The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences finds ways to preserve our natural resources and improve lives and communities worldwide.

Peas and Carrots, the National Thanksgiving Turkeys pardoned at the White House by the president, are settled in at Gobbler’s Rest in the Livestock Judging Pavilion on Plantation Road. This is the third consecutive year that the national birds have called Virginia Tech home after their pardoning.

Aiming to help make life better for shelter dogs, Erica Feuerbacher, an assistant professor in the Department of Poultry and Animal Sciences, and a team from Arizona State University will work with approximately 100 shelters to evaluate three types of fostering. The team's reseach is supported by a three-year, $1.7 million grant from Maddie’s Fund, an animal welfare organization.

An interdisciplinary team of CALS researchers — powered by a newly funded $3.7 million grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture — is developing new cultivars of edamame best suited for growth in the United States.