When Matthew Smith got out of the army in 2010, he was sure of two things: His insides hurt and he wanted to help people…Smith is now one of about 50 agriculture and food systems (formerly agricultural science) majors in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers. Under Mark Robson, dean of agricultural and urban programs, the curriculum has been modernized and expanded. Twenty new courses have been added, including one in agroecology, in which students learn to farm with a minimum of external inputs, like pesticides and a greater reliance on natural processes.
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