By Natalie Ferris, senior in horticulture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This series of posts was written by students in the ACES 298: Postharvest Loss Prevention study abroad program, which introduces participants to postharvest processes of grains and perishables and loss prevention in the Bihar and Punjab areas of India. After our long […]
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Reflection on stepping out of our comfort zones in India
By Rachael Jensen and Annie Stasaitis, College of Business Supply Chain Management students The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. As our trip comes to a close, we now have time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished during our time in India. The […]
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Other Localized Supply Chains: Observations from an Auto Plant Tour
By Daniel Bodemer and Cody Williams, Supply Chain Management students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. We spent the first six days of our trip learning about postharvest loss and the culture of India. Our […]
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What We Found Different about Farming Systems in North versus South India
By Joel Hood and Abby Sugar, Supply Chain Management students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. Today, the SCM group had the opportunity to interview farmers from northern India. Although this was our first interaction […]
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Commissioner Commentary: Discovering the Roles of the Middleman
By Katie Janson and Elayna Kramer, Supply Chain Management students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. While interviewing the farmers in Chennai, we kept hearing about a “middleman,” but we never had the pleasure of […]
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What Seeing a World Wonder was Like on Our First International Trip
By John Mueller and John Pease, Supply Chain Management students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. When we hopped on the bus for the fifth day of this amazing trip, we were extremely excited to witness […]
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Contrasts in India, Day 4
By Mary Happ, senior in Crop Science, and Cruz Xu, sophomore in Supply Chain Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. Stepping off the domestic flight to New Delhi, it was clear we were in a whole […]
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PHL Scholar Report: Illinois freshman goes to Rome in first semester, dream school exceeding expectations
By Alex Brockamp, University of Illinois freshman, studying agricultural and biological engineering Seven University of Illinois students were sponsored to attend the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention in Rome, Italy. They have written about their experiences for the #PreventPHL blog campaign. Imagine going to your dream college, in your major of choice, and finding […]
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PHL Scholar Report: First semester, first international trip
By Chelsea Peterson, University of Illinois freshman, studying agricultural and biological engineering Seven University of Illinois students were sponsored to attend the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention in Rome, Italy. They have written about their experiences for the #PreventPHL blog campaign. This is the first in a series of posts. For more from […]
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PHL Scholar Report: Food supply shortage answers don’t always lie in science
By Kara Brockamp, University of Illinois freshman, studying agricultural and biological engineering Seven University of Illinois students were sponsored to attend the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention in Rome, Italy. They have written about their experiences for the #PreventPHL blog campaign. For more from Congress attendees, visit this link. For more from our PHL Scholars, look […]
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