{"id":70761,"date":"2003-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-nursery-association-partnership-will-help-green-industries-grow\/"},"modified":"2003-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"uri-nursery-association-partnership-will-help-green-industries-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2003\/01\/uri-nursery-association-partnership-will-help-green-industries-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站, nursery association partnership will help \u2018green industries\u2019 grow"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tMedia Contact: Todd McLeish 874-7892
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\n溏心vlog免费B站, nursery association partnership
\nwill help \u2018green industries\u2019 grow
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\nKINGSTON, R.I. — January 15, 2003 — A new partnership between the 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association (RINLA) is expected to have an important economic development impact on the state\u2019s “green industries.” 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers announced the partnership at the association\u2019s annual meeting in Newport this week. <\/p>\n

\tThe horticulture industry contributes more than $279 million to Rhode Island\u2019s economy and employs more than 8,400 people at 540 different businesses, according to a 1998 report. But the industry is in need of 2,400 additional employees in the state, many of whom must be college graduates trained in the plant sciences. <\/p>\n

\tThe primary feature of the partnership will be the funding of a new 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty position in horticulture, which will allow increased student enrollment in this discipline. <\/p>\n

\t“This is an exciting new partnership between Rhode Island\u2019s land grant institution and RINLA. The goals are more and better educated graduates who can make this industry continue to flourish and grow in the 21st century, and directed research that provides growers with products and practices that will make them more competitive in already very competitive markets,” said Jeffrey Seemann, dean of the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of the Environment and Life Sciences. <\/p>\n

\t“I anticipate that you will see the tools of biotechnology being used to transform this industry in the next decade — deer resistant plants, salt resistant plants. You name it, we\u2019ll be able to do it,” he added. <\/p>\n

\tThe new faculty position in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Plant Sciences will be filled by September 2003. That faculty member will be responsible for teaching three courses per year and conducting horticulture research in support of Rhode Island\u2019s green industries. Research will likely use biotechnology to develop new landscape plants with increased stress tolerance, pest resistance and non-invasiveness qualities. These new plants could have a positive impact on the region\u2019s nursery economy. <\/p>\n

\t“溏心vlog免费B站 is committed to being a leader in Rhode Island\u2019s economic growth and work force development, and this partnership with RINLA is representative of that commitment,” said Carothers. <\/p>\n

\tThrough this partnership, the association will provide $50,000 in start-up funding for equipment and supplies for the new faculty member, while 溏心vlog免费B站 will provide salary and benefits. The association will assist in preparing the job description and in selecting the candidate to ensure that the new faculty member\u2019s expertise matches the needs of the industry. <\/p>\n

“Weve been working closely with the University for many years, and this partnership will only strengthen our relationship,” said association President John Manchester. “The University will benefit from the insight and enthusiasm of our experienced members, and the association will benefit by having a growing number of trained, qualified people enter the work force and by having input and access to the research conducted at 溏心vlog免费B站.”\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Media Contact: Todd McLeish 874-7892 溏心vlog免费B站, nursery association partnership will help \u2018green industries\u2019 grow KINGSTON, R.I. — January 15, 2003 — A new partnership between the 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association (RINLA) is expected to have an important economic development impact on the state\u2019s “green […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}