GOVERNOR Arnold I. Palacios, accompanied by stakeholders from Northern Marianas College and other CNMI government officials at the NMC Agriculture Research Station, launched the Green Growth Initiative on Friday, Jan. 26.
Northern Marianas College-Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services’ Food Scientist Professor Dr. Zaidul Sarker holds two noni samples (commercial and home-made) as part of an experiment trial. Also in photo are bags of flour made of cassava, breadfruit, yam, taro, sweet potato and commercial wheat.
Residents of the Commonwealth looking to pursue higher educational opportunities in the fields of food, agriculture, natural resources, and human sciences may be able to do so at little to no cost as part of the newest scholarship program hosted by Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services (NMC-CREES).
NORTHERN Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, & Education Services has concluded regenerative agriculture workshops on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota.
NORTHERN Marianas College-Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services will host commercial and family food forest agroforestry workshops and seminars on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota beginning Nov. 4 on Saipan.
Ambrosio "Ambi" Alubia, a longstanding Rota-based farmer, has recently taken significant steps towards incorporating regenerative agriculture into his farming portfolio. In June 2023, he participated in the Northern Marianas College’s Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services’ Regenerative Agriculture Workshop designed for commercial farmers. Following this workshop, he expressed his intention to engage in the application process for commercial farmer's regenerative agriculture technical assistance.
