American Society for Horticultural Science

So it was lots of fun, again, to see colleagues and friends at the annual Southern Region conference, which is a very active event.

division of the ASHS.

And my students did well in their competitions and in their presentations.

Oh, of course

So I got a big dose of horticulture science teaching and student activities last week.

That is fabulous.

I am on the Southern Region ASHS website right now.

It's srashs.org. And I'm trying to see if I can see the abstracts that were published, that were put out at this time.

They know what environmental Justice Studies means, but we don't hear the word horticulture often in school, in career conversations.

And so we were created by three horticulture professors, the American Society for Horticultural Science, Ball Horticultural Company, and Loma Gardens.

they came together and did some research to understand what kind of organization was needed to truly support the horticulture industry workforce in the next five to 10 years where they were at that point.

And so this was about 13 years ago, where those professors were at a conference talking about the number of decline of students in the horticulture degree.

And usually our podcast goes a little bit differently than it will today.

Usually it's me and Kurt speaking with someone interesting from the American Society for Horticultural Science, talking about their science or their teaching or something along those lines.

But today I'm going to be asking Kurt about the fascinating things he's been up to.

Kurt, you are back at home now.

I really enjoyed talking to you, Samson, and obviously you hit on something that I really am passionate about, and that's horticulture and studying abroad and learning together.

And on that note, that has been Kurt Rome and Samson Humphrey.

We are with the American Society for Horticultural Science.

And if you'd like to learn more about the American Society for Horticultural Science, you can go to ashs.org.