at a Michigan Latino Farmer Organization
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Spanish Trainings
Pennsylvania Latino Dairy Workers
Florida Hispanic Farmers