Ashworth Announces New School of Food and Agriculture

Edward Ashworth, dean of the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, has announced the creation of the School of Food and Agriculture.

Ashworth says the departments of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Food Science and Human Nutrition and Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences will merge to create the new school starting July 1.

A director and associate director for the new school will be appointed.