The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Dr. Carrie Castille is the new, permanent director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Dr. Castille started Jan. 4. Dr. Castille served as assistant professor and Agriculture and Natural Resource Leader at Louisiana State University (LSU) prior to serving as associate commissioner and senior advisor to the Commissioner for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. In 2017, she joined USDA as state director for Louisiana, and in 2019 was named as the mid-south (Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri) coordinator for USDA’s Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) mission area. During her tenure at USDA, Dr. Castille received the Secretary’s Award of Excellence (2003) and the Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Rural Development (2018). In 2017, she was the first female inducted into the University of Louisiana Lafayette’s College of Engineering Hall of Distinction. She also will be the first female to serve as NIFA director in a non-acting capacity. (Source: Daily American 01/31/21)
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